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Stalk borer. {Gortyna {Hydroecia\ iiitela Guen.). (Country gentleman. 

 July 22, 1880. 45 1472^^) 



Record of injury to potatoes by this species. 



Striped blister ht^tX^—Epicauta vittata. (Country gentleman. July 29 

 1880. 45:48815) ' 



Beetles recorded as destructive fo potatoes in Cayuga co., and about Albany. 



Basket worm— Thy ridopteryx ephemeraeformis. (Country gentleman. 

 Aug. 19, 1880. 45 : 535^5) 



Larva and moth described and remedies indicated. 



Basket or bag \worm~ Thy ridopferyx ephemeraeformis. (Country gentle- 

 man. Sep. 30, 1880. 45:63136) 

 Reported as destroying arbor vitae hedges— habits and remedies given. 

 Caterpillars on the Ampelopsis. (Country gentleman. Oct 7, 1880. 

 45:647'') 



Two bine caterpillars are identified as Ahjyia octomaculaia and Eudryas 

 lEuthisanotiali grata, remedies are given. 



Harlequin cabbage hug~M?/7-ga/ifia histriojiica Hahn. (Country gentle- 

 man. Oct. 21, 1880. 45:679") 

 General account of its spread northward and remedies. 



Two spotted tree \\o^^tx—Enchophylliini bmotatum {Encheiiopa binotata\ 

 (Country gentleman. Nov. 4, 1880. 45 : 711^^) 

 Several stages described and the food plants and remedies given. 



Flour paste flies. (Country gentleman. Nov. 18, 1880. 45 : 74322) 

 Flies bred from flour paste are referred to DrosojjIiiJa ampeJopUla. 



Lepidoptera of the Adirondack region. Collected by W. W. Hill m 

 1^75-78- (Progress of the topographical survey of the Adirondack 

 region of New York. 7th annual, report, by Verplanck Colvin. 

 Albany 1880. p. 375-400. Separate, with title page and cover [No- 

 vember] 1880. p. 375-400) 



Records 415 species collected, with sexes and dates of collection, and gives 

 interesting facts about those taken. 



Report on some injurious insects of the year 1879. [Presented to the 

 New York state agricultural society at its annual meeting, Jan. 21, 

 1880] (New York state agricultural society. 39th annual report, 1880. 

 P- 35-55) Also, in (New York state agricultural society. Transactions 

 for 1877-82. 1884. 2>2> •' 142-64, fig 4) 



After prefatory remarks the following insects are discussed : the clover 

 seed midge, Cecldomyia leguminicola Lintn. ; clover root borer, Hylesinm 

 [IlyloHtes'] InfolH Miill. ; wheat stem maggot, Meromyza amencana Fitch ; corn 

 f^m'QnWo, Sphenophoras ::ta''e\_8culi>iilis]- stalk borer, iiortyna IHydroecia} nitela 

 Guen. ; apple tree case bearer, Coleophora malivorella Riley, concluding 

 with a notice of the entomologic labors of Dr Asa Fitch. 



