376 Forty-fourth Report on the State Museum 



The Golden Tortoise Beetle. (Country Gentleman, for June 26, 

 1879, xliv, p. 407, c. 2 — 6 cm.) 



Beetles found in injurious numbers on potato vines in Philadelphia, 

 Pa., are Cassida [Coptocycla] aurichalcea (Fabr.). Their usual food- 

 plants, and Paris green for killing them. 



Grapevine Galls. (Country Gentleman, for June 26, 1879, xliv, 

 p. 407, c. 2 — 5 cm.) 



Galls on grapevine, from Staatsburg, N. Y., are those of Lasioptera 

 vitis Osten Sacken, from which the larvae had emerged. 



[See Fourth Report on the Insects of New York, 1888, pp. 63-67, f . 29.1 



The Army Worm — Leucania unipuncta Haw. (Country Gentle- 

 man, for July 3, 1879, xliv, pp. 422, 423, cols. 4, 1 — 51 cm.) 



Habits of the insect ; early notice of it ; its natural history ; parasites 

 in the examples received ; instinct shown by Exoristd militaris (Walsh) 

 [Nemorcea leucanics Kirkpatrick] in its oviposition ; descriptions of the 

 larvae and moth. ' 



The Corn Curculio — Sphenophorus Zese ^a^s A. (Country Gen- 

 tleman, for July 10, 1879, xliv, p. 439, c. 2 — 25 cm.) 



Abundant and injurious at Bordentown, N. J. Its first notice; its 

 habits, description, distribution, and in j uries. 



[Is Sphenophorus sculptilis Uhler: see First Beport on the Insects of 

 Neiv York, 1882, pp. 253-263.] 



The Clover-Seed Fly. (Country Gentleman, for July 17, 1879, 

 xliv, p. 455, c. 1 — 16 cm.) 



Description is given of the larva of this insect which was noticed at 

 the meeting of the State Agricultural Society in January last, as 

 Cecidomyia trifolii n. sp. The specific name selected being preoccupied, 

 it is proposed to designate it as C. legiiminicola. 



The Grapevine Bark Louse — Lecanium vitis Linn. (Country 

 Gentleman, for July 17, 1879, xliv, p. 455, c. 1, 2 — 25 cm.) 



A scale-insect on the grapevine and its leaves, from Essex county, 

 Mass. 5 is identified as Lecanium (Pulvinaria) vitis of Linnaeus. The 

 scale and egg-covering, hatching, and distribution of the young are 

 noticed. While the scales on the vine are brown, those on the leaves are 

 green. [The insect is Pulvinaria innumerabilis (Rathvon)] . 



[See Sixth Beport on the Insects of New York, 1890, pp. 45-51, f. 20.] 



The Striped Blister Beetle. (Country Gentleman, for July 31, 

 1879, xliv, p. 487, cols. 1, 2 — 37 cm.) 



Beetles from Prospectville, Pa., destructive to potato leaves, are Fpi- 

 cauta vittata (Fabr.). Description, and some account of it and of the 



