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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT. 



The followiDg are the Contributions that have been made to the 

 Department during the year (1890) : 



Lepidoptera. 



Six hundred and two specimens of butterflies and moths, from 

 South America and the United States: see notice on page 220. Also, 

 one hundred and one specimens, collected at Murray Bay, Province 

 of Quebec, Canada, viz.: Hymenoptera, 7; Lepidoptera, 52; Diptera, 

 3; Coleoptera, 28; Hemiptera, 3; Neuroptera, 8. From Erastus 

 Corning, Jr., Albany, N. Y. 



Larvae of Junonia Coenia (Boisd.-Lec), September 3d, and the imago 

 therefrom, October 2d. From J. V. D. Walker, Jamaica, N. Y. 



Larva of Thyreus Abbotii Swainson, July 15th. From J. Sager, 

 Naples, N. Y. 



Parasitized examples of the grapevine sphinx, Darapsa Myron 

 (Cramer), July 17th. From H. C. Williams, Knox, N. Y. 



Parasitized examples of Sphinx chersis (Hiibn.). From Mrs. K. M. 

 BusicK, Wabash, Ind. 



Eggs of Orgyia nova Fitch. From Rev. T. W. Fyles, South Quebec, 

 Canada. 



Larva of Empretia stimulea Clemens, August 30th. From Rev. 

 Clement G. Martin, Greenport, N. Y. 



Larvae of Phobetron pithecium (Sm.-Abb.), from apricot, August 16th. 

 From Miss H. G. Myer, Port Ewen, N. Y. 



Thyridopteryx ephemerceformis (Haw.), in cases, from quince trees 

 From Anderson Bray, Sargeantsville, N. J. 



Perophora Melsheimerii Harris, feeding on oak, September 30th. 

 From Dr. Otto Lugger, St. Anthony's Park, Minn. 



Larvse of Datana perspicua Gr.-Rob., feeding on sumach, August 

 23d. From H. G. Dyar, Rhinebeck, N. Y. 



Larvse of Datana ministra (Drury), in numerous examples, in dif- 

 ferent stages of growth. From W. C. Barry, Rochester, N. Y. 



Young larvae of (Edemasia concinna (Sm.-Abb.), parasitized by Lim- 

 neriafugitiva (Say). From Samuel E. Rusk, Haines Falls, N. Y. 



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