﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  ENTOMOLOGIST 
  313 
  

  

  A 
  Cecidomyid 
  in 
  Choke-cherries. 
  

  

  The 
  galls 
  of 
  a 
  Cecidomyid 
  larva 
  on 
  choke-cherry, 
  Prumis 
  Virginianus^ 
  

   were 
  brought 
  by 
  State 
  Botanist 
  Peck, 
  from 
  Bethlehem, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  on 
  May 
  

   28th. 
  The 
  larvae 
  emerged 
  and 
  entered 
  the 
  ground, 
  but 
  none 
  of 
  the 
  flies 
  

   have 
  made 
  their 
  appearance. 
  

  

  In 
  Keene 
  Valley, 
  in 
  former 
  years, 
  I 
  have 
  found 
  this 
  cherry 
  very 
  abun- 
  

   dantly 
  galled 
  by 
  apparently 
  the 
  same 
  insect, 
  in 
  the 
  month 
  of 
  July. 
  

   Many 
  larvae 
  were 
  disclosed 
  froni 
  them, 
  but 
  in 
  the 
  several 
  attempts 
  made 
  

   to 
  obtain 
  the 
  imago, 
  all 
  have 
  met 
  with 
  failure. 
  

  

  The 
  present 
  year 
  not 
  a 
  single 
  galled 
  cherry 
  could 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  

   localities 
  in 
  Keene 
  Valley 
  where 
  in 
  other 
  years 
  they 
  had 
  abounded. 
  

  

  These 
  galls 
  have 
  been 
  studied 
  by 
  Prof. 
  Geo. 
  F. 
  Atkinson, 
  of 
  Cornell 
  

   University, 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  a 
  fungus 
  attack 
  which 
  he 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  

   usually 
  associated 
  with 
  them 
  — 
  named 
  and 
  described 
  by 
  him 
  as 
  Exoas- 
  

   cus 
  cecidomophiliis 
  (see 
  Bull. 
  73, 
  C. 
  U. 
  Agricultural 
  Experiment 
  Station, 
  

   September, 
  1894). 
  It 
  was 
  not 
  ascertained 
  by 
  him 
  if 
  the 
  larvae 
  attack 
  

   the 
  fruit 
  before 
  or 
  after 
  the 
  attack 
  of 
  the 
  fungus. 
  It 
  was 
  thought 
  that 
  

   the 
  larvae 
  attack 
  and 
  deform 
  fruits 
  which 
  are 
  not 
  affected 
  by 
  the 
  fungus. 
  

   In 
  this 
  he 
  was 
  probably 
  correct, 
  as 
  I 
  have 
  no 
  recollection 
  of 
  the 
  fungus 
  

   presence 
  on 
  the 
  galls 
  collected 
  by 
  me 
  in 
  Keene 
  Valley. 
  

  

  This 
  Cecidomyid 
  has 
  not 
  as 
  yet 
  been 
  described, 
  although 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  

   observed 
  by 
  several 
  entomologists. 
  

  

  Euphoria 
  Inda 
  (Linn.). 
  

   The 
  larvae 
  of 
  ^?///z(?r/<^ 
  ///^<3: 
  (Linn.), 
  formerly 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  Indian 
  

   Cetonian, 
  were 
  found 
  in 
  large 
  numbers 
  beneath 
  chip 
  manure 
  at 
  Menands, 
  

   N. 
  Y., 
  in 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  June. 
  From 
  their 
  general 
  appearance 
  and 
  

   from 
  their 
  occurrence 
  in 
  manure, 
  they 
  were 
  believed 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  " 
  muck- 
  

   worm," 
  Ligyrus 
  relictus 
  (Say). 
  Examples 
  were 
  brought 
  to 
  me 
  within 
  

   the 
  manure 
  inclosed 
  in 
  a 
  box. 
  Not 
  long 
  thereafter, 
  they 
  were 
  found 
  to 
  

   have 
  eaten 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  decayed 
  portion, 
  leaving 
  only 
  the 
  bits 
  and 
  

   pieces 
  of 
  chips 
  and 
  a 
  large 
  quantity 
  of 
  rounded 
  pellets 
  of 
  their 
  excre- 
  

   menta. 
  These, 
  together 
  with 
  additional 
  ones 
  obtained, 
  were 
  transferred, 
  

   on 
  July 
  30th, 
  to 
  a 
  larger 
  box 
  with 
  an 
  ample 
  supply 
  of 
  food. 
  The 
  box 
  was, 
  

   opened 
  from 
  time 
  to 
  time, 
  until 
  the 
  8th 
  of 
  August, 
  when 
  two 
  Euphoria 
  

   Inda 
  were 
  resting 
  on 
  the 
  surface. 
  Examination 
  of 
  the 
  contents, 
  gave 
  

   the 
  following: 
  Two 
  perfect 
  beetles 
  within 
  their 
  cells, 
  one 
  of 
  which 
  was 
  

   on 
  the 
  point 
  of 
  emerging. 
  Another 
  cell 
  gave 
  a 
  beetle, 
  uncolored, 
  having 
  

   just 
  transformed 
  from 
  the 
  pupa. 
  The 
  remaining 
  cells 
  (5) 
  contained 
  pup£e. 
  

  

  