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Contents — concluded 



Notices of various insects — continued: pagb 



Epicauta pennsylvanica DeGeer, black blister beetle 135 



Pompliopoea sayi Le Conte, Say's blister beetle 136 



Podisus spinosus Dallas, spined soltlier beetle .... 137 



Prionidus cristatus Linn . , nine pronged wheel bug 138 



Pulvinaria innumerdbilis Rath., maple tree scale insect 141 



Aphis hrassicae Linn., cabbage aphis 147 



Gryllotalpa horealis Burm., mole cricket 149 



Melanoplus femur-ruhrum DeGeer, red legged grasshopper 151 



Some apple tree insects 153 



Notices of Arachuida : 



Ixodes IBoophilusI hovis Riley, cattle tick 156 



Bryobia pratensis Garnian, infesting a dwelling house 158 



Appendix: 



(A) List of publications of tbe entomologist 165 



(B) Contributions to the department 186 



Index , 191 



Snails — slugs. (Country gentleman. Oct. i6, 1890. 55:819^^) 

 Gives remedies for snails in mushroom beds. 



Diseased Austrian pines (Country gentleman. Oct. 16, 1890. 55: 

 82o24) 



Cause of unhealthy condition not known. Chionaspis pinifoUae Fitch, a few 

 black thrips and some mites are present, but could not have caused the injury. 



Manual of injurious insects. (Country gentleman. Oct. 16, 1890. 

 55:822*«-23i«) 



Notice of a new edition of Miss E. A. Ormerod's manual. 



A guest to be welcomed in our homes. (Amsterdam [N. Y.] daily 

 democrat. Nov. i, 1890. p. 2, col. 5) 



Larva of Scenopinus fenestralis Linn, does not injure woolens or other 

 fabrics, but feeds only, so far as known, on the larvae and pupae of the 

 clothes moth, 



.Bean weevil. (Country gentleman. Nov. 13, 1890. 55:898^'^) 

 Gives life history of Bruchns obsoletus lohtectusl and remedies. 



Larch saw fly. (Country gentleman. Nov. 13, 1890. 55 : 905*^) 



Ravages of Xematus ILygaeonematus} erichsonii Hartig are described and 

 the remedy given. 



Bot fly of the hare. (Country gentleman. Nov. 13, 1890. 55 : 905^^-6^") 

 Notices Ciiterebra cuniculi Fabr. and Cuterebra emasculator Fitch. 



Insects infesting maple trees. (New England homestead. Nov. 15, 

 1890. 24: col. 4) 

 Imperfect description does not admit of identification. 



