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The Stalk-borer, Gortyna nitela, as an External Feeder . 191 



The caterpillar taken while feeding on the tassels of corn, 191. Its 

 well-known boring habits, 191. List of its known food-plants, 191. 

 Figure of it and of the moth, 191. Frequently occurs in potato stalks, 

 191. Its characteristic features, 192. Different appearance and habit 

 of the corn-tassels specimens, 192. The injury caused will not be 

 serious, 192. 



The Cow-horn Fly in New York 192 



Examples received from Oswego county, N. Y., with inquiry, 192. 

 Reply sent to the Oswego Times, 192. Probably carried into Oswego 

 county by the railroads traversing it, 193. General appearance of the 

 fly, 193. How its injury is inflicted, 193. A recent importation from 

 France, 193. Where it occurs in the United States, 193. How its 

 attack may be early recognized, 193. Importance of promptly report- 

 ing all new insect attacks, 193. Observations on the attack in Oneida 

 county, N. Y., 194. Its injuries at first greatly exaggerated, 194. 

 They never prove fatal, 194. How they affect the cattle, 194. Where 

 the fly breeds, 194. The larvse may be destroyed by spreading the 

 fresh droppings or applying lime to them, 194. When the fly entered 

 New York, 195. Its spread over the State, 195. Attack may be pre- 

 vented by greasy applications to the cattle, 196. Oviposition of the 

 fly, 196. Reference to publications on the insect, 196 . 



Wire-worms and Remedies for them 197 



Efficient remedies are starvation through removing their food, and 

 growing a crop of buckwheat, 197 . A crop of mustard regarded in 

 England as a specific against the wire-worm, 198. Figures of wire- 

 worms, 198. They are often confounded with cut-worms and thousand- 

 legged worms, 198. How cut- worms may be recognized, 198. A 

 representative figure of the beetles that they produce, 199. Have 

 received insufficient study, 199. Reference to publications on them, 

 199. A cut-worm and thousand-legged worm figured, 199. The 

 recent study of wire-worms made at Cornell University, 199. The 

 experiments in remedies and preventives conducted, 200. Unsatisfac- 

 tory practical results obtained, 200. Valuable life-histories worked 

 out, 200. 



The Rose-bug and How to Kill it 200 



Localities where protection from the rose-bug is hopeless, 200. The 

 insect illustrated, 200. Its breeding grounds, 200. Uniform period 

 for its flight therefrom, 200 . Is usually controllable in New York and 

 the New England States, 201 . May be accomplished by beating from 

 the plants into kerosene and water, 201. Spraying with kerosene 

 emulsion successful in Maryland, 201. Another remedy found in 

 sludge-oil soap, 202. Prof. Smith's bulletin on the insect should be 

 consulted, 202. 



