Report of the State Entomologist 367 



A Guest to be "Welcomed in oar Homes. (Amsterdam [N. Y.] 

 Daily Democrat, for November 1, 1890, p. 2, c. 5.) 



A worm-like creature reported, from Amsterdam, N. Y., as having 

 eaten numerous holes in a felt lambrequin, is the larva of Scenopimis 

 fenestralis (Linn.), which does not injure woolens or other fabrics, but 

 feeds only, so far as known, on the larvse and pupee of the clothes-moth. 

 Its adaptation to the purpose is pointed out, and its value as a clothes- 

 moth destroyer stated. 



Bean Weevil. (Country Gentleman, for November 13, 1890, Iv, 

 p. 898, c. 3,4 — 12 cm.) 



The cause and cure for weevil in beans is asked for, from Morgan 

 county, Tenn, The life-history of Bruchus obsoletus is given, together 

 with the fact that it is capable of breeding in old and dried beans. 

 The remedy for it is exposing the infested beans to the vapor of bisul- 

 phide of carbon. 



The Larch Saw-Fly. (Country Gentleman, for November 13, 1890, 

 Iv, p! 905, c. 4 — 16 cm.) 



The ravages of Nematuis Erichsonii'H.SiTtig, on Prince Edwards' Island, 

 Canada, is given by a correspondent, who asks for means of arrest, if 

 any. There is no remedy for it when large areas of the larch are 

 attacked. The trees should be felled at once and promptly converted to 

 use. Isolated trees may be protected by arsenical spraying. 



[In Eighth Report on the Insects of New York, in MS.l 



Bot-Fly of the Hare. (Country Gentleman, for November 13, 

 1890, Iv, p. 905-6, cols. 4, 1 — 16 cm.) 



A large brown grub found crawling on a bare patch of the skin of a 

 hare shot in Gordonsville, Ya., is probably from its mode of occurrence 

 and an outline figure given, that of Cuterdbra cuniculi (Fabr.) Habits 

 of the (Estridce ; reference to Cuterdbra emasculator Fitch, and descrip- 

 tion of the imago of C. cuniculi as given by Macquart. 



Insects Infesting Maple Trees. (New England Homestead, for 

 November 15, 1890, xxiv, c. 4 — 4 cm.) 



Insects living on the outer bark of maples, are too imperfectly 

 described to permit of identification. They may be some species of 

 plant-louse, and if so, spraying with kerosene emulsion or pyrethrum 

 water would kill them. 



[From additional information received, the insects were probably 

 PsyllidcB.] 



The Striped Cucumber Beetle. (Country Gentleman, for Novem- 

 ber 20, 1890, Iv, p. 925-6, c. 4r-l — 30 cm.) 



Inquiry from Hess Cross Eoad Station, N. Y., for the best remedy for 

 this garden pest, Diabrotica vittata (Fabr.), is replied to, by citing 



