THE AMERICAN ENTOMOLOGIST, 



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Iii!>ect!> uained— //. T. 



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Ki-. 111.) No. 2, l\ill!,l!„,„ 

 Fabr. No. 3, Pwi^^ 





.;.,/ iii.iniliita, Linn. (See 

 I'lninnilnilcs ) cariulnle, 

 Say. No. 4, Voinj>- 

 xidna lateralis, Fabr. No, o, Enqidops cteruhus, Say. 

 No. (!, Upturn spharkollis. Say. (var.) No. 7, Grapki- 

 xiiriis J'asHat lie, De Over. No S, Xtniriptenm samivm!- 

 collis, Say (var.) No. ii. i/ - ' i //- l^^'inaim) Umam- 



latiis, Say. No.lO, C»/-- li I,.,,. No. 11, Cuio- 



KOma lon{fipfnne, Dej. ,\ 1 1 , ii iitu . - :\ Xo.1'2, Ihmaciit 

 Kiihiil. Lcc. =- II f" ■-. Kill. .\ , i. i:;, i ,, in.ltla ciipmnctiu, 

 Lcc. -N'o. 14. — No. 1.5, Lahidomtm 



ti-iiiiatiiUilK, l'':il I \" \'-. il'liroiuichus relictue. Say. 

 No. 17, l'hijll,'i.!';<n: .;,,,;,,,. Kiioch. No. 18, Chari- 

 tlhint. ctipixti-atuin, I'abr. No. 19, Antlinphatjas latelrrosus, 

 V:iUr.=^lucat(, Panzer. Nos. %) and 21, Phanaiia 

 nin,l/,.r. I.inn., both 55. No. ii, a,„lri/p,.<.</i7e,Hli<hM, 

 (Jli\ \m. _m, /• ,, , , , , w , i-h N,, ji. bred 

 froiM.M:i|.:, .;. , .i:i,_ i,u-i,r, ; . ' . l.^m. No. 



-i5,.V.' . -,n. .\.i. -li;. . . , . ,. Fabr. 



No. -JT, Ji,.„.,i„( ;„-,..v.v„, Fubi". .No. 2S, t_ali;,irap!ia 

 scalai-i.K. Lcc. No. 2!t, Podahrus tomeittoKus, Say. No. 

 30, 1[arpithii'/uiinii8, Say = ladini, Dej. No. 31, Saperda 

 piiHct/iydl ix. Say = trirjemmuta, RanUal). No. 32, To.rutns 

 Scha'nnH. Lee, No. 33, Pynjota uitdata, Wlrd. No. 

 ■'S.'i. I>!phn-h,!lii major, Lee. No. 36, Conjmhitex (tthiopn, 

 l.iT. Wo are indebted to Dr. Le Coiite for tlie proper 

 ; determination of Nos. 2, 6, 12, 31, and 32. 

 I Apple-tree IVorms — Charity Wntrrx. Spr!,i,j- 



\ e!>h, WUc,ins;n.—'T\\c small wliitc nioth.s, whicli, 

 a> you -:.y. ■■.am.' by uiilli.ni- tl].' last of May 

 an. I 1:10 1 lli.ir ru-- ,.n tin' liii- .il' lb.' n.'W slioots of tile 

 apiil.' Ir.'.-., Cr, lui ^\ lii.li c^i;-.^ llorc li.ilclied out maggots 

 with a bl,iL-k Iliad, .-u Ibat hi a lew woc'k.'* the tops of 

 ; the apple trees were alive with worms," are too much 

 [ toni and rubbed to identify the species with any cer- 

 tainty. No such moths are at present known to infest 

 apple trees in the manner you describe. So fiir as we 

 can judge from the very poor specimens sent, v think 

 your moths are the Cori/cia oestaliata ol Guenee, the 

 habits of which insect are, we believe, unknown to 

 -liiiicc. The • •maggots witli a black head' ' cannot be 

 idintitied from ycmr brief notice of them. 



It eould .scarcely have been the canker-worm that 

 stripped tbc a\<\Av tc. .■> la-t year oil li,.ii- leaves in Jidy, 

 tor that iiiscci app.ai-^ 111.- rn.l ..1 .May and in June. 

 The I'anker-w.irm i< a measuriuy'-worm. You give no 

 description whatever of those which you speak of. 



