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Elm leaf beetle. (Country gentleman. May lo, 1888. 53 : 366'') 



Brief notice of Galeruca xanthomelaena [GaleruceUa luteola'] from Soarsdale, 



N, y. 



Friends, not foes. (Country gentleman. May 31, 1888. 53:43°'^) 



Small beetles said to be injurions in hot beds to flower plants are Tachys 

 inourvus Say Skud Somalota Uvidipennis Mann.,- neither of which could cause 

 the injury. 



Maple leaf mite gall. (Country gentleman. June 14, 1888. 53 : 

 46o"-6i") 



Describes the galls of Phytoptm guadripes Shimer, and gives remedies. 



Grape vine pest. (Orange county farmer. June 21, 1888, 7:5,001.1) 

 Galls oi Lasioptera vitis O. S. are described and remedies indicated. 



Cockscomb elm gall. (Country gentleman. June 28, i888. 53:496'') 

 Galls on the ' weeping slippery elm' are described and identified as those of 

 Colopha [^GlyiiMna] ulmicola Fitch. 



Apple tree tent caterpillar — Clisiocampa americana. (Country gentle- 

 man. Julys, 1888. 53:511'*) 



Recommends removal of the egg belts or spraying with arsenites, and 

 records its unusual abundance. 



Honey dew on hickory leaves. (Country gentleman. July 5, 1888. 



53: 5"'') 



Honey dew is produced by plant lice or may result from a diseased condi- 

 tion of the leaves. 



Grape leaf galls. (Country gentleman. July 5, 1888. 53:511*^) 

 Galls from Worcester, Mass., are identified as those of Lasioptera vitis. 



New pest threatens the hay cTop. (Albany evening journal. July 7, 

 1888. p. 7) 

 Eecords injury to grass by a species of Thrips. 



Stalk borer. (Country gentleman. July 12, 1888. 53:532") 



Larva from Rock Hall, Md., where it is known as the 'bud worm,' and in- 

 festing stalks of young corn is Gortyna ISydroecia'] nitela Guen. Remedies 

 are given. 



An entomological friend. (Orange county farmer. July 12, 1888. No. 



45- 7:8) 



15 spotted lady bug, Anatis 15-punctata [ooellata] is identified and its bene- 

 ficial habits given. 



Ash grey blister beetle. (Country gentleman. July 19, 1888. 53 : $4.^^) 



General notice of injuries to potatoes at Charlottesville, Va., by Macrobasia 



unioqlor Kirby. The imported Spanish fly, Cantharis veaioatoria, is also noticed. 



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