458 FoBTY-sixTB Report on the State Museum 



Insect on the Potato. (Country Gentleman, for July 30. 1S74, 

 xxxix. p. 488, c. 1, 2 — 14 cm.) 



Insects proving destructive to the potato vines in Sony ea, Livingston Co., 

 N. Y., are identified as one of the true bugs, known as CosmopepJa carnifex 

 (Fabr.). Beating from the ^anes, and exposing to poultry recommended. 

 Habits of allied Hemipterous forms referred to, with diflSiculty attending 

 their destruction. 



[See ihe Second Report on the Insects of New York, 1885, pp. 144-148, fig. 36.] 



The Joint-Worm. (Country Gentleman, for September 10, 1874, 

 xxxix, p. 584, c. 1, 2 — 13 cm.) 



Account is given of the galls and transformations of Isosoma liordei 

 (Harris), with habits and history in brief, in reply to inquiries from Clark s- 

 boro, N. J. 



[See Fourth Report on the Insects of Neir Yoi^k, 1888, pp. 37-35, figs. 10-14.] 



Cimex lectularius. (Country Gentleman, for September 24, 1874, 

 xxxix, p. 615, c. 4 — 26 cm.) 



The literature, natural history, habits, etc., of the bed-bug given, and fumi- 

 gation of infested rooms by brimstone recommended for its destruction in this 

 instance where they infest books and papers in a library at Prarieville, Mo. 



[Pubhshed also in the Second Report on the Insects of Xeiv York, 1885, pp. 

 16-18. The insect is now known as Acanthia lectidaria (Linn.).] 



The Maple Leaf Cutter. (Country Gentleman, for October 1, 

 1874, xxxix, p. 631, c. 1, 2 — 29 cm.) 



Identification of Ornix acerifolieUa Fitch, destroying maple forests in 

 Pittsford, Vt., and notice of its operations and occasional multiplication: 

 probabiUties of its continuance in the future. 



[Extended in the Fifth Report on the Insects of New York, 1889, pp. 

 215-219, figs. 22-24, under generic name of IncuTvaria.'\ 



The Cattle Tick. (Country Gentleman, for October 1, 1874, 

 xxxix, p. 631, c. 2 — 14 cm.) 



Appearance and habits of Ixodes hovis Riley, prevalent in Pennsylvania; 

 its abundance at times, and notice of other species of the genus. 



The Oil-Beetle. (Country Gentleman, for October 15, 1874, 

 xxxix, ]3. 663, c. 4 — 10 cm.) 



Notice of appearance, interesting habits and vesicating properties of Meloe 

 angusticollis Saj , received from Perry, N. Y., and where the insect is found. 



[Published in Sixth Report on the Insects of New York, 1890, pp. 130. 131, 

 fig. 15.] 