Oak>l'ig: eall — .'/. Fendler, Alleiitoii, J^o. — The 

 dense cluster of yellowish galls, spongy and bladder- 

 liUc. an.l all el. .<.•!> iir.-^-|,.i to each other, which you 

 found on tli.' i\vi-~ ..I ih.- W liite Oak, are caused by the 

 Stmil-boni.'d (.allil> '//-..,,'.'.„//«,/■««, Walsh)— a small 

 ant-likc wingless >ii.cies which exists only in the fem.-ile 

 sex, like many other gall-flies. Dr. Fitch supposed 

 this gall to 1h- proihiced by what he called the Oak-fig 

 (iall-fly (Cyiiips y. ficus, Fitch,) " a small black fly 

 with the lower half of Its head, its antenuic and legs 

 pale dull yellow, its hind shanks dusky and its abdo- 

 men beneath reddish-brown." But it was long iigo 

 proved by the Senior Editor that Fitch's supposed gall- 

 maker is a mere Guest-fly, inhabiting a gall which is in 

 reality made by the Stout-horned Gall-fly. (See Osten 

 .Sacken's Paper on Gall-flies, Proc. Eut. Soc, Phil., 

 IV. pp. 353,368-0). 



Insects iianied- 



. /,. P/<«A.«, WvodcilU, 

 Mii^s. — Ist. Tlie Uawk-moth is Vhmrocampa tersa. a not 

 very common species. 2d. The Cicada captured May 

 10, 1869, in a grove where the Periodical brood comes 

 out 1858, 1871, etc.. is a genuine C. tredecim. Its occur- 

 ring two years before the regular time is very remark- 

 able and unusual. Still, many analogous irregularities 



through sMcli irrc: 

 tliat distinct broo 

 ever have been 

 larva ' 'found in 1 

 by the parent insect , 



hues cfiuld 

 3d. The 

 tc, cilt/tiflf 

 most probably, judging tfinw 



your drawing, that of the Twlg-girdler ( t^rtf/i/f 

 ijidatiia) which we figured and described in a fonne 

 number. 



Small Applo-leal Worms— //,//«.(« ( 'i',pt ,. 

 W.lh Cnrufx. Pa.—'r\w |iale-brown worms abor' i 

 an inch long, with shining black head and neck a 

 believe, the larva' of the Eye-spotted l?ud-n^oth , 

 loTKita oailana, Harris). If so, they will clian'j-.' 

 the pupa state within the folded leaves, and wi" ■ 

 out in July in the form of a small dark ji n 

 The oidy available mode of fighting them i~ i- 

 the infested leaves which they have tied tog, 1;,,' - 

 silken cables, and destroy them. We notice lb it .si>u. 

 specimens have already spun their cocoons among I. 

 leaves. So far as we are aware, this worm does - 

 occur in the AVest. 



Rose-bug^ on Apples — A. Dean, Otto, Indiiuiil.- 

 The yellowish beetles, about yi inch long, which • • ge» 

 erally infest the Persimmon tree, but have left it an 

 are eating the young apple trees that are near by , 

 a single one having escaped," are the common Ri. 



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on the .\pple anil Persimmon. As it lives undergr* 

 in the larva state, feeding upon the roots of plantiv 

 injuries cannot easily be warded ofl'. The only wa 

 to shake down the beetles and destroy them. 



Unicorn Apple-tree Caterpillar— (/. ('. / 

 /««(/. --The reddish-brown caterpillar with the se 

 and third segments green , and a prominent horn 

 behind them, which has the habit of holding up the 

 is known to feed on the Apple, Dog- wood, Plum 

 iler and Winterberry . It is the larva of a moth wit 

 fore wings light brown, variegated with greenish-- 

 and dark -brown, and the hind wings ^ whitish" 

 dusky spot on the inner hind angle, and t) 

 dusky. This moth is the Notodonta unicorn 

 and Abb . , and may be called in English th 

 Notodonta. 



Large Water Beetle— .S. E. ilunfor, 

 7/1,/.— The large flattened shiny blackish bee. 

 dull orange border, and the wing-covers thickly co ^ 

 with numerous minute longitudinal impressed' liUMjUL^ 

 a large species of water beetle, (Cyhister fi>nbHi.!mut, 

 Say,) and your finding itflying around a barrel of raif.- 

 water is in accordance with its habits. Thanks for your 

 flattering encomium . ' 



