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The spotted Horn-Bug. (Country Gentleman, for October 13, 

 1892, Ivii, p. 767, c. 3 — 14 cm.) 



A beetle of this species, Dynastes Tityus (Linn.), is received from Magnolia, 

 Maryland, where it was taken in a ripe pear. Its more prominent features 

 are given. It is a southern form which has once been taken in the State of 

 New York. Not having been recorded as injurious to fruit, if it had eaten 

 into the pear in the above instance, it would indicate a possibility of its 

 becoming a fruit pest. October is apparently a little late for the occurrence 

 of the beetle. 



[See page 343 of this Report (ix).] 



•Cabbage Worms. (Country Gentleman, for October 13, 1892, 

 Ivii, p. 767, c. 4 — 6 cm.) 



In reply to inquiry whether the published remedy of sprinkling com meal 



over the leaves when wet with dew will destroy the caterpillars, answer is 



made: The eflBLciency of the proposed remedy is improbable. It has met with 



ridicule in some scientific journals. A test of it can easily be mado. 



[Some late experiments seem to show that the caterpillars can be killed 



by the meal.] ' 



'Tent Caterpillar. (Country Gentleman, for October 13, 1892, 

 Ivii, p. 767, c. 4 — 5 cm.) 



A formula for killing this insect, consisting of kerosene, water, castile soap, 

 and caustic potash, in proportions given, of which its value is asked, does 

 not promise to kill the caterpillars by contact or through feeding. Rehable 

 methods are collecting and burning the egg-belts, and wiping out and crush- 

 ing the nests when first formed. 



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 Kerosene Emulsion. (Country Gentleman, for October 13, 1892, 



Ivii, p. 767, c. 4 — 8 cm.) 



Replying to inquiry — the method of making the emulsion is given, and 

 directions for applying it to strawberry plants for killing the grubs at the 

 roots. 



Will the Cow-Horn Fly Remain with us? (Country Gentleman, 

 for October 13, 1892, Ivii, p. 769, c. 4 — 18 cm.) 



Although very injurious in New Jersey in 1888, it is now no more annoy- 

 ing in that State than is Stomoxys calcitrans. Two or three years hence it 

 will probably have diminished in number to the same extent in the State of 

 New York, although it will doubtless continue as a pest in localities favor- 

 able for its multiplication. Will the Hcematohia serrata eventually drive 

 away the Stomoxys (an early importation) after the manner of many newly 

 infested pests, as Pleris rapce has done with Pier is oleracea 9 The name of 

 "Buffalo" fly is improperly applied to this insect: suggestion as to how it 

 jnay have received it. 



