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Contents — concluded 



Notices of various insects — continued: page 



Epicauta pennsylvanica DeGeer, black blister beetle 135 



Pomphopoea sayi Le Conte, Say's blister beetle 136 



Podisus spinosus Dallas, spined soldier beetle 137 



Prionidus cristatus Linn., nine pronged wheel bug 138 



Pulvinaria innumerahilis Rath . , maple tree scale insect 141 



Apliis hrassicae Linn., cabbage aphis 147 



Grylloialpa horealis Burm., mole cricket 149 



Melanoplus femur-ruhrum DeGeer, red legged grasshopper 151 



Some apple tree insects 153 



Notices of Arachnida : 



Ixodes IBoopMlns'] hovis Riley, cattle tick 156 



Bryobia pratensis Garman, infesting a dwelling house 158 



Appendix : 



(A) List of publications of the entomologist 165 



(B) Contributions to the department 186 



Index : 191 



Snails — slugs. (Country gentleman. Oct. 16, 1890. 55:819^^) 

 Gives remedies for snails in mushroom beds. 



Diseased Austrian pines. (Country gentleman. Oct. 16, 1890. 55 : 



82024) 



Cause of unhealthy condition not known. Chionaspis pinifoliae Fitch, a few 

 black thrips aud some mites are present, but could not have caused the injury. 



Manual of injurious insects. (Country gentleman. Oct. 16, 1890. 

 55:822^«-23i«) 

 Notice of a new edition of Miss E. A. Ormerod's manual. 



A guest to be welcomed in our homes. (Amsterdam [N. Y.] daily 

 democrat. Nov. i, 1890. p. 2, col. 5) 



Larva of Scenopinns fenestralis Linn, does not injure woolens or other 

 fabrics, but feeds only, ao far as know^n, on the larvae and pupae of the 

 clothes moth. 



Bean weevil. (Country gentleman. Nov. 13, 1890. 55 : 898^^) 

 Gives life history of Bruchus ohsoletiis lobtectus'] and remedies. 



Larch saw fly. (Country gentleman. Nov. 13, 1890. 55:905*^) 



Ravages of Nematus [^Lygaeonematus'] erichsonii Hartig are described and 

 the remedy given. 



Bot fly of the hare. (Country gentleman. Nov. 13, 1890. 55 : 905*^-6^2^ 

 Notices Cnterebra ciuiiculi Fabr. aud Cuterebra emasculaior Fitch. 



Insects infesting maple trees. (New England homestead. Nov. 15, 



1890. 24: col. 4) 

 Imperfect description does not admit of identification. 



