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ground is in the extended lawns of the infested localities, 239. 

 The flies found abundantly upon the grass, 239. Could not be 

 secured coming from the ground, 239. Do both sexes hibernate ? 240. 

 Observations that apparently confirm the presence of both sexes, 

 240. General features of the fly, for its detection, if observed else- 

 where, 240. Its reappearance the present year at Franklin, N. H., 

 where it was first observed, 241. Keappearance, in diminished 

 numbers, at Alfred Center, N. Y., the second place of its occur- 

 rence, 241. The halteres of the fly, 241. 



Phytoomyza chrysanthemi, the Chrysanthemum Fly 242 



Synonymy and references, 242. Its notice in a former Report as 

 identical with an European species, 242. The error detected, and 

 the fly described under the above name, 242. Its description by Mr. 

 Kowarz, 243. Observations and figures of the insect by Mr. Jack, 



244. Differences in the larval mines appear to indicate two species, 



245. The flies produced from the different mines found to be iden- 

 tical, 245. Comparison of this with allied species, 245. A Phyto- 

 myza mining the leaves of Aquilegia, 246. Remedy for the 

 chrysanthemum insect, 246. 



Dynastes Tityus, the Rhinoceros Beetle 246 



Bibliography, in addition to that in a former Report, 246. No 

 publication of the early stages of the insect, 247. A detailed 

 description and flgures of the larva furnished by Dr. Riley, 247. 

 The same of the pupa, 249. Illustration of a Mexican species of 

 Dynastes described by Dr. Duges, 250. Method of feeding ,of D. 

 Tityus on the inner bark of ash, 251. Another method ascribed to 

 it, 252. The beetle attracted by the odor of bruised ash twigs, 252. 

 Variations in color, 252. A rare insect in Say's time, 253. Dr. 

 Rathvon's early recollections of it, and of its supposed larva, 253. 

 The first authentic account of its occurrence in New York, 254. 

 The beetle said to fly into the chimneys of cabins, 254. Is the 

 attraction thither the same as that which draws, as reported, the 

 larval hellgrammite ? 254. 



Bruchus obsoletus, the Bean-Weevil 255 



Bibliography, 255-6. A comparatively recent insect pest, 256. 

 Probably an introduced species, 257. The large number of Bruch- 

 idse, 257. They all infest leguminous plants, 257. The insect under 



