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Apion rostrum .S"(M-.— Infests the seed-pods of AN'ild Indij^o. 

 {Baptisia tinctoria). l'"ound on Sweet-fern by Mr. Julich. (Cat. 

 Ins. N. J., p. 350). 



Apion nigrum JIbst. — Depredates the leaves of the Locust 

 ( R obi Ilia psi-iuhicacia). 



Apion walshii Smith. {A langiiiiiosiiin Walsh). — \\'as l)re(.l 

 from the gall of Cccidoiiiyia strobiloides on the Willow. (Walsh, Proc. 

 Ent. Soc. Phil., \'ol. \ i, ]). 269). Infests the catkins of Birch 

 {Bctiila iiii^ra), in the larval state. (Schwar/;, Proc. Ent. Soc. 

 Wash., \'ol. I, p. 1 1 ). 



Apion fraternum Smith. — \\ as observed by Mr. Chittenden 

 upon two s])ecics of Lrsprdrza. 



Podapion gallicola A'i/rr. — Makes a spherical or ovoid gall 

 on Pine [Pi/ii/s i//<>/>s), (Riley, lUill. Prooklyn, Ent. Soc, ^'ol. \\, p. 

 61). I have taken the yalls of this insect in the vicinity of \Vash- 

 ington, 1 ). (". in June. 



Phytonomus punctatus Fab. — Lives i;n the leaves of cK)ver. 

 I have also found it in abundance on Timothy Grass. Z'. iiii^ri- 

 rostris Fab. also feetls on clover. /-•. comptus Say, lives on PoIy- 

 i:;oitni/i and /'. (\\i///i/.\ on Ri///i(\\ (Rilex', Rep. Dej^t. Agricul. 

 1881-82, ]). 171 ). 



Lepyrus geminatus .S'^n'. — (.'onmion on Willow in the imago 

 state. (Harrington, Can. l^nt. X'ol. xxiii, p. 23). 



Listronotus latiusculus Boh. — Was found h\ Dr. C. M. Weed 

 in all its stages in the stalks of Sagiffaria I'ariabi/is. Mr. F. M. 

 Chittenden found /,. ti/bcrosns Lee, /. caiu/ati/s Sav, and Z. 

 appcihiiculattis i5oh. while sweeping a small iKitch of atpuitic ])lants 

 composed entirel) of Sa^^ittai-ia and a species of Carc\. L. appcn- 

 diciilattis, it is said, was fountl by Mr. julich breeding in the lower 

 parts of the stems of some species of reed. /. laiulatiis and 

 L. iH'biilosiis i-ec., occui^ together on Sa:;ittaria aci'ording to Prof. 

 Popenoe. 1 Trans. Kans. .\c. Sc, \'ol. vi, p. 85 ). /.. tcretirvstris 

 Lee, is found in Reeds. /,. S(/i/a/iiii:;cr Sa_\-. The larvae live in the 

 stems ol Sa<:;ittaria Tariabi/is. (Hamilton). 



Macrops solutus Boh., and M. sparsus Say. — P>olh breed in 

 tile stems of Saxittaria Tariabilis. 



Pissodes strobi Prch. — Is sometimes very destructive to the 

 White Pine. The larva and imago were llrst described by Peck. 



