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Insects on plum trees. (Country gentleman. June 9, 1881. 46: 376^^) 

 Notices Bibio femoratus and the plum ourculio. 



Mites in clothing. (Country gentleman. June 9, 1881. 46:376^*) 

 Mites in a box of clothing were probably BryoMa pratensis. 



Late insect invaders of northern New York. (Albany evening journal. 

 July I, 1881) 



Larvae collected at Potsdam have been identified as Nephelodes violans 

 Goen. [var. of N. minians Guen.] and Crambus exsiecatus Zeller {_triseotus 

 Wall!.]. 



Orchard caterpillar. (Country gentleman. July 14, 1881. 46:455'^) 

 Apple tree tent caterpillar, CUsiocanvpa americana Fabr., is noticed. 



Worms on tomatoes. (Country gentleman. July 14, 1881. 46:456'^) 



'Light brown worm or fly,' can not be named without examples of the 

 insect. 



Pear tree blight. (Middleburgh gazette. July ? 1881) 

 Pear blight is described and treatment indicated. 



Insects and fungus on quinces. (Country gentleman. Aug. 18, 1881. 



46:535") 



Quince curculio, Conotrachelvs crataegi Walsh, the apple worm, Carpooapaa 

 pomonella Linn, and a fungus, Roestelia anraniiaca [aecidial form of Gymnos- 

 porangium cJavipes']. are noticed. 



Insect pest. Preservation of our shade trees from its ravages. (Albany 

 evening journal. Aug. 31, 1881) 



General account of the white marked tnssoclj moth, Orgyia [Notolophus} 



Insects on strawberry roots. (Country gentleman. Sep. 8, 1881. 46: 



583^') 

 Unable to identify the insect without examples. 



Apple leaf cluster cup fungus. (Country gentleman. Sep. 8, 1881. 

 46: 583'') 



Brief notice of the fungus, Oec'idwm pyrafitm Schw. [aecidial form of Gym- 

 nosporangium macropus'] . 



Beetle on the tomato. (Country gentleman. Sep. 8,1881. 46: 584^^) 

 Asb gray blister beetle, Epicauta cinerea Porst. is recorded on the tomato. 



Crambus vulgivagellus in northern New York. (St Lawrence republican. 

 Sep. 14, 1881) 



Notes on this species — it is the depredator, not Nephelodes violans Guen. 

 [var. of IN. minians Guen.] 



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