REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR I915 6g 



Dobbin, Frank, Shushan. Cecidomyia bedeguar Walsh, mossy 



thorn gall on Crataegus, June 14 

 Hand, Mrs B. L. Elizabethtown. Eristalis ten ax Linn., drone fly, 



rat-tailed larva, September 24 

 Miller, George. Rhinebeck. Through F. H. Lacy. Rhagoletis 



p o m o n e 1 1 a Walsh, apple maggot, work in apple, September 7 

 Lane, A. M. Schenectady. Same as preceding, October 6 

 Wickham, D. O. Champlain. Pollenia rudis Fabr., cluster fly, 



adults, September, 18 . 



Lepidoptera 



Squire, Nettie E. Canton. Papilio glaucus-turnus Linn., black 



swallow-tail, caterpillar, September 17 

 Scott, Emma E. Albany. Callosamia promethea Dru., Prome- 



thea moth, adult, July 7. Also Erebus odora Linn., adlilt, June 23. 



First taken in the State and brought to the Museum in twenty years 

 Fahrenkopf, Margaret. Albany. Callosamia promethea Dru., 



Promethea moth, July 9 

 Mead, Mrs E. Russel. Albany. Same as preceding, larva on lilac, 



August 2^' 



Greene, Mrs Horace L. Fort Plain. Tropea luna Linn., luna moth, 

 cocoon, April 12 



Albright, Thomas. West Coxsackie. Same as preceding, adult, June 30 



Wakely, H. T. Corinth. Telea polyphemus Cram., American silk 

 worm moth, June 17 



Adriance, Edward. Albany. Same as preceding, adult, September 2 



Gale, L. A. G. Albany. Automeris io Fabr., io moth, larva, August 30 



Eldredge, Laura F. Canajoharie. Same as preceding, larvae, September 3 



Hessberg, Samuel. Albany. Basilona imperialis Dru., Imperial 

 moth, caterpillar, September 20 



Atwood, G. G. Jericho. Through State Department of Agriculture. 

 Estigmene acraea Dru., Acraea moth, June 4. Also from Cayuga 

 county, Peridroma saucia Hubn., variegated cutworm, caterpillar, 

 February 24 ; from Geneva, Yponomeuta malinella Zell., ermine 

 moth, young caterpillars, June 4 



Blunt, Eliza S. New Russia. Estigmene acraea Dru., Acraea moth, 

 June 23 



Hartnagel, C. A. Albany. Halisidota caryae Harr., caterpillar, 

 September 20 



King, Joseph. Nassau. Agrotis ypsilon Rot., greasy cutworm, 

 larvae on gladioli, June 6 



Gavit, Mrs Frances P. Stony Creek. Noctua clandestina Harr., 

 September 16 



Avery, R. F. Kinderhook. Euthlsanotia grata Fabr., beautiful 

 wood nymph, adult, July 16 



Keil, P. F. Westbury, Datana ?major Grt. & Rob., larvae on Rhodo- 

 dendron, July 19 



Simons, L. R. Mineola. Datana integerrima Grt. & Rob., cater- 

 pillars, August 6. Also Oxyptilus periscelidactylus Fitch, 

 gartered plume moth," caterpillar on grape. May 28 



