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Stalk borer. [Gortyna [Hydroecia] niiela Guen.). (Country gentleman. 

 July 22, 1880. 45:472^^) 



Record of injury to potatoes by this species. 



Striped blister beetle — Epicauta vittata. (Country gentleman. July 29, 

 1880. 45:48815) 

 Beetles recorded as destructive to potatoes in Cayuga co., and about Alban3^ 



Basket worm — Thyridopteryx epheuieraeformis. (Country gentleman. 

 Aug. 19, 1880. 45:535'') 



Larva and moth described and remedies indicated. 



Basket or bag worm — Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis. (Country gentle- 

 man. Sep. 30, 1880. 45:631^^) 



Reported as destroying arbor vitae hedges — habits and remedies given. 



Caterpillars on the Ampelopsis. (Country gentleman. Oct 7, 1880^ 



45 '- 647'') 



Two blue caterpillars are ideutiiied as Alypia octomaculata and Eudryas 

 lEutMsanotia] grata, remedies are given. 



Harlequin cabbage bug — Miirgaiitia histrionica Hahn. (Country gentle- 

 man. Oct. 21, 1880. 45 : 679^^) 



General account of its spread northward and remedies. 



Two spotted tree hopper — E?ichophyllum binotatum \^Enchenopa binotata\ 

 (Country gentleman. JSTov. 4, 1880. 45 : 711^^) 



Several stages described and the food plants and remedies given. 



Flour paste flies. (Country gentleman. Nov. 18, 1880. 45 : 743^^) 

 Flies bred from flour paste are referred to Drosoplnla ampaloiihWa. 



Lepidoptera of the Adirondack region. Collected by W. W. flfll m 

 18-75-78. (Progress of the topographical survey of the Adirondack 

 region of New York. 7th annual report, by Verplanck Colvin. 

 Albany 1880. p. 375-400. Separate, with title page and cover [No- 

 vember] 1880. p, 375-400) 



Records 415 species collected, with sexes and dates of collection, and gives 

 iuteresting facts about those taken. 



Report on some injurious insects of the year 1879. [Presented to the 

 New York state agricultural society at its annual meeting, Jan. 21, 

 1880] (New York state agricultural society. 39th annual report, 1880. 

 p. 35-55) Also, in (New York state agricultural society. Transactions 

 for 1877-82. 1884. 33: 142-64, fig. 4) 



After prefatory remarks the following insects are discussed : the clover 

 seed midge, Cecidomyia leguminicola Lintn. ; clover root borer, Hylesinua 

 [^Eylastes] /n/oZn MUU. ; wheat stem maggot, Meromyza americana Fitch; corn 

 cnreaMo, Spheno2)1ior us zeaelsculjytili si] stalk borer, Gortyna Iffydroecia'] nitela 

 Guen. ; apple tree case bearer, Coleopliora maUvoreUa Riley, concluding 

 with a notice of the entouiologic labors of Dr Asa Fitch. 



