294 Forty-fifth Report on iee State Museum. 



Insects of 1876 — II. The New Carpet Bug. (Country Gentle- 

 man, for June 7, 1877, xlii, p. 363, c. 2, 3 — 51 cm.) 



Notice of the first detection of Anthrenus scrophularice in New York, its 

 history in the United States, its increase and ravages and remedies fori c. 

 Also, notice of a "New Potato Insect" the work of which was observed in 

 potatoes in New York city in burrows through the tubers. 



Insect on Peach Trees. (Country Gentleman, for June 7, 1877, 

 xlii, p. 363, c. 3—12 cm.) 



A caterpillar infesting the twigs of peach trees in Annapolis, Maryland, 

 apparently a Tortricid, can not be identified from the poor material sent. 



A Parasitic Insect. (Country Gentleman, for July 12, 1877, xlii, 

 p. 448, c. 2—18 cm.) 



Insects sent from Cecil Co., Md., are the larvae of one of the Reduviidce, 

 probably Prionotus cristatus (Linn.). The species shows cannibalistic pro- 

 pensities when deprived of its usual food. 



The Gooseberry Fruit Worm. (Country Gentleman, for July 12, 

 1877, xlii, p. 448, c. 2, 3— L7 cm.) 



Larvae infesting gooseberries in Delhi, N. Y., causing them to drop to the 

 ground, are apparently those of Pempelia grossularice Packard [Zophodia 

 grossularicB (Pack.)]: when the insect was first noticed and described; its 

 transformations, and remedies for the attack. 



Tree-Hoppers. ( Country Gentleman, for July 19, 1877, xlii, p. 

 463, c. 4—10 cm.) 



Bark from an apple-tree in Sabrevois, Province of Quebec, shows scars 

 resulting from the egg-deposit of one of the tree-hoppers [ probably Ceresa 

 bubalus]. 



An Eastern Grasshopper. (Country Gentleman, for July 26, 



1877, xlii, p. 475, c. 4—25 cm.) 



Caloptenus [Melanoplus] femur-rubrum (De Geer) is very destructive to 

 meadows in Virginia. Its habits are given. These insects are erroneously 

 called "grasshoppers" — they are true locusts. 



Blistering Beetles. (Country Gentleman, for July 26, 1877, xlii, 

 p. 476, c. 2, 3 — 13 cm.) 



Epicauta cinerea (Foerst.) and Lytta [Cantharis] NuttalHSay, are destruc- 

 tive to potatoes and beans in Minnesota ; their vesicatory properties and 

 their distribution. 



On a New Species of Cossus. (Canadian Entomologist, for July, 



1877, ix, pp. 129, 130.) 



The pupal cases of this insect were discovered five years ago, projecting 

 from poplars, Popidus tremidoides, at Center, N. Y., and the moth was taken 

 in July of the present year. The moth is described as Cossus Centerensis. 



