insects of the year. 12/ 



Drone or Chrysanthemum Fly. 



The larvae of these flies have long breathing tubes at the end 

 of the body which give them the name of rat-tail larvae. Speci- 

 mens reported were breeding in a tub containing a decoction of 

 tobacco stems. We found the larvae abundant at ]\IcLeod's 

 lumber camp in a tub by the blacksmith's forge containing stag- 

 nant water. 



Apple Maggot. (Trypeta pouionella.) 



Was not as prevalent as usual, though doing considerable dam- 

 age in some parts of the State. 



Currant Fly. (Epochra canadensis.) 



Was reported from Gardiner on currants. It was commort 

 also about Orono. We would like to hear from anybody whose 

 currants are stung by a fly and turn red early, and drop. 



Fickle Midge. (Sciara inconstans.) 



This was reported last season as attacking gloxinia bulbs. 

 The same complaints have been made the past season. Mrs. R. 

 S. Warren, South Deer Isle, sent us specimens which she called 

 springtails that were eating the leaves and blossoms. She 

 writes, "1 am positive now that the springtails destroy my 

 gloxinias, for I have found them on the blossoms and stems 

 where they had eaten the stem half through and the blossoms 

 withered. Also they burrow into the leaves and sap them until 

 they dry up and die." The specimens sent were Thysanurans 

 and an unknown species of Thrips. The latter were no doubt 

 the cause of the injuries. Mrs. Warren put slices of potato 

 around the plants and the insects collected on them in great 

 numbers. Probably the use of the potato as traps would be a 

 good way to destroy them. 



Buffalo Carpet Beetle. {Anthrenus Scrophulari<r.) 



Reported from Winthrop and Orono. Beetles in the house. 

 These beetles are attracted by flowers that are in bloom at the 

 time when they are on the wing, and they can be used as traps. 

 The following from the Thirteenth Report of the Entomologist 

 of the State of New York, page 359. 



