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Melaphis rhois (Fitch), in the Rhois tomatos gall uu the leaves 

 of the staghorn sumach, Rhus typhina. From Mrs. H. D. Crane, 

 Schenectady, N. Y. 



Pemphigus imbricator (Fitch), from a beech tree. From James 

 S. Whitaker, Penn Yan, K Y. 



A large Arachnid, Epeira sp. ? (un described ?), which had 

 descended by its thread from a limb of an elm tree, about sixty feet 

 from the ground. From Hon. Abraham Lansing, Albany, N. Y. 



Chernes Sanbomi Hagen (of the Pedipalpi), attached to the 

 legs of a fly, Lvmnophora sp. From B. N. Holly, Amsterdam, N. Y. 



Uropoda Americana Riley, and Uropoda n. sp., from cavities 

 in a potato associated with Julus coaruleocinctus Wood, J. hortensis 

 Wood (is immature J. cceruleocinctus), Polydesmus complanatus 

 Linn, and a Staphyliqid beetle Oxytelus rugosus Grav. From 

 Mr. Chaffee, Cooperstown, N". Y. 



Cermatia forceps Rafinesque (ot the Myriapoda). From John C. 

 Russell, Albany, K Y. ; W H. Moore, Pittsburg, Pa. ; D. L. 

 Boardman, Troy, N. Y. ; Miss Church, Albany, N. Y. 



PUBLICATIONS. 



The following publications have been made by the Entomolgist 

 during the year. It will be observed that several ot them have 

 been introduced in the present report. 



The Spring Canker-Worm — Anisopteryx vernata (Peck). (The 



Country Gentleman for April 1, 1886, li, p. 249, c. 2-3 — 34 cm.) 



Defoliation of trees for two years past in Dutchess county, is 

 recognized as a canker-worm attack. Importance of preventing 

 its spread is urged. Reference is made to remedies and pre- 

 ventives, in the C G. for May, 1882, and July 10, 1884. Pupae 

 may be killed by working the ground beneath the tree at this 

 season. Mention of the different kinds of bands used as prevent- 

 ives; of poisoning by Paris green and London purple, and a 

 method for doing so economically, and of a spraying apparatus 

 where the power is furnished by the revolution of the wagon 

 wheels, transporting the material. 



The Cause of Gapes. (The Country Gentleman for April 8, 1886, 



li, p. 260, c. 1-3 —63 cm.) 



The windpipe of a chicken killed by gapes, submitted, shows no 

 indication of the false membrane believed to have caused its death, 



