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_ Prof. Lintner gave the results of some observations on injurious in- 
sects. Orgyia leucostigma was very rare in Albany. Mr. Dimmock found 
the same in Boston. Mr. Hulst the same on L. I. and Mr. Smith the 
exact contrary at Cape Cod, Mass, 
From Michigan the larva of Agrots fennica is reported as so abun- 
dant that it is called the black army worm. Usually this is a rare insect. 
Podisus cynicahas been observed destroying the currant worm in numbers. 
Lygus linearis is injurious to green peas, stinging and blotching them. 
Poecilocapsus lineatus has seriously injured gooseberries, stinging the 
branches and thus causing their death, 
. Phytonomus punctatus has spread westward and attacked beans; a 
new habit for this insect. Crzocerts asparagt has moved west as far as 
Geneva, N. J.; heretofore it has been confined to the coast districts. 
Galerucella xanthomelaenu has been very destructive to elms, A vast num-. 
ber of specimens of Otiorhynchus ligneus were found ina house which had 
been closed for four years. What had they fed on? There was nothing 
in the house, and one of the natural articles of food is the strawberry root, 
-A curious seed, (Zuphordia, probably) from Mexico was exhibited, 
locally known as the ‘jumping seeds’. The peculiarity consists “of a 
‘series of erratic movements and leaps made by the apparently perfect 
seed, They contain however a larva of Carpocapsa saltizans, and it is the 
motions of this insect which cause the movements of the seeds; why 
they make these motions is unknown. The species closely resembles C. 
pomonella but has very differently formed legs the tarsi being hidden by 
_Jong scaly tufts. 
Dr. Horn calls attention to the fact that all the injurious Coleoptera 
cited by Mr. Lintner were imported species and that the fact of their mo- 
tion westward along the line of their food plant was to be expected, 
-Criocerts 12 punctata, also an imported species, has been taken near Bal- 
timore; near that city, and Alexandria many imported species are found. 
Blaps mortisiga and one other species are common; the former can be 
taken in some places by the bushel, Curious is the remarkable increase 
of some species. In 1874 when working with Dr. Leconte on the 
_Rhynchophora among all their material only a single specimen of Ara- 
mies Fulleri was contained and that came from Montana, A year or 
two aftemit was received from all parts of the country aud was dreaded as 
one of the worst hot house pests. How did this species spread so sud- 
denly over so large a territory? Prof. Lintner had first found the insect 
in 1876. Mr. Dimmock finds it very troublesome in hot houses, par- 
ticularly on roses. | 
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