ENTOMOLOGIST AND BOTANIST. 



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be, a species oi Siniulium, and appears to be an 

 undcscribed species. As soon as we can find 

 time to make the proper investigations, we shall 

 publish a desoiiption of it. — Ed.] 



THE WALSH ENTOMOLOGICAl, CABIN EF. 

 "We are very glad to learn that Dr. LelUron 

 has at last been successful in getting the State 

 of Illinois to j)urchaPe 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 I he State; secure in a perfectly fire-proof 

 building, and guarded by a curator who can 

 appreciate it — we rest satisfied of its safety. 

 Moreover, those excellent and experienced en- 

 toinologists, Messrs. Charles Sonne and A. 

 15 ilti'r, will take pride in its proper preserva- 

 tion, in memory of him who with his own 

 hands prepared each specimen. 



Thk Cl'ru.\nt Wouii! — Some of our more 

 pretentious horticultural exchanges are still 

 giving to their readers efi^ectual remedies for 

 THE Currant-worm, and publishing accounts 

 of how IT was kept from the red and white 

 currants 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 

 corresi ondents, but editors ought to be able to 

 give their readers more precise information. 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



E^^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 Avill appear 

 al)out a month earlier as fiir south as South Caro- 

 lina, and a mouth later as far north as Vermont 

 and New Uampshire. 



11^ Our notices of new books and i^amphlots 

 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. 

 • » » 



ITW Those who do not understand why the 

 present number covers the mouths of July and 

 August, will bear in mind that the volume of 

 twelve numbers is to end with the year. 





NoilcK— Sucli of our corn's|>oii(lrii(« an lia%-c already «cnt, r 

 otler send, small coUcctioni of inecct« to lie named , will please lo llilorm iia 

 if any of the species sent ore Irom otlier Stale" than their own. Lists of 

 insects found in any particular localitv are of especial interest, as tlirowine 

 light upon the ^eoKraphical distribution "f species But to make them of 

 real value, it is reiiuisite that we know for eertoin whether or not ail the 

 insects in unv particular list come from that particular locality, and if not, 

 Irom wliat locality thcv do come. 

 We liave lately received several stiiali Lullrrtioiis of Insects to ho named, 

 '• .mrliiiip wi.iiM :i!: '.^ 111 vi r, Mhy letter, because a long 



[ r. J. iiiral leader. Itrequiies 

 "1 inaects that reach us, 



ili'ss they are properly 



I ilii\ ^i\eii in wliich they " " 



iringol"; 



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Water tarva — Freil. Mather, Honeoye Falls, K. Y, 

 —The nmmtic l.irva wliieh you foiiiiil with young trout 

 was too much injined to enable its iiropor recognition; 

 Imt, from the fragmentary tail ajipenilages, we suspect 

 that it was the larva of .some species of May-Hy (Ephem- 

 era). These larva; liiile themselves in holes in the banks 

 of poiuls anJ rivers, anU feed on other minute afjuatie 

 animals. 



Insects ill Corn Roots— C H. Edwards, Bowling 

 Oreen, luj.—The corn roots you send seem to have bet'n 

 injured by some borer We found a lew maggot \i\t\s: 

 of some Two-winged Fly in one which was rotten, l)Ut 

 incline to the belief that they were produced after the 

 stalk was killed by the original depredator. We should 

 like further specimens of these diseased roots, contain- 

 ing, ifpossiljle, the culprit. 



Large 31aclc Potato Beetles— /i'. ^'. Elliolt, In- 

 dustrial Aifi, Wilson Creeh Station, Kansas Paaficli. J{. 

 — The large black beetles, which are so eflectiially 

 stripping the potatoes between two and three luindreil 

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

 cent and mutilated mass, that, notwitlislaiuling fir 

 olfactory nerves liave been well trained to cndiiie such 

 things, we were glad to tling llie beetles very far froni 

 us the moment the lid was opened. From the glimpse 

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

 they arc a large black species of IJlister-beetle (Epicaula 

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

 and scud us other specimens in alcohol, .•uid not in an 

 empty box. 



Destroying Cherry Plant-lice— 6'. C. Jiracl-ett, 

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

 stroy other plaut-Iice will prove efl'ectual in destroying 

 the Cherry riant-louse. Your method of tlipping the 

 extremities of the limbs in a weak solution ot ''concen- 

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

 work by obtaining a garden syringe, and douelieiiig tlm \. 

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

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

 recommends dusting slacked lime on the trees when the l^ 

 dew is on. 



Caterpillars on Grape Vines— (y«o. A. Watson, 

 Maysville, ITi/.—Onc of tlie lalcrpilltirs found on your 

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

 wc recently tignred (Fig. 100. p. 150). The other is the 

 larva of a speckled gray moth {Aa-oni/cta otlinata, .Sm. & 

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

 of jilants, and especially on the common .'<inait-weed . 



Asli-gray Blister Beetle—/'. /!. Foiter, Baiylon, 

 N. }'.— The beetles found feeding on the Three-tliorned 

 Acacia (Gleditschia tricunthos) arc the Ash-grtiy Blister 

 Ueetle {Lytta cinerca , Say). 



