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noticed — those received are preparing (Sept. 13), for pupation. 

 Said to feod also on squash and potato. Its literature given. The 

 reported presence ot the carnivorous Chaidiognathus rnarginatas 

 in the infested melon patch iudicates its preying on the 

 muskmelou larvae. The Coleoptera sent for name are Hippo- 

 damia convergens. 



Silk-Culture. (The Country Gentleman for September 30, 1886, 

 li, p. 735 — 12 cm.) 



Notices "The Mulberry Silk- Worm — a Manual of Instruc- 

 tions in Silk-Culture,'' by C. V. Riley, as issued by the Division 

 of Entomology of the United States Department of Agriculture, 

 in a pamphlet of sixty-two pages and two plates. The subjects 

 of the several chapters are named, and the manual commended 

 as a full treatise upon the silk-worm and silk-culture and 

 indispensable to all engaged or about to engage in the industry. 



A Queer Bug and Other Insects. The Country (Gentleman for 

 October 7, 1886, li, p. 753, c. 4 — 18 cm.) 



Leptoglossus oppositus (Say), occurring in large clusters in 

 Charlottesville, Ya., upon the grape and corn, is characterized 

 with remarks upon its supposed carnivorous habits, like those 

 of L. phyllopus, while Metapodius femoratus (Fabr.j is reported 

 as injurious to cherries. Observations on its food-habits are 

 desired. Other insects from the same locality, viz. : Euschistes 

 sp., Arctia Phylira (Drury) and Lygranthcecia marginata, are 

 remarked upon, in their features and distribution. 



A Severe Attack on the Potato. (The Country Gentleman for 

 October 14, 1886, li. p. 773, c. 3-4 — 46 cm.) 



A potato sent from Cooperstown, N. Y., as a specimen of a 

 half-destroyed crop, harbored within large cavities eaten into it, 

 Julus coeruleocintus Wood (perhaps 200 in number), a species of 

 Polydesmus, probably complanatus Linn., in large number, many 

 minute mites of Gamasus sp. and probably undescribed, and a 

 few Staphylinid beetles of an undetermined species. As 

 remedies, gas-lime or alkali waste would destroy the myriopods. 

 Salt, applied as suggested, might prevent attack and. also repel 

 leaf-eating insects of the potato plant. 



The Beech-Tree Blight. (The Husbandman [Elmira, N. Y.] for 

 October 27, 1886, xiii, No. 636, p. 1, c. 1-2 — 38 cm.) 



Plant-lice, covered with flocculent matter, occurring on beech- 

 trees in woods, and covering the ground beneath with a blue or 

 drab-colored substance, are Pemphigus imbricator (Fitch). Its 

 original description by Dr. Fitch is given, with notice of reference 

 to it by other writers. The flocculent matter upon the insect is 



