REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST I917 71 



Adalia bipunctata Linn., lady beetles, larvae on potato vines, August 3, F. A. 



Roper, Hudson Falls 

 Chlaenius sericeus Forst., adult, May 21, Roy Latham, Orient 



Diptera 



Sayomyia ? trivittata Loew., phantom larva, January 27, H. D. Gehret, Mineville 

 Lasioptera vitis O. S., grape tomato gall, June 30, G. P. McRostie, Kingston. 



Same, July 6, George Grossefinger, Manorville. Same, July 11, A. A. Doug- 

 lass, Suffer n 

 Neolasioptera hibisci Felt, adult on Hibiscus, August 25, E. L. Dickerson, Nut- 



ley, N. J. 

 Rhabdophaga salicis Schr., European willow gall, June 23, Ambrose Smith, 



Perrysville, Pa. Through Prof. C. H. Hadley, Extension Entomologist, State 



Department of Agriculture Extension, State College, Pa. 

 Rhabdophaga aceris Shim., maple leaf midge, adults on maple leaves, August 7, 



N. B. Beers, Glover sville 

 Contarinia virginianiae Felt, choke cherry midge, larvae and galls on choke 



cherries, July 12, A. F. Burgess, Melrose Highlands, Mass. 

 Diarthronomyia hypogaea H. Lw., chrysanthemum midge, galls, October 24, 



R. M. Winslow, Victoria, B. C. Same, galls and adults, November 7, Dr 



Edith M. Patch, Orono, Me. Same, galls, December 21, C. H. Hadley, State 



College, Pa. Same, January 18, A. I. Bourne, Fitchburg, Mass., and Provi- 

 dence, R. I. 

 Schizomyia coryloides Walsh and Riley, grape filbert gall, September 10, A. E. 



Barnard, Williams Bay, Wis. 

 Monarthropalpus buxi Lab., box leaf midge, larvae and galls, April 8, J. J. 



Levison, Sea Cliff 

 Aphidoletes ? meridionalis Felt, probably reared from aphids on sea lavender, 



Limonium carolinianum, August 7, Henry Bird, Rye 

 Erosomyia mangiferae Felt, adults on mango, February 6, F. W. Urich, Port 



of Spain, Trinidad 

 Cincticornia pilulae Walsh, oak pill gall, October 3, Chester J. Warren, Troy 

 Retinodiplosis taxodii Felt, cypress seed midge, gall, October 19, Otto Katzen- 



stein & Co., Atlanta, Ga. Through E. R. Sasscer, United States Bureau of 



Entomology 

 Itonididae, 648 pinned specimens, some very desirable species, were collected at 



Keene Valley by Mr Howard Notman and generously given to the State 



Museum 

 Tabanus lineola Fabr., lined horse fly, adult, August 27, Roy Latham, Orient 

 Phorbia fusciceps Zett., seed corn maggot, larvae and work on beans, June 17, 



F. P. Cullinan, Batavia. Same, larvae on beans, June 17, F. J. Rose, South 



Byron 

 Agromyza tiliae Coud., linden bark gall, puparia on linden, April 18, Dr Hermann 



von Schrenk, Kirkwood, Mo. Same, galls on linden, May 4, D. M. Boyd, 



St Louis, Mo. 



Lepidoptera 

 Aporia crataegi Linn., caterpillars on apple, February 26. Through State 

 Department of Agriculture (French seedlings). Same, larva on French seed- 



