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Elm leaf beetle. (Country gentleman. May lo, 1888, 53:366^'^) 



Brief notice of Galeruca xanthomelaena \_GalerticeUa luteola] from Scarsdale, 

 N, Y. 



Friends, not foes. (Country gentleman. May 31, 1888. 53: 430^^) 



Small beetles said to be injurious in hot beds to flower plants are Tachys 

 incurvus Say aud Homalota lividipennis Mann,, neither of which could cause 

 the injury. 



Maple leaf mite gall. (Country gentleman. June 14, 1888. 53 : 

 46o*"-6iii) 



Describes the galls of Phytoptus quadripes Shimer, and gives remedies. 



Grape vine pest. (Orange county farmer. June 21, 1888, 7: 5, col. i) 

 Galls of Lasioptera vitis O. S. are described and remedies indicated. 



Cockscomb elm gall. (Country gentleman. June 28, 1888. 53*- 496^^) 

 Galls on the * weeping slippery elm' are described and identified as those of 

 Colopha IGlyphinal ulmicola Fitch. 



Apple tree tent caterpillar — Clisiocampa americana. (Country gentle- 

 man. July 5, 1888. 53:511^') 



Recommends removal of the e>g'g belts or spraying with arsenites, and 

 records its unusual abundance. 



Honey dew on hickory leaves. (Country gentleman. July 5, 1888. 



Honey dew is produced by plant lice or may result from a diseased condi- 

 tion of the leaves. 



Grape leaf galls. (Country gentleman. July 5, 1888. 53 : 511^^) 

 Galls from Worcester, Mass., are identified as those of Lasioptera vitis. 



New pest threatens the hay crop. (Albany evening journal. July 7, 

 1888. p. 7) 

 Records injury to grass by a species of Thrips. 



Stalk borer. (Country gentleman. July 12, 1888. 53 : 532^^) 



Larva from Rock Hall, Md., where it is known as the 'bud worm,' aud in- 

 festing stalks of young corn is Gortyna IHydroecia^ nitela Guen. Remedies 

 are given. 



An entomological friend. (Orange county farmer. July 12, 1888. No. 



45. 7:8) 



15 spotted lady bug, Anatis \o-punciata {^ocellata^ is identilied and its bene- 

 ficial habits given. 



Ash grey blister beetle. (Country gentleman. July 19, 1888. 53 : 547^") 



General notice of injuries to potatoes at Charlottesville, Va., by Macrohasia 



unicolor Kirby. The imported Spanish fly, Cantharis vesicatoria, is also noticed. 



