3l6 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



On Catocala pretiosa n. sp. [C crataegi Saund. var.] (Canadian entomolo- 

 gist. July 1876. 8: 121-22) 



Described from examples taken at sugar iu Scbenecta«l.y, N. Y,. aud com- 

 pared with C. polygama Gueu. [C grynea Cram.] 



Destructive caterpillar. (Country gentleman. Aug. 10, 1876. 41:504^'^) 

 Caterpillar eating apple leaves in a young orchard at Maulins, N. Y., is 

 probably Xotodonta ISchizura'] concinna Sin. -Abb. 



Cabbage eating insect. (Country gentleman. Sep. 7, 1876. 41:565^'') 

 Brief account of Stracliia \^Murgaiitia] Jiistriotiica Habu as a cabbage pest at 

 Nashville, Teuu. 



Grape seed fly. (Country gentlemen. Sep. 21, 1876. 41 : 5991^) 



Isosoma [^Evoxysoma] vitis Saund, is the insect infesting grapes received 



from New Jersey. Its operations are described aud remedies for its attack 



given. 

 New carpet bug pest — A7tthrenus scrophulariae, [Read before the Albany 



institute, Oct. 17, 1876] (Argus [Albany], Oct. 21, 1876; Schenectady 



daily union. Oct. 21, 1876; Buffalo courier. Oct. 29, 1876; Albany 



institute. Proceedings, 1878. 2:313-15) 



Notice of the introduction and spread of the carpet beetle, Anthrenus so'O- 



phulariae Linn. 



Insects in flour. (Country gentleman, Oct. 26, 1876. 41 : 683^^) 



Wheat flour swarming with Tyroglyphus farinae [siro Linn.] was received, 

 and a brief account of the mite is given. 



Scale insects. (Country gentleman. Feb. i, 1877, 42 : 69^^) 



The following on pear and apple tiees are noticed briefly : Aspidiotus har- 

 risii Walsh ^CMonaapis ftirfurus Fitch] aud Aspidiotus conchiformis Gmel. 

 {Mytilaspis pomorunt Bouche], 



Bark lice. (Country gentleman. Mar, 8, 1877. 42 : 151*^) 



Notice of Harris' bark louse \_Chiouaspis furfurus Fitch] and -description 

 of the oyster shell bark louse. 



Apple tree insects. (Country gentleman. Ap. 12, 1877. 42 : 235*^) 



Ovipositiou of some tree hoppers, and of the flower cricket, Oecanihus nirens 

 DeGeer, is identified. 



Insects of 1876 — i. (Country gentleman May 31, 1877. 42 : 347^^) 

 Army worm, Leucania unipuncta Haw., Colorado potato beetle and grape 

 seed fly, Isosoma [^Evoxysortia] vitis, are treated of to some extent. 



Insects of 1876 — 2. The new carpet bug. (Country gentleman. 

 June 7, 1877. 42 : ^6^^^) 



Notice of Aiithrenvs scrophulariae and a new potato insect. 



Insect on peach trees. (Country gentleman. June 7, 1877. 42 : 36336) 

 Unknown caterpillar infesting the tAvigs of peach trees [probably Anarsia 

 lineatella Zeller] can not be identified. 



