REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGfST I918 73 



ADDITIONS TO COLLECTIONS, OCTOBER i6, 19 17- 

 OCTOBER IS, 1918 



The following is a list of the more important additions to the 

 state collection of insects: 



DONATION 



Hymenoptera 



Cimbex americana Leach, elm saw fly, larvae on elm, September 19, Mrs M. W. 



Carragan, Saratoga Springs 

 Abia inflata Nort., honeysuckle saw fly, larvae on honeysuckle, June 9, Mrs 



A. M. A. Jackson, Warner 

 Diprion simile Hartig, adul's, cocoons and larvae, De:emb3r 14, Dr W. E. 



Britton, New Haven, Conn. Same, cocoons, March 5, 14, W. L. G. Edson, 



Rochester. Same, European pine saw fly, larva on pine, June 20, Dummett 



Nurseries, Mount Vernon, State Department of Agriculture 

 Neodiprion pinetum Norton (Diprion abbotii Leach), white pine saw fly, larvae, 



August 13, W. H. Snail, Lewis. Same, larvae, on pine, August 27, H. J. Car- 

 bury, Gale. Through Conservation Commission 

 Pontania monile Marl., galls on salix, September i, 1918, James R. Weir, Missoula, 



Mont. 

 Rhodites radicum O. S., rose root gall on rose, December 18, Dr G. G. Atwood, 



chief, bureau of plant industry, Department of Farms and Markets, Albany 

 Rhodites tuberculator Ckll., galls, August 12, T. D. A. Cockerell, Crescent, Col. 

 Diastrophus radicum Bass., blackberry root gall, gall on dewberry root, June 17, 



A. W. Morrill, Phoenix, Ariz. 

 Diastrophus fusiformis O. S., gall on Potentilla monspeliensis, July 25, S. H. 



Burnham, Hudson Falls 

 Acraspis erinacei Walsh, oak hedgehog gall on oak, August 15, Francis A. Bartlett, 



Stamford, Conn. 

 Andricus cornigera O. S., horned oak gall on oak, November 26, Ed. L. Ayers, 



chief inspector. Department of Agriculture, Houston, Texas 

 Andricus punctatus Bass., gouty oak gall on oak, November 26, Ed. L. Ayers, 



chief inspector. Department of Agriculture, Houston, Texas. 



Same, on pin oak, March 13, A. L. Alston, Rye 

 Andricus batatoides Ashm., live oak potato gall on oak twigs, November 26, 



Ed. L. Ayers, chief inspector. Department of Agriculture, Houston, Texas. 



Same, gall on oak, May 8, E. Bethel, Monterey, Cal. 

 Philonix pezomachoides O. S., oak pea gall on white oak, July 17, A. G. Ruggles, 



Robbinsdale, Minn. 

 Philonix hirta Bass., gall on burr oak, July 23, A. G. Ruggles, Hastings Road, 



Minn. 

 Biorhiza forticornis Walsh, oak fig gall on burr oak, July 23, A. G. Ruggles, 



Hastings Road, Minn. 

 Neuroterus floccosus Bass., oak flake gall on burr oak, July 17, A. G. Ruggles, 



Robbinsdale, Minn. Same, July 23, Hastings Road, Minn. 

 Neuroterus umbilicatus Bass., oak button gall on oak, August i, Mrs Seth 



Bliss Hunt, Mount Kisco. Same, September 4. Same, September 5, J. J. 



Levison, Sea Cliff 

 Metopius poUinctorius Say, adult reared from cocoon of A. luna, March 29, 



Frederika Atwood, Rochester 



