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Grain Aphis. (Country Gentleman, for April 11, 1878, xliii, p. 

 232, c. 2 — 5 cm.) 



The common grain aphis, Aphis [Siphonophora] avenoe, is identified 

 from Bellbuckle, Tenn, It has not been an injurious species for late 

 years. 



Insect for Name. (Country Gentleman, for April 18, 1878, xliii, 

 p. 248, c. 2 — 7 cm.) 



A piece of grapevine from Keswick Station, Va., containing supposed 

 "grape-lice," has on it the flat, oval eggs, in two rows, of Phylloptera 

 [Amblycomorpha] oblongifolia. Plants on which found. 



Insects for Name. (Country Gentleman, for April 25, 1878, xliii, 

 p. 264, c. 2 — 7 cm.) 



Beetles plowed up in hundreds from about three inches below the 

 surface, on a farm in the suburbs of Albany, are the cdhnmon June-bug, 

 Lachnosterna fusca Frohl., and Phyllophaga pilosicollis Knoch [is 

 Lachyiosterna tristis (Fabr.)] . 



The Easpberry Cane-Borer. (Country Gentleman, for May 23, 

 1878, xliii, p. 328, c. 1 — 8 cm.) 



The girdling of raspberry canes at Great Bend, Pa., is referred to 

 Oberea tripunctata (Fabr.) [himaculata Oliv.], the operations of which are 

 detailed. 



Two Beetles. (Country Gentleman, for May 30, 1878, xliii, p. 344, 



0. 2 — 9 cm.) 



Chrysomela trwiaculaia (Fabr.) [Dorvp/iora clivicollis Kirby], is char- 

 acterized ; it feeds on milk-weed, and is not regarded as injurious. Copto- 

 cycla guttata (Oliv.) is briefly described, its beauty referred to, as also its 

 occasional injuries to potato leaves. 



Insects for Name. (Country Gentleman, for June 13, 1878, xliii, 



p. 376, c. 2 — 12 cm.) 



Bibio albipennis, a harmless insect; Derinesteslardarius, its injuries to 

 various animal substances ; Aphis [Siphonophora] avence, hundreds occur- 

 ring on heads of wheat at Edgewood, Md. ; an aphis on grapevines, 

 undetermined. 



The Peach-twig Moth. (Country Gentleman, for June 27, 1878, 

 xliii, p. 407, cols. 1-3, 44 cm.) 



Insects received from Annapolis, Md., as destructive to the terminal 

 branches of peach trees, are identified as Anarsia lineatella Zeller. Its 

 synonymy is given, also Mr. Glover's account of the larva and its opera- 

 tions; Professor Comstock's observations upon it; Mr. Saunders* state- 

 ment of its attack upon strawberry roots, and a parasite destroying it. 



[Extended in First Report on the Insects of New York, pp. 151-156.] 



