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Vanessa Antiopa (Linn.), larvae of Thyreus Abbotii (Swains.), Darapsa 

 Myron (Cramer), Sphinx sp.f and Alypia octomaculata (Fabr.), from 

 grape-vines July 5th. By Dr. R. H. Sabin, West Troy, N. Y. 



Eggs and young larvae of Darapsa versicolor (Harris), occurring upon 

 Azalea sp., July 21. Larvae of Tolype velleda (Stoll), May 26th (failed 

 to mature). By H. Roy Gilbert, Rochester, N. Y. 



Larvae of Thyreus Abbotii (Swains), ten examples, from grape-vines; 

 Spectrum femoratum Say, in act of moulting, June 16th ; three cocoons 

 of Callosamia Promethea, perforated by birds for feeding on the pupa. 

 By S C. Bradt, Albany, N. Y. 



Larva of Citheronia r eg alls (Fabr.), taken from English walnut (Ju- 

 glans nigra), August 22d. By Wm. B. Sprague, Jr., Flushing, L. I. 



Eggs of Ecpantheria scribonia (Stoll), from Florida, October 17th, 

 from which the moths were obtained January 15th, et seq. By Mrs. 

 Julia P. Ballard, Easton, Pa. 



Larva of Agrotis fennica (Tausch.), quite injurious in meadows in 

 northern Michigan. By Prof. A. J. Cook, Agricultural College, Lan- 

 sing, Mich. 



Larvae of Mamestra picta (Harris), taken from peas and cabbage. By 

 E. S. Goff, Geneva, N. Y. 



Larvae of Penthina nimbatana (Clemens), from rose bushes. By D. 

 J. Garth, Scarsdale, Westchester Co., N. Y. 



Cocoons of Bucculatrix pomifohella (Clemens), upon apple twigs. By 

 J. S. Roys, Lyons, Wayne Co., N. Y. 



Examples of the same. By Malcom Little, Malcom, Seneca Co., 

 N. Y. 



Sitotroga cerealella (Oliv.), the Angoumois moth, in ears of dried corn, 

 October 27th. By E. H. Ladd, State Agricultural Experiment Station, 

 Geneva, N. Y. 



Pcecilocapsus hneatus (Fabr.), with gooseberry twigs injured by it. 

 By E. S. Goff, Geneva, N. Y. 



The same, taken from garden sage. By J. G. Fargo, Batavia, N.Y. 



The same taken on parsnips and currants. By J. F. Rose, South 

 Byron, N. Y. 



Lygus Uneolaris Beauv., feeding upon and deforming young pears. 

 By Messrs. Ellwanger and Barry, Mount Hope Nurseries, Rochester, 

 N. Y. 



Podisus cynicus (Say), preying upon the currant-worm, Nematus 

 ventricosus Klug. By Samuel G. Love, Jamestown, N. Y. 



Mytilaspis pomicorticis Riley, on Kilmarnack willow, which it had 

 nearly destroyed. By W. F. Osborne, Ansonia, Conn. 



Pulvinana innumeraftilis (Rathvon)> occurring upon grape vines 

 By Dr. N. C. Scudder, Rome, N. Y. 



Belostoma Americana Leidy. By D. G. Bulkley, Albany, N. Y. 



Diogmites discolor Loew, taken on a squash-vine and wrongly sup- 

 posed by the sender to be injurious to it. By T. E. Hayward, Pitts- 

 ford, N. Y. 



Grape vine punctured for oviposition by a flower cricket, (Ecanthus 

 lahpennis Riley. By D. J. Hoover, Hopkinsville, Ky. 



Larval Ant Lions, of species indeterminable, with observations upon 

 their habits. By Geo. W. Duvall, Annapolis, Md. 



Corydalis cornutus Linn. By Frank Richardson, Rutland, Vt. 



