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Ti8Cheria malifoliella Clem. — Prof. C. H. Peck brought 

 from his residence at Menauds, Albany county, N. 5f., leaves of 

 apple, each containing several of the mines (from three to eight) 

 of Tischeria malifoliella Clem. The portion of the mine first, 

 constructed, before it enlarges and extends it in an irregular 

 blotch, suggests in its appearance an oyster-shell with its successive 

 imbricated transverse lines of growth, of which the crescents are 

 white, contrasting with the brown of the intervening spaces and 

 the orange of the blotch. The segments of the larva are much 

 more deeply incised than shown in Mr. Brunn's figure in the 

 Second Report, Dep't. of Entomology of Cornell University 

 Experimental Station (pi. 6, f. la), being almost moniloform. The 

 largest of the larvae were apparently nearly full-grown when 

 received on September thirteenth. 



Trypeta (Straussia) longipennis Wiecl. — Several examples of 

 this species were taken June twenty-first, while resting on or slowly 

 walking over the under surface of the leaves of the sunflower. It 

 is easily taken by putting the mouth of the cyanide bottle slowly 

 over it, as it is not readily alarmed. 



On June twenty-seventh it still continued on sunflower. Twenty 

 examples were taken this date, and it was seen to oviposit 

 in the stalk a few inches from the tip. The fly bends the tip of 

 its body in a curve, extends its long ovipositor, inserts it into the 

 stem, expands its wings at almost a right angle with the body, and 

 continues in this position for from twenty to thirty seconds. The 

 operation was seen to be repeated several times by the same fly. 

 Captures of the insect were made daily to July tenth. 



Adalia bipunctata (Linn.). — This species has been quite 

 abundant in its larval stage, upon some peach trees, rose bushes 

 and the black currant, feeding on the aphides with which the 

 peach, rose, and currant swarmed. About two weeks ago one of the 

 peach trees, a small one, was having every leaf killed by the 

 aphides, when a number of the larvae were collected and placed 

 upon it. To-day (June 1), hardly an aphis is to be found thereon. 

 A. bipunctata is just emerging from the pupae which have been 

 observed for the past few days, mostly upon the upper sides of the 

 leaves. It has abounded all June, continued into October, and 

 during November examples of it were frequently sent for name 

 and habits. The insect had entered dwellings in numbers and 

 iears were entertained tnat it might be the carpet beetle. 



