REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST I915 95 



Anomala lucicola Fabr., light loving grapevine beetle, adult, July 10, Benjamin 



Hammond, Garden City 

 Lachnosterna tristis Fabr., June beetle, adults. May 28, L. R. Simons, Mineola 

 Macrodactylus subspinosus Fabr., rose beetle, adults, July 10, Benjamin Ham- 

 mond, Garden City 

 Hoplia sackenii Lee., adults on birch, June 29, Garden City. Through State 



Depa rtment of Agriculture 

 Photuri's pennsylvanica DeG., fire fly, larvae, September 16, Mrs E. P. Gardner, 



Canandaigua 

 Agrilus otiosus Say, gall on Ostrya, March 30, S. H. Bumham, Hudson Falls 

 A. sinuatus Oliv., sinuate pear borer, work on pear, October 7, H. W. Merkel, 



New York City 

 Dicerca divaricata Say, divaricate Buprestis, adults, June 7, A. L. Kniffen, 



West Coxsackie 

 Agriotes mancus Say, wheat wireworm, larvae on com, June 26, L. R. Simons, 



Mineola 

 Alaus oculatus Linn., eyed elater, adult, July, G. L. Flanders, North Chatham 

 Dermestes lardarius Linn., larder beetle, adult, August 7, Mrs H. G. Reist, 



Schenectady 

 Byturus unicolor Say, raspberry Byturus, adults and wo k on raspberry. May 

 ' 12, C. G. Velie & Son, Marlboro 



Thelydrias contractus Motsh., larvae, October 15, Miss Mary Darrow, New 

 ; York City 

 Carabus nemoralis Mull., adults. May 6, Ward's Natural Science Establishment. 



Through State Department of Agriculture 



Diptera 



Culex sollicitans Walk., salt marsh mosquito, August 31, J. G. Livingston, New 

 York City 



Rhabdophaga aceris Shimer, maple leaf midge, larvae on soft maple, July 27, 

 M. J. Adams, Rensselaer. Same, larvae and cocoons on soft maple, July 28, 

 J. M. Ropes, Albany. Same, adult, August 24, S. B. Fracker, Madison, Wis. 



R. batatas O. S., willow potato gall on willow, October 5, Mrs E. P. Gardner, 

 Canandaigua 



R. salicis Schrk., European willow stem gall, galls and adults on willow, July 3, 

 A. Cosens, Toronto, Ont. 



Dasyneura communis Felt, galls on maple, June 8, D. A. Ricker, West Spring- 

 field, Mass. Same, gall on sugar and soft maple, June 14, October 5, Mrs E. P. 

 Gardner, Canandaigua 



Diarthronomyia hypogaea H. Lw., Chrysanthemum midge, adult and gall, 

 March 27, R. H. Pettit, Adrian, Mich. Same, larvae and galls on Chrysan- 

 themum, April 13, October 9, 13, E. D. Smith & Company, Adrian, Mich. 

 Same, adults and galls, September 24, E. O. Essig, Berkeley, Cal. Same 

 September 25, Arthur Gibson, Ottawa, Can. 



Phytophaga ulmi Beutm., elm bud gall, on elm, October 5, Mrs E. P. Gardner, 

 Canandaigua 



Rhopalomyia anthophila O. S., fuzzy goldenrod gall, on goldenrod, September 

 7, Mrs E. P. Gardner, Canandaigua. Same, galls on Solidago, September 

 29, S. H. Chubb, Kings Bridge. Through G. Clyde Fisher 



