REPORT OF STATE ENTOMOLOGIST, 1898 259'' 



Three larvae of the zebra caterpillar, Mainesira picta Harris, 19 July. 

 From W: C. Browning, Alexandria Bay, N. Y. Same on sugar 

 beets, 19 Sep. and 8 Oct. From E. T. Schoonmaker, Cedar Hill, 

 N. Y. 



Examples of Xylina antenfiata Walker defoliating maples, 15 June. 

 From Dr M. G. Planck, Schenectady, N. Y. Numerous larvae of 

 same, from Schenectady, through state department of agriculture. 



Catocala paria Guen., 4 July, Catocala cara Guen., 9 Sep. From 

 Mrs E. B. Smith, Coeymans, N. Y. 



Larva of Cacoecia rosaceaiia Harris on elm, 31 May. From J. ^V. 

 Olmstead, Northville, N. Y. 



Codling moth, Carpocapsa pomonella Linn., from under the bark of an 

 apple tree, 7 Mar. From D. Woodriff, Beaver Creek, Col. 



Mecoptera 



Two females of a scorpion fly, Panorpa maculosa Hagen, sucking the 

 fluids from wounded gypsy moth larvae, Porthetria dispar Linn., i July. 

 From A. H. Kirkland, Maiden, Mass. 



Neuroptera 



Dendroleon obsoletum Say, 20 Aug. From J: A. Otterson, Berlin, 

 Mass. 



Ant lion, ? Myrmeleon sp., from the Indian Ladder, New Scotland, 

 I Aug. From Dr F: J. H. Merrill, Albany, N. Y. 



Hemiptera 



Spined soldier bug, Podisus spinosus Dallas, observed feeding on 

 larvae of Crioceris aspardgi and also one trying to insert its proboscis 

 into a beetle, 20 Aug. From J: A. Otterson, Berlin, Mass. 



Nymphs of Cosmopepla carnifex Fabr. on asparagus, 25 July. From 

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



Euschistus fissilis Uhler on asparagus, 20 iVug. From J: A. Otter- 

 son, Berlin, Mass. The same, 19 Sep. From E. T. Schoonmaker, 

 Cedar Hill, N. Y, 



Euschistus tristigmus Say, 4 Sep. From Mrs E. B. Smith, Coey- 

 mans, N. Y. 



Nezara hilaris Say, adults and young feeding on asparagus, 20 Aug. 

 From J: A. Otterson, Berhn, Mass. 



Squash bug, Anasa iristis DeGeer, 19 Sep. From E. T. Schoon- 

 maker, Cedar Hill, N. Y. 



Calocoris rapidus Say on asparagus, 19 Sep. From E. T. Schoon- 

 maker, Cedar Hill, N. Y. 



