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ORTHOPTERA. 



Grasshoppers and locusts; Locustad^ and ciCadad^. (Journ. 

 III. State Agr. Sac, Nov. 1862, pp. 1-3.) 



Catydid eggs, on apple-tree twigs. {Prairie Farmer, Feb. 28, 1863, 

 p. 132, with a figure.) 



LEPIDOPTERA. 



Leucania unipuncta Haw. (army-worm moth), its four primary 

 parasites Exorista militaris Walsh, (Diptera) Mesochorus vitreus Walsh, 

 Pezomacliiis minimus Walsh, and Microgaster militaris Walsh, and its two 

 secondary parasites, Chalcis aJhifrons Walsh, and Glyphe viridescens 

 Walsh, (Hymenoptera.) (Trans. III. State Agr. Soc, IV., pp. 349-72. 

 Prairie Fariner, about Sept. 24, 1861; both articles reprinted Trans. 

 III. Nat. Historij Soc, Vol. I. ; Prairie Farmer, Dec. 6, 1861, pp. 370-1.) 



SoLENOBiA (?) (larva,) under bark of apple-trees. (Prai- 

 rie Farmer, Aug. 29, 1863.) 



Phycita nebulo Walsh, or the Rascal Leaf-crumpler, infests apple, 

 crab, and plum trees. (Prairie Farmer, about May 10, 1860, p. 308, 

 with figures.) 



"Phycita nebulo, n. sp. Expansion of wings .70 inch. Length 

 of 1 ody .30 inch. General color, light cinereous, varied with dusky. 

 A row of about seven subsemilunar or linear dark spots on outer mar- 

 gin of front wing. Then, one-fourth of the distance to the body, a 

 waving light, cinereous band, parallel to the exterior margin, marked 

 on each side with dusky black. Nearly at the centre, a much abbrevi- 

 ated black band. Beyond the centre, on the costal margin, a subtri- 

 angular dusky black spot, the apex of which connects with the apex 

 of a much larger subobsolete triangular brick-red spot, which extends 

 to the interior margin, and is bounded on the outside by a wavy, light 

 cinereous band, which is bounded outside by a wavy dusky black band, 

 proceeding from the apex of the costal triangle. Base of wing dusky 

 black, enclosing a small, round, light cinereous spot. Hind wings 

 and all beneath, light cinereous shaded with dusky, the front wings 

 darker. Tarsi dusky, with a narrow, light cinereous fascia at the 

 apex of each joint. Hind tibia fasciate with dusky at the apex, 

 sometimes obscurely bifasciate. Intermediate tibia fasciate with dusky 

 at the centre, the fascia generally extending to the base, but becom- 

 ing lighter. Anterior tibia dusky, with a narrow, apical, light cine- 

 reous fascia. Palpi, both labial and maxillary, dusky." (Ibid.) 



The larva lives in a little crooked horn or case, and ties together 

 with silken threads the terminal leaves of young twigs. Frequently, 

 in travelling from twig to twig, it anchors its case by strong silken ca- 

 bles to the naked side of a limb, and in this situation it has exactly the 

 appearance of a piece of dry bird's dung. It may be thus described 



