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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Nemorcea 
  leucanice. 
  [ 
  Winihemia 
  /^-pustulatd\. 
  When 
  and 
  where 
  the 
  eggs 
  

   are 
  laid 
  and 
  other 
  items 
  of 
  hfe-history. 
  

  

  [Extended 
  in 
  pages 
  190-214 
  of 
  this 
  Report 
  (xii).] 
  

  

  Snapping 
  Bugs. 
  (Country 
  Gentleman, 
  for 
  August 
  6, 
  1896, 
  Ixi, 
  p. 
  610, 
  c. 
  

   I 
  — 
  12 
  cm. 
  ) 
  

  

  In 
  response 
  to 
  an 
  inquiry 
  from 
  Beaver 
  Creek, 
  Col., 
  it 
  is 
  stated, 
  that 
  

   it 
  has 
  been 
  found 
  serviceable 
  to 
  attract 
  click-beetles, 
  or 
  snapping-bugs 
  

   to 
  poisoned 
  baits, 
  from 
  May 
  to 
  August 
  inclusive. 
  The 
  exact 
  time 
  for 
  

   continuance 
  of 
  the 
  baits 
  to 
  be 
  ascertained 
  by 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  beetles 
  

   drawn 
  to 
  them. 
  Freshly 
  cut 
  clover, 
  dipped 
  in 
  Paris 
  green 
  water, 
  is 
  

   perhaps, 
  the 
  best 
  bait. 
  A 
  corn 
  or 
  bran 
  mash 
  sweetened 
  with 
  sugar 
  

   and 
  containing 
  arsenic 
  should 
  be 
  effective. 
  

  

  Blister 
  Beetles. 
  (Country 
  Gentleman, 
  for 
  August 
  13, 
  1896, 
  Ixi, 
  p. 
  624, 
  

   c. 
  3 
  — 
  12 
  cm.) 
  

  

  Insects 
  sent 
  from 
  Madison, 
  N. 
  J., 
  where 
  they 
  had 
  been 
  feeding 
  on 
  

   beets 
  and 
  mangels, 
  are 
  of 
  two 
  species. 
  The 
  black 
  one, 
  with 
  a 
  narrow 
  

   ash-colored 
  margin 
  on 
  the 
  wing 
  covers, 
  is 
  the 
  "margined 
  blister 
  

   beetle," 
  Epicauta 
  cinerea 
  (Forst.), 
  a 
  common 
  and 
  destructive 
  species 
  

   at 
  times, 
  feeding 
  on 
  potato 
  and 
  tomato 
  leaves 
  ; 
  seldom 
  continuing 
  

   longer 
  than 
  a 
  week. 
  The 
  other, 
  '' 
  the 
  striped 
  blister-beetle," 
  Epicauta 
  

   vittata 
  (Fabr.), 
  is 
  especially 
  destructive 
  to 
  potatoes 
  and 
  is 
  a 
  more 
  

   southern 
  form. 
  Lime 
  or 
  plaster 
  of 
  Paris 
  are 
  remedies. 
  The 
  larvae 
  of 
  

   these 
  beetles, 
  destroy 
  grasshopper 
  eggs 
  and 
  are 
  therefore 
  beneficial. 
  

  

  Willow 
  Butterfly. 
  (Country 
  Gentleman, 
  for 
  August 
  27, 
  1896, 
  Ixi, 
  p. 
  ddd^ 
  

   cols. 
  I, 
  2 
  — 
  10 
  cm.) 
  

  

  Caterpillars, 
  identified 
  as 
  Vanessa 
  Antiopa, 
  are 
  stated 
  to 
  have 
  rav- 
  

   aged 
  trees 
  on 
  the 
  bar 
  [at 
  Whitehall, 
  N. 
  Y.], 
  next 
  the 
  Lake, 
  to 
  an 
  

   extent 
  that 
  caused 
  them 
  to 
  look 
  as 
  if 
  dead. 
  Their 
  occurrence 
  in 
  such 
  

   destructive 
  numbers 
  is 
  quite 
  unusual. 
  

  

  Caterpillars 
  and 
  Parasites. 
  (Country 
  Gentleman, 
  for 
  August 
  27, 
  1896, 
  

   Ixi, 
  p. 
  670, 
  cols. 
  I, 
  2 
  — 
  21 
  cm.) 
  

  

  A 
  half-grown 
  larva 
  of 
  Ampelophaga 
  Myron 
  (Cramer), 
  from 
  a 
  wood- 
  

   bine 
  at 
  Port 
  Kent, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  is 
  nearly 
  covered 
  with 
  the 
  cocoons 
  of 
  its 
  

   common 
  parasite, 
  Apanteles 
  cojigregatus. 
  The 
  history 
  of 
  the 
  parasite 
  

   is 
  given, 
  and 
  also 
  of 
  a 
  secondary 
  parasitic 
  attack 
  by 
  a 
  Chalcid 
  on 
  

   Apanteles. 
  

  

  The 
  Oak 
  Pruner. 
  (Country 
  Gentleman, 
  for 
  September 
  3, 
  1896, 
  Ixi, 
  p. 
  

   682, 
  c. 
  4 
  — 
  6 
  cm.) 
  

  

  The 
  small 
  limbs 
  of 
  some 
  hard 
  maple 
  trees 
  at 
  Baltimore, 
  Md., 
  are 
  

   cut 
  off 
  by 
  some 
  insect, 
  as 
  clean, 
  as 
  though 
  with 
  a 
  knife. 
  The 
  attack 
  is 
  

   identified, 
  as, 
  in 
  all 
  probability, 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  oak 
  pruner, 
  Elaphidion 
  

   paralhluni 
  Newm. 
  The 
  insect 
  may 
  be 
  kept 
  in 
  check 
  by 
  collecting 
  

   the 
  fallen 
  branches 
  and 
  burning 
  them. 
  

  

  