REPORT OF STATE ENTOMOLOGIST, 1 898 255 



CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COLLECTION IN 1898 



Hymenoptera 



Honey bee, Apis mellifica Linn., 29 July. From Mrs L. A. Milling- 

 ton, New Russia, N. Y. 



Sphex ichneumoJiea Linn., 9 Sep. From Mrs E. B. Smith, Coeymans, 

 N. Y. 



Tarantula killer, Pepsis fonnosa Say, female, 25 July. From Miss E. S. 

 Torrey, San Diego, Cal. 



The wheat joint worm, Isosoma ? grande Riley, 3 Oct. From A. D. 

 Thomas, Frederick county, Md. 



Gall, from which 235 adults were reared, o{ A?idricus seminator Harris 

 on oak, 25 June. From R. R. Livingston, Cheviot-on-Hudson, N. Y. 



Lunate long-sting, T/ialessa liwator Yahx., 14 Sep. From Prof. C: H. 

 Peck, Menands, N. Y. 



Pigeon tremex, Tremex columba Linn., 19 May. From S. C. Bradt, 

 Albany, N. Y. 



Dolerus sericeus Say on apple trees, 19 May. From G : H. 

 Brackenbury, Auburn, N. Y. 



Coleoptera 



Six-spotted tiger beetle, Cicindela sexguttata Fabr., i6 Aug. From 

 M. F. Adams, Buffalo, N. Y. 



Fiery ground beetle, Calosotna calidum Fabr., 20 Aug. From J: A. 

 Otterson, Berlin, Mass. 



Fterostichus lucublajidus Say, 4 July. From Mrs E. B. Smith, Coey- 

 mans, N. Y. 



Harpaliis pemisylvanicus DeGeer in coition, 19 Sep. From E. T. 

 Schoonmaker, Cedar Hill, N. Y. 



Carrion beetles, SilpJia a??iericana Linn., and Silpha inaeqiialis Fabr., 

 16 Aug. From M. F. Adams, Buffalo, N. Y. 



Two-spotted lady-bird, Adalia bipimctata Linn., 16 May. From 

 Miss Mary R. Hyde, Binghamton, N. Y. 



Pale brown Byturus, By turns iinicolor Say, in raspberry buds, 23 May. 

 From Prof. C: H. Peck, Menands, N. Y. 



Numerous rose beetles, Macrodactylus subspinosus Fabr., injuring snow- 

 ball, 27 June. F'^rom T. H. L., Loudonville, N. Y. 



