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[Voluntary entomologic service of New York] (Country gentleman, 28 

 Sep. 1899, 64 : 767^*) 



Abstracts of reports from voluntary observers. 



Student collectors of insects. (Times-Union [Albany] 29 Sep. 1899, p.i ; 

 Argus [Albany] 30 Sep. 1899, p. 5) 



Circular letter offering pupils in regents bigh scbools a nominal price for 

 insects. 



Katydid eggs. (Country gentleman, 5 Oct. 1899, 64: 7862^) 



Tbe eggs of Microcentrum retinervis Burm. are identi fied and 

 oviposition is described. 



White-lined sphinx. (Country gentleman, 5 Oct. 1899, 64: 792*^) 



Deilephila lineata Fabr. is identified from a brief description and 

 the moth and larva are described. 



CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COLLECTION 15 OCT. 1898 — 



14 OCT. 1899 



Hymenoptera 



Bumblebees, Bombus fervidus Fabr. and Bombus virgini- 

 c u s Oliv.; honey bee, Apis mellifica Linn, and large carpenter bee, 

 Xylocopa virginica Drury, 21 June; from W. C. Hitchcock, 

 Cropseyville N. Y. 



Carpenter bee as above, 23 June and wasp, Polistes pallipes St. 

 Farg. 17th Aug.; from Mrs E. B. Smith, Coeymans N. Y. 



Sphex ichneumonea ^inn. 31 July; from James A. Burns, 

 Albany N. Y. 



Pelopoeus caementarius Drury, 17 Aug.; from Mrs E. B. 

 Smith, Coeymans N. Y. 



Red ant, Monomorium pharaonis Linn, i Sep. ; from. G. H, 

 Anderson, Albany N. Y. 



Pelecinus polyturator Drury, 2 Aug.; from Arthur Carty, 

 Albany N. Y, 



Pupae of Cratotechus species, 6 July; from Rhoda Thomp- 

 son, Ballston Spa N. Y. 



Dibrachys -boucheanus Ratz., from cocoons ofClisiocampa 

 disstria Hiibn., 5 July; from C. L. Williams, Glens Falls N. Y. 



Pimpla conquisitor Say, from cocoons of Clisiocampa 

 disstria, 5 July; from C. L. Williams, Glens Falls N. Y. 



