3l6 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



On Catocala pretiosa n. sp. [C crataegi Saund. var.] (Canadian entomolo- 

 gist. July 1876. 8: 121-22) 



Described from examples takeu at sugar iu Schenectady, N. Y,, aud com- 

 pared with C. polygama Guen. [C. grynea Cram.] 



Destructive caterpillar. (Country gentleman. Aug. 10, 1876. 41:504^'^) 

 Caterpillar eating apple leaves in a young orchard at Manlins, N. Y., is 

 probably Notodonta [^Scliiznra] concinna Siii.-Abb. 



Cabbage eating insect. (Country gentleman. Sep. 7, 1876. 41:565^'') 

 Brief account of Strachia [AIui'fjauHa'] histrionica Hahu as a cabbage pest at 

 Nashville, Tenn. 



Grape seed fly. (Country gentlemen. Sep. 21. 1876. 41 : 599^^) 



Isosoma \_Evoxysoma^ vitis Saund. is the insect infesting grapes receis'ed 



from New Jersey. Its operations are described and remedies for its attack 



given. 

 New carpet bug pest — Ajithrenus sci-opJmlariae. [Read before the Albany 



institute, Oct. 17, 1876] (Argus [Albany] Oct. 21, 1876; Schenectady 



daily union. Oct. 21, 1876; Buffalo courier. Oct. 29, 1876; Albany 



institute. Proceedings, 1878. 2:313-15) 



Notice of the introduction and spread of the carpet beetle, Anthrenus scro- 



pliulariae Linn. 



Insects in flour. (Country gentleman. Oct. 26, 1876. 41 : 683^^) 



Wheat flour swarming with Tyroglyplius farinae [^s'lro Linn.] was received, 

 and a brief account of the mite is given. 



Scale insects. (Country gentleman. Feb. i, 1877. 42 : 6(f^) 



The following on pear and apple trees are noticed briefly : A»pidiotus liar- 

 risii Walsh IChionaspis furfuriis Fitch] and Aspidiotus conchiformis Gmol. 

 [Mytilaspis pomorunt Bouchd] . 



Bark lice. (Country gentleman. Mar. 8, 1877. 42:151*^) 



Notice of Harris' bark louse \_Chionaspis furfurus Fitch] aud description 

 of the oyster shell bark louse. 



Apple tree insects. (Country gentleman. Ap. 12, 1877. 42 : 235^^) 



Oviposition of some tree hoppers, and of the flower cricket, Oecanthus niveiis 

 DeGeer, is identified. 



Insects of 1876 — i. (Country gentleman May 31, 1877. 42 : 347^^) 

 Army worm, Leucania umpuntia Haw., Colorado potato beetle and grape 

 seed fly, Isosoma [^Evoxysoma] ritis, are treated of to some extent. 



Insects of 1876 — 2. The new carpet bug. (Country gentleman. 

 June 7, 1877. 42 : 363=^^) 



Notice of Anthrenus scrophulariae and a new potato insect. 



Insect on peach trees. (Country gentleman. June 7, 1877. 42 : 36336) 

 Unknown caterpillar infesting the twigs of peach trees [probably Anarsia 

 Uneatclla Zeller] can not be identilied. 



