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Wheat weevil. (Country gentleman. July 13, 1893. 58 : 540^*) 

 Gives remedy for weevils iu wheat. 



Ground beetle. (Country gentleman. July 13, 1893. 58 : 540^^) 



States that larvae of groaiid beetles are most probably not iDJarious to 

 roots of watermelons. 



Maple tree borer. (Country gentleman. July 20, 1893. 58:557^^) 

 Glyoohius IPlagionotus^ speciosns is identifieil and remedies indicated. 



Insect on wistaria. (Country gentleman. July 20, 1893. 58: 557^^) 

 Describes the two spotted tree hopper, Enchenojja hinotata Say, and gives 

 remediee. 



Elm leaf beetle. (Country gentleman. July 20,1893. 58:558^^) 

 Beetle is ideatified and a number of references given. 



Water beetle. (Country gentleman. July 20, 1893. 58 : 558^^) 

 Identifies DytisGus liarrisii Kirby and gives habits. 



Silk worm moth. (Country gentleman, July 20, 1893. 58: 558^^) 

 Brief popular notice of Telea polypkemiis Cramer. 



Woolly plant louse. (Country gentleman. July 20, 1893. 58: 558^^) 

 The rather rare Pemphigus acer'ifolii Riley, is identified on maple, and reme- 

 dies given. 



Walnut span worm. (Gardening. Aug. 15, 1893. i : 377, col. 2) 



A ' brown worm ' injuring black walnut trees in Kansas Citj is probably 

 Boarmia [^Coniodes] plumigeraria Hnlst. 



How to control the squash bug. (Gardening. Aug. 15, 1893. i: 

 377-78, col. 3, i) 



Trapping the adults, ^wasa tristis, destroying the young and eggs recom- 

 mended. 



Humming bird moth. (Country gentleman. Aug. 17, 1893. 58 : 634^^) 

 Gives the characters of Sesia uniformis \_Hemaris thyshe var. ruficandus]. 



Bag worm. (Country gentleman. Aug. 17, 1893. 58 : 634^^) 



Bag worm or basket worm, Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis, is i<lentitied. 



Grain weevil. (Country gentleman. Aug. 31, 1893. 58:674 ) 

 Describes the method of treating infested wheat. 



Insects of the past year and progress in insect studies. [Read before 

 the Albany institute Ap. 15, 1890] (iVlbany institute. Transactions. 

 [August] 1893. 12:227-40) 



Treats of the grain aphis, Siphonophora avenae {_Necfarophora granaria^, hop 

 aphis, Phorodon /?u»iM7i, ap[)le tree tent caterpillar, Clisiocampa americana, 

 white marked tussock moth, Orgyia IXotolophusI leacostigma, forest tent cater- 

 pillar, Clisiocampa sylvatica [d/ssirm], Ofiorhynchus oval us and SiJvanu 

 surinamensis. 



