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  CONTRIBUTIONS 
  TO 
  THE 
  DEPARTMENT 
  IN 
  1896, 
  

  

  Hymenoptera. 
  

  

  Saw-fly 
  larvae, 
  Hylotoma 
  pectoralis 
  Leach, 
  feeding 
  on 
  birch, 
  August 
  

   1 
  2th. 
  From 
  Mrs. 
  H. 
  D, 
  Graves, 
  Ausable 
  Forks, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

  

  Larvae 
  of 
  the 
  pear-tree 
  slug, 
  EriocamJ>a 
  cerasi 
  (Peck), 
  August 
  i8th. 
  

   From 
  R. 
  VV. 
  Strickland, 
  Albion, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

  

  Larvae 
  of 
  the 
  willow 
  apple 
  gall 
  saw-fly, 
  Pontaiiia 
  pomum 
  (Walsh), 
  from 
  

   Delmar, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  August 
  19th. 
  From 
  Prof. 
  C. 
  H. 
  Peck, 
  Menands, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

  

  Tenthredo 
  riifopectus 
  (Norton), 
  imago, 
  May 
  '25th 
  from 
  currant 
  twig. 
  

   From 
  Thomas 
  Tupper, 
  Corning, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

  

  The 
  lunated 
  long-sting, 
  Thalessa 
  lunator 
  (Fabr.), 
  June 
  4th. 
  From 
  

   Frank 
  Unger, 
  Albany, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

  

  Bracon 
  sp. 
  From 
  Mrs. 
  E. 
  C. 
  Anthony, 
  Gouverneur, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

  

  A 
  Chalcid, 
  Brucophagus 
  sp., 
  from 
  the 
  fungus 
  Peridermium 
  cerebrum 
  

   on 
  i^/;??/j-/(^^(^ 
  from 
  Auburn, 
  Ala. 
  From 
  Prof. 
  C. 
  H. 
  Peck, 
  Menands. 
  

   N. 
  Y. 
  

  

  The 
  large 
  digger-wasp, 
  Sphecius 
  speciosus 
  (Drury), 
  from 
  a 
  lawn, 
  

   August 
  1 
  6th. 
  From 
  James 
  Reynolds, 
  Poughkeepsie, 
  N. 
  \". 
  

  

  A 
  leaf-cutter 
  bee, 
  Megachile 
  ??iontivaga 
  Cress. 
  ; 
  Pelopmis 
  ccemejitarius 
  

   (Drury), 
  Chalybion 
  ccerideum 
  (Drury), 
  and 
  Trypoxylon 
  politiim 
  Say. 
  

   From 
  Mrs 
  E. 
  B. 
  Smith, 
  Coeymans, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

  

  Lepidoptera. 
  

  

  Larvae 
  of 
  Vajiessa 
  Afitiopa 
  (Linn.), 
  devastating 
  willows, 
  June 
  nth. 
  

   From 
  C. 
  T. 
  Hawley, 
  Jr., 
  Cambridge, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

  

  Larva 
  of 
  Thy 
  reus 
  Abbotii 
  Swainson, 
  July 
  7 
  th; 
  larva 
  oi 
  Deilephila 
  chain- 
  

   cenerii 
  Harris, 
  var., 
  from 
  QL?iothera 
  biennis, 
  October 
  20th. 
  From 
  Mrs 
  

   E. 
  B. 
  Smith, 
  Coeymans, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

  

  Larva 
  of 
  Ampelophaga 
  Myron 
  (Cramer), 
  parasitized 
  by 
  Apa 
  71 
  teles 
  

   congregatus, 
  and 
  these, 
  in 
  turn, 
  by 
  a 
  Chalcid, 
  August 
  i6th. 
  From 
  Mrs. 
  

   D. 
  D. 
  Kellog, 
  Port 
  Keat, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  The 
  same, 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  double 
  parasi- 
  

   tism, 
  August 
  22d, 
  from 
  Mrs. 
  E. 
  C. 
  Anthony, 
  Gouverneur, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

  

  Larva 
  of 
  Ceratomia 
  Amyiitor 
  (Hiibn.), 
  August 
  21st. 
  From 
  F. 
  J* 
  

   RiGGS, 
  Albany, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

  

  