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  FOR1Y-SEVENTH 
  REPORT 
  ON 
  THE 
  8 
  TATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  twice 
  as 
  many 
  examples 
  of 
  P. 
  u-aureum 
  and 
  P. 
  mortuorum 
  

   were 
  taken 
  this 
  year 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  four 
  years 
  cited 
  — 
  or 
  142 
  as 
  

   ag'ainst 
  82. 
  Of 
  species 
  contained 
  in 
  the 
  Hill 
  List, 
  and 
  not 
  seen 
  

   at 
  Keene 
  valley 
  this 
  season, 
  are 
  the 
  fullowing: 
  Plusia 
  Putnami 
  

   Grote, 
  P. 
  thyatiroides 
  Guenee, 
  P. 
  formosa 
  Grote, 
  P. 
  mappa 
  

   Gr.-Kob., 
  P. 
  viridisignata 
  Grote, 
  P. 
  epigcea 
  Grote, 
  and 
  P. 
  

   ampla 
  Walker. 
  These, 
  however, 
  are 
  among 
  the 
  rarer 
  species, 
  

   and 
  only 
  thirteen 
  examples 
  are 
  reported 
  in 
  the 
  List. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  of 
  the 
  Noctuidm 
  were 
  among 
  the 
  most 
  common 
  

   that 
  came 
  to 
  light, 
  and 
  of 
  each 
  from 
  ten 
  to 
  thirty 
  examples 
  were 
  

   obtained 
  : 
  

  

  Adelphagrotis 
  prasina 
  (Fabr.) 
  

   Noctua 
  baja 
  Fabr. 
  

   Noctua 
  Normaniana 
  (Grote) 
  

   Noctua 
  bicarnea 
  Guenee 
  

   Agrotis 
  (Feltia) 
  subgothica 
  Steph. 
  

   Agrotis 
  (Feltia) 
  tricosa 
  Lintn. 
  

  

  Agrotis 
  redimicula 
  Morr. 
  

   Mamestra 
  purpuriesata 
  Grote 
  

   Mamestra 
  meditata 
  Grote 
  

   Mamestra 
  olivacea 
  Morrison 
  

   Xylophasia 
  dubitans 
  (Walker) 
  

   Tricholita 
  signata 
  Walker 
  

  

  In 
  contrast 
  with 
  the 
  abundance 
  of 
  Noctuidai, 
  there 
  was 
  almost 
  

   an 
  entire 
  absence 
  of 
  some 
  other 
  insects 
  which 
  in 
  other 
  seasons 
  

   have 
  been 
  observed 
  in 
  large 
  numbers. 
  Thus, 
  of 
  the 
  attractive 
  

   and 
  conspicuous 
  family 
  of 
  the 
  "hover-flies" 
  or 
  /SyrphidcB, 
  

   scarcely 
  any 
  were 
  seen 
  except 
  the 
  small 
  form 
  of 
  Sphcerophoria 
  

   cylindrical, 
  which 
  seems 
  almost 
  inseparably 
  associated 
  with 
  the 
  

   golden- 
  rods 
  of 
  August. 
  The 
  BombylidcB 
  were 
  much 
  less 
  abundant 
  

   on 
  the 
  damp 
  spots 
  in 
  roadways 
  than 
  usual. 
  Scarcely 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  

   " 
  Dragon-flies," 
  or 
  Odonata, 
  were 
  seen; 
  and 
  indeed 
  but 
  few 
  

   Neuroptera, 
  except 
  three 
  species 
  of 
  Phryganidce, 
  which 
  

   shared 
  with 
  the 
  moths 
  in 
  attraction 
  in 
  the 
  evening 
  to 
  lighted 
  

   rooms. 
  Coleoptera 
  were 
  not 
  common. 
  In 
  a 
  locality 
  — 
  a 
  dried 
  

   roadway 
  ditch 
  — 
  where 
  in 
  1892 
  hundreds 
  of 
  Cicindela 
  

   repanda 
  could 
  be 
  taken 
  by 
  simply 
  swinging 
  the 
  net 
  from 
  side 
  to 
  

   side 
  as 
  one 
  walked 
  rapidly 
  along, 
  hardly 
  any 
  were 
  met 
  with. 
  

  

  Operations 
  Again&t 
  the 
  Gypsy 
  Moth 
  in 
  Massachusetts. 
  

   In 
  preceding 
  reports 
  I 
  have 
  written 
  of 
  the 
  accidental 
  intro- 
  

   duction 
  into 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  Massachusetts, 
  in 
  the 
  year 
  1869, 
  of 
  the 
  

   destructive 
  European 
  Bombycid, 
  " 
  the 
  gypsy 
  moth, 
  " 
  Ocneria 
  

   dispar 
  — 
  of 
  the 
  probability 
  of 
  its 
  entering 
  New 
  York 
  and 
  spread- 
  

   ing 
  over 
  adjoining 
  States 
  — 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  efforts 
  being 
  made, 
  under 
  

  

  