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dark brown stripe, fuscous laterally and with equally broad, sub- 

 median stripes ; anterior lateral portion reddish yellow. Scutel- 

 lum pale reddish yellow, crowned with rather coarse, black hairs. 

 Halteres: basal portion slightly yellowish, apical part trumpet- 

 shaped, fuscous. Abdomen bright red, sparsely clothed dorsally 

 with rather coarse, black hairs and with lateral patches of the same 

 on each segment, giving the appearance of a broken, lateral row; 

 ventral surface slightly lighter. Legs: anterior coxae reddish 

 yellow, posterior reddish with irregular, fuscous markings ; femora 

 thickly clothed with black hairs, with some yellowish red. Tibiae 

 entirely and tarsi partly clothed with jet-black hairs, the latter with 

 a yellowish band near the distal portion of the first segment. Wings 

 broad, thickly clothed with rather coarse, fuscous hairs; basal por- 

 tion of costal vein almost black, subapical portion reddish, the same 

 being true of the subcostal vein. 



Length about } of an inch. 



Male similar to female, except that it is somewhat darker, the 

 abdomen being more thickly clothed with long hairs, forming thicker, 

 lateral tufts. Legs darker. 



Beneficial insects 



Chinese lady beetle (Chilocorus similis Rossi) . A 

 third shipment of these interesting little beetles was obtained last 

 June, through the kindness of Prof. Wilmon Newell, state entomolo- 

 gist of Georgia, and established in a badly infested orchard at 

 Kinderhook. Unfortunately we were unable to find larvae or signs 

 of breeding, as had been the case with earlier shipments in the years 

 of 1902 and 1903, and it is possible that most of the insects availed 

 themselves of their freedom and spread to other trees. It is to be 

 sincerely hoped that some of them have found conditions to their 

 liking, bred freely, and that the species will become established in 

 this section and prove of considerable service in controlling the 

 San Jos^ scale insect. It certainly seems as though three intro- 

 ductions in successive years, would afford ample opportimities for 

 these beetles to demonstrate their utility. 



VOLUNTARY ENTOMOLOGIC SERVICE OF NEW YORK 



STATE 



The work of the last five years has been continued by various 

 observers in different sections of the State, and a number of valuable 

 observations added to our previous records. The season of 1904 

 has been remarkable because of the comparatively small amount of 



