ENTOMOLOGIST AND BOTANIST. 



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be, a ispecies of Simxdium., and appears to be au 

 undesci-ibed species. As soon as we can And 

 time to make the proper investigations, we shall 

 publish a description of it. — Ed.] 



THE WALSH ENTOMOLOGIC.Vl, CAP.lNEr. 

 We are very glad to learn that Dr. LeBaron 

 has at last been successful in getting the State 

 of Illinois to purchase the valuable collection 

 of our late associate. We have not yet received 

 any particulars of the purchase ; but the cabinet 

 has been temporarily deposited in the museum 

 of the Chicago Academy of Science. There 

 may it long remain ! No better place could be 

 found for it. Accessible as it is from all parts 

 of the State; secure in a perfectly fire-proof 

 building, and guarded by a curator who can 

 appreciate it — we rest satisfied of its safety. 

 Moreover, (hose excellent and experienced en- 

 t'lniologists, Messrs. Charles Sonne and A. 

 r. ilti-r, will take pride in its proper preserva- 

 tion, in memory of him who with his own 

 hands prepared each specimen. 



Thk Cukhant Wouji! — Some of our more 

 pretentious horticultural exchanges are still 

 giving to theii' readers effectual remedies for 

 THE Currant-worm, and publishing accounts 

 ot how IT was kept from the red and white 

 cuirants by interspersing them with bushes of 

 the black variety. When will they learn that 

 there are three distinct Currant-worms, and 

 that what applies to one will not always apply 

 to the others? We expect such looseness from 

 coricsi ondents, but editors ought to be able to 

 give their readers more precise information. 



ly In speaking of the time of year in which 

 an insect first makes its appearance, in one stage 

 or another, we have reference, unless otherwise 

 stated, to the latitude of St. Louis. It may be 

 laid down as a rule which will almost invariably 

 hold good, that the same insect will appear 

 about a month earlier as far south as South Caro- 

 lina, and a mouth later as far north as Vermont 

 and New Hampshire. 



ty Our notices of new books and pamphlets 

 received, as well as many " Answers to Corres- 

 pondents," are unavoidably crowded out of this 

 number, for want of space. Such of the latter 

 as are most urgent we shall send by mail. 

 Articles that have been communicated will be 

 published as soon as possible, unless returned. 



tW Those who do not understand why the 

 present number covers the months of July and 

 August, will bear in mind that the volume of 

 twelve numbers is to end with the year. 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



-Such of our corrospondentB as have already sent, or may hcre- 

 mall collections of insects to be named , will please to inform ufl 



nl in any particular locality are of espiiiul interest, ns throwinR 

 tlv ^'(•Lrraphieal distribution of species But tu nntke tliem of 





^'rts'that'reSuV 

 tliey are properly 

 in which they were 



' we shall answer by r 



Water l,a.r\-a.—Fi-ed. Mather, Uoneoye Falls, N. T. 

 — The aquatic larva whicli you found with young trout 

 was too much injured to enable its proper recognition; 

 but, Horn the fragmentary tail appendages, wc suspect 

 that it was the larva of some species of May-fly {Ephem- 

 era). These larvse hide themselves in holes in the banks 

 of ponds .ind rivers, and feed on other minute aquatic 

 animals. 



Insects in Corn Roots — C. JR. Edwards, Bowlinij 

 Green, ,fiy.— The corn roots you send seem to liave been 

 injured by some borer. We found a few maggot larva; 

 of some Two-winged Fly in one which was rotten, but 

 incline to the belief that they were produced after the 

 stalk was killed by the original depredator. AVe should 

 like further specimens of these diseased roots, contain- 

 ing, if possible, the culprit. 



l,a.rge 21acl£ Potato Beetles— 7i'. S. Elliott, In- 

 dustrial Ag't, Wilson Creel Station, Kansas Pacific R. B. 

 — The large black beetles, which are so efl'ectually 

 stripping the potatoes between two and three hundred 

 miles west of Kansas City, reached us in such a putres- 

 cent and mutilated mass, that, notwithstanding our 

 olfactory nerves have been well trained to endure such 

 things, we were glad to fling the beetles very far from 

 us the moment the lid was opened. From the glimpse 

 we got of them, however, we have not much doubt but 

 they are a large black species of Blister-beetle {Epicauta 

 corvina, Lee.) common to Colorado and the West. Try 

 and send us other specimens in alcohol, and not in an 

 empty box. 



Destroying^ Clicrry Plant-lice— C. 0. Braclett, 

 Lawrence, Kansas. — The same methods employed to de- 

 stroy other plant-lice will prove effectual in destroying 

 the Cherry Plant-louse. Your method of ilipping the 

 extremities of the limbs in a weak sohition of "concen- 

 trated lye" is good, but you could do much better 

 work by obtaining a garden syringe, and doueheing the 

 trees with the same solution, or with whale-oil soap- 

 suds, or even tobacco water. Dr. Hull, of Illinois, 

 recommends dusting slacked lime on the trees when the 

 dew is on. 



Caterpillars on Grape Vines — Geo. A. Watson, 

 Maysville, Ky.—0n6 of the caterpillars found on your 

 Grape-vines is the larva of the S-Spotted Forester, which 

 we recently figured (Fig. 100. p. 150). The other is the 

 larva of a speckled gray moth {Acronycta oblinata, Sm. & 

 Abb.), a very common species, found on a great variety 

 of plants, and especially on the common .Smart-weed. 



Aslt-g-ray Blister Beetle— P. ff. Foster, Babylon, 

 N. J'.— The beetles found feeding on the Three-thonied 

 Acacia ( Gleditschia tricanihos) are the Asli-gniy Blister 

 Beetle {Lytta cinerea , Sixy). 



