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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  The 
  species 
  not 
  being 
  recognized 
  in 
  its 
  larval 
  stage, 
  no 
  examples 
  were 
  

   retained 
  for 
  the 
  State 
  Collection, 
  nor 
  description 
  made 
  of 
  it, 
  but 
  several 
  

   of 
  the 
  pupae 
  were 
  preserved 
  in 
  alcohol. 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  found 
  any 
  description 
  

   of 
  tlie 
  early 
  stages 
  of 
  this 
  insect, 
  nor 
  of 
  its 
  larval 
  habits. 
  Of 
  the 
  latter 
  

   Dr. 
  Thomas 
  has 
  written 
  : 
  " 
  the 
  larvae, 
  probably, 
  like 
  those 
  of 
  other 
  known 
  

   species 
  (of 
  Cetonians), 
  live 
  in 
  rotten 
  wood, 
  as 
  the 
  perfect 
  insects 
  are 
  

   often 
  seen 
  flying 
  over 
  chip 
  yards, 
  probably 
  in 
  search 
  of 
  a 
  convenient 
  

   nidus 
  for 
  their 
  eggs 
  " 
  (4th 
  IlHnois 
  Report, 
  page 
  91). 
  From 
  the 
  above, 
  

   taken 
  in 
  consideration 
  with 
  the 
  occurrence 
  of 
  the 
  larva 
  at 
  Menands, 
  it 
  

   may 
  be 
  inferred 
  that 
  chip 
  manure 
  is 
  its 
  favorite 
  habitat. 
  

  

  Do 
  the 
  larvae 
  feed 
  also 
  on 
  growing 
  vegetation 
  ? 
  State 
  Botanist 
  Peck 
  

   from 
  whom 
  the 
  larvae 
  were 
  obtained, 
  had 
  applied 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  manure 
  to 
  

   a 
  few 
  hills 
  of 
  corn 
  in 
  his 
  garden. 
  The 
  following 
  day 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  hills 
  was 
  

   noticed 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  cut 
  down, 
  as 
  if 
  by 
  cut-worms. 
  Upon 
  digging 
  

   around 
  the 
  stalks, 
  two 
  larvae 
  of 
  the 
  Euphoria 
  were 
  discovered, 
  but 
  no 
  

   cut-worms, 
  from 
  which 
  it 
  would 
  seem 
  probable 
  that 
  the 
  grubs 
  had 
  com- 
  

   mitted 
  the 
  injury. 
  

  

  The 
  Elaphidion 
  Oak 
  Pruner. 
  

  

  The 
  oak 
  pruner, 
  Elaphidion 
  villosum 
  (Fabr.) 
  is 
  not, 
  I 
  believe, 
  of 
  fre- 
  

   quent 
  occurrence 
  on 
  apple 
  trees, 
  but 
  during 
  the 
  first 
  week 
  of 
  June, 
  its 
  

   operations 
  were 
  very 
  noticeable 
  in 
  an 
  orchard 
  in 
  Voorheesville, 
  Albany 
  

   county, 
  where 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  twigs 
  and 
  branches 
  had 
  been 
  thrown 
  to 
  

   the 
  ground 
  by 
  it. 
  Some 
  of 
  the 
  branches 
  brought 
  to 
  me 
  were 
  from 
  three- 
  

   tenths 
  to 
  seven-tenths 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  in 
  diameter. 
  Each 
  contained 
  the 
  

   mature 
  and 
  active 
  larva, 
  within 
  a 
  closed 
  ceil 
  in 
  its 
  burrow, 
  prepared 
  for 
  

   pupation. 
  

  

  The 
  maple-tree 
  pruner, 
  E.parallelum 
  Newm. 
  (regarded 
  by 
  many 
  as 
  

   identical 
  with 
  the 
  preceding 
  species) 
  was 
  very 
  abundant 
  in 
  early 
  June 
  in 
  

   the 
  maples 
  bordering 
  the 
  avenues 
  in 
  the 
  grounds 
  of 
  Governor 
  Morton, 
  

   at 
  Ellerslie, 
  in 
  Dutchess 
  county. 
  Not 
  a 
  maple 
  was 
  seen 
  which 
  had 
  not 
  a 
  

   score 
  or 
  two 
  of 
  the 
  recently 
  fallen 
  pruned 
  branches 
  lying 
  beneath 
  it, 
  

   although 
  previous 
  gatherings 
  had 
  been 
  made 
  and 
  destroyed. 
  

  

  The 
  Asparagus 
  Beetle. 
  

  

  The 
  asparagus 
  beetle, 
  Crioceris 
  asparagi 
  (Linn.), 
  is 
  continuing 
  its 
  

   spread 
  in 
  the 
  central 
  and 
  western 
  counties 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  In 
  my 
  Ninth 
  

   Report, 
  reference 
  is 
  made 
  of 
  its 
  appearance 
  at 
  Geneva, 
  Ontario 
  county 
  in 
  

  

  