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17 year locust. (Ontario county times. July 12, 1882. 28: 3) 

 General account of Cicada sepiendecim in the stale of New York. 



New household pest — Attagemis megatoma Fahr. [piceus Oliv.]. (Country 

 gentleman. July 20, 1882. 47 : 567^^) 

 General aceount of this carpet beetle. 



Hessian fly in Ohio. (Country gentleman. July 20, 1882. 47: 567^^) 

 Attack by secimd brood, life history, remedies. 



Bark beetle. (Country gentleman. Aug. 3, 1882. 47: 605^^) 

 Identification of Hymenorus obsctirus Say, with notice of liabits. 



Stalk borer. (Country gentleman. Aug. 3, 1882. 47:605") 



Gortyna [Sydroeoia'] mtela Guen. injurious lo potatoes and corn, remedies. 



Wire worms infesting potato vmes. (Country gentleman. Aug. 10, 

 1882. 47:62522) 

 Brief notice of wire worms, Elateridae, infesling jjotatoes. 



Horn tail borer — Tremex columba Linn. (Country gentleman. Aug. 

 10, 1882. 47:62526) 



Notices iniiiries to maples by tliis species and Glycobius IPlagionotusI 

 apecioaus, and the parasites, Rhyssa IThalessa'] lunator tinii B. ITIialeasa'] atrala. 



Spotted horn bug. (Country gentleman. Aug. 27, 1882. 47:645^1) 

 General notice o( Dynastes tilyus. 



Mites infesting a poultry house. (Country gentlemen. Aug. 17, 1-82. 



47:645'') 



Mites are probably a common species, remedies are given. 



New worm in apples. (Country gentleman. Sep. 21, 1882. 47:7452^) 

 Wliite worm in early apples may be Sciara mali. 



Black blister beetle — Epicauta pemisylvanica DeGeer. (Country gentle- 

 man. Sep. 2t, 1882. 47:745^2^ 



Beetle injurious to carrots and cabbages, remedies indicated. 



Hag moth caterpillar. (Country gentleman. Sep. 2t, 1882. 47:745**) 

 Larvae of Phoietron pithecium Sm.-Abb. described and iuteresting facts 

 given. , 



New apple insect — Amphidasys \Lycid\ cognataria Guen. (Country gen- 

 tleman. Oct. 5, 1882. 47 : 7852*) ♦ 

 Brief account as an apple tree pest. 



Destructive elm leaf beetle — Galerucella xanthomelaena Schrank \luteola 

 Miill.] (Country gentleman. Oct. 12, 1882. 47:805") 

 Identified from Bound Brook, N. J., and remedies given. 



Rose leaf insect. (Country gentleman. Mar. 1,1883. 48:1692^) 



Caterpillar .deeding on rose leaves is identified as Penthina nimiatana Clem. 



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