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regular time of appearance by more than one year. They could not have 

 been belated Individuals of the 1889 brood (one of the six occurring in 

 New York), for that is not found on the Hudson river. 



In connection with the above, is given a report of their appearance at 

 Galway [Saratoga Co.], N. Y. 



A Grain Weevil Distributed. (Country Gentleman, for June 

 19, 1890, Iv, p. 489, c. 1 — 16 cm.) 



A sample of seed corn, badly infested with Calandra oryzos Linn., is 

 received from Coxsackie, N. Y. The infested corn had been purchased 

 of a New York firm. Its sale, by a respectable firm, was highly cul- 

 pable, as its condition could and should have been known. It should 

 have been consigned to the mill for feeding purposes, instead of dis- 

 tributing the pest to localities free from it. 



Sheep Scab. (Country Gentleman, for June 19, 1890, Iv, p. 493, 

 c. 2 — 12 cm.) 



Eeplying to inquiries: Sheep may become infested from a pasture 

 where scabby sheep had run the year before. The remarkable vitality 

 of the sheep-scab Psoroptes equi, is shown in an account of its living for 

 two years between plates of glass. Horses are also liable to the infec- 

 tion from an infested pasture. How to disinfect barns from the scab 

 insect. 



[The Grain Aphis.] (New England Homestead, for June 21, 1890, 

 xxiv, p. 216, c. 6 — 5 cm.) 



The grain aphis is quite prevalent in rye fields in New York and New 

 Jersey. An apparent blight in oats is believed to be caused by the same 

 insect [subsequently ascertained to be associated in every specimen 

 examined, with bacterial presence (Jour. My col. ^ vi, 1890, p. 72)]. For 

 arresting the injuries of the aphis we must depend, at present, upon 

 parasitic attacks. How the parasite attacks it. 



[Insects Killed by Electric Lights.] (Albany Evening Journal, 

 ' for June 26, 1890, p. 5 — 9 cm.) 



Estimate from a count, in part, of the contents of an arc globe, in 

 Albany, of the number of insects killed by one light in ^ single night 

 (100,000), and what the insects were. 



Eose Leaf-Hopper and Rose-Slug. (Country Gentlemai*, for 

 July 3, 1890, Iv, p. 538, c. 1 — 22 cm.) 



Inquiry from Abington, Mass., of insects destroying the foliage of 

 rose bushes and blasting the buds, is replied to, in identifying the 

 "Tettigo7iia rosce^* of Dr. Harris (belonging to Anemia and not identical 

 with the rosce of Europe), and the rose-slug, Selandria [Monostegia] 

 rosce Harris. The features of these insects and their operations are 

 described and remedies given. 



