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Contents 



PAGE 



Introductory 83 



New attack on wheat by a saw 

 fly larva 87 



Red bumped apple tree caterpillar 

 and parasite — Oedemasia \_Schi- 

 zura] concinna Sm.-Abb. and 

 Limnerid fugiiiva Say 90 



The forest tent caterpillar — Clisio- 

 campa sylvatica Harr. Idisstria 

 HtLbn.J 91 



The spring canker worm — Anisop- 

 teryx [Paleacrita'] vernata Peck.. 93 



Unknown grass pest 96 



New strawberry insect — Bemhidium 

 quadrxmaculatnm Linn 98 



Meal insect — Laemopiiloeiis alter- 

 nansl^v 100 



Grass burrowing insect — Cehrio h\- 

 co ?or Fabr 100 



Dung beetle — Apliodiiis inquinatus 

 Herbst 102 



Sugar maple borer — Glycobius 

 [^Plagionotus] specios u s 8-dy . 103 



Potato stalk weevil — Trichoharis 

 trinotata Say 106 



'An ngly bee slayer ' — Phymata 

 erosrt Her.-Sch. [wolffiQ 107 



Melon vines attacked by the 

 squash bug, Anasa tristis De- 

 Geer 110 



Grain aphis — Siphonopliora avenae 

 Fabr. \^Nectarophora granaria 

 Kirby] 112 



Hop vine aphis — Phorodon liumuli 

 Schrank 115 



Apple-tree aphis — Aphis malihiun. 118 



Potato plants attacked by aphids. 121 



Aphis attacii on carrots and par- 

 snips 123 



Beech tree blight — Pemphigus im- 

 Jyricator Fitch 123 



Cockscomb elm gall of Grlyphina 

 [^Colopha] ulmicoJa Fitch 126 



An uurecogrized insect attack 128 



Grass infes'ing mite — Tromln- 

 dium Wicolor Herm. [BryoMa 

 pratensis'] 128 



Mite infesting smoked meats — 

 Tyroglyphns siro Linn 130 



Severe attack on potatoes by 

 Myriapoda, etc... 131 



Notes on various insects 135 



Contributions to the department 

 during the year 140 



JAst of publications of the entom- 

 ologist during the year 142 



Some pests of the pomologist. [From the American pomological society's 

 report for 1887 Read, before the A. P. S. at its Boston meeting, Sep. 

 1887] (Separates, quarto, with cover and title page, i3p.) [Published 

 Mar. I, 1888] 



The paper presents the following headings: Progress in pomology ; Evils 

 attending progress in pomology ; Need of scientific stu<ly ; Demands of science 

 on the pomologist; Immense fruit i>roducriou — no overproduction; Large 

 areas devoted to fruit crops; Increase in plant diseases; Increase of insect 

 ravages; Foodhabiisof insects; Change of food plants ; Introduction from 

 abroad; Spread of scale insects; Number of insect pests ; x\.n unknown cur- 

 raut insect; How insect ravages are to be met; Insecticides; Publications 

 relating to fruit insects ; Conclusion. 



[Published, also, in the 4th report on the insects of New York. 1888." p, 

 183-92] 



