REPORT OF STATE ENTOMOLOGIST, 1898 .255 



CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COLLECTION IN 1898 



Hymenoptera 



Honey bee, Apis mellifica Linn., 29 July. From Mrs L. A. Milling- 

 "ton, New Russia, N. Y. 



Sphex ichneumo7iea Linn., 9 Sep. From Mrs E. B. Smith, Coeymans, 

 N. Y. 



Tarantula killer, Pepsis formosa Say, female, 25 July. From Miss E. S. 

 Torrey, San Diego, Cal. 



The wheat joint worm, Isosoma ? grande Riley, 3 Oct. From A. D. 

 Thomas, Frederick county, Md. 



Gall, from which 235 adults were reared, oi Andricus semmator Harris 

 on oak, 25 June. From R. R. Livingston, Cheviot-on-Hudson, N. Y. 



Lunate long-sting, Thalessa lunator Fabr., 14 Sep. From Prof. C: H. 

 Peck, Menands, N. Y. 



Pigeon tremex, Tremex columba Linn., 19 May. From S. C. Bradt, 

 Albany, N. Y. 



Dole7'us sericeus Say on apple trees, 19 May. From G : H. 

 Brackenbury, Auburn, N. Y. 



Coleoptera 



Six-spotted tiger beetle, Cicindela sexguttata Fabr., 16 Aug. From 

 M. F. Adams, Buffalo, N. Y. 



Fiery ground beetle, Calosoma calidum Fabr., 20 Aug." From J: A. 

 Otterson, Berlin, Mass. 



Pterostichus lucublandus Say, 4 July. From Mrs E. B. Smith, Coey- 

 mans, N. Y. 



Harpalus pennsylvanicus DeGeer in coition, 19 Sep. From E. T. 

 Schoonmaker, Cedar Hill, N. Y. 



Carrion beetles. Silpha americafia Linn., and Silpha inaequalis Fabr., 

 16 Aug. From M. F. Adams, Buffalo, N. Y. 



Two-spotted lady-bird, Adalia bipunctata Linn., 16 May. From 

 Miss Mary R. Hyde, Binghamton, N. Y. 



Pale brown Byturus, By turns imicolor Say, in raspberry buds, 23 May. 

 From Prof. C: H. Peck, Menands, N. Y. 



Numerous rose beetles, Macrodactylus subspviosus Fabr., injuring snow- 

 ball, 27 June. From T. H. L., Loudonville, N. Y. 



