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Stalk borer. {Gortyna \Hydroecia\ nitela Guen.). (Country gentleman. 

 July 22, 1880. 45:472") 



Hecord of injury to potatoes by this species. 

 Striped blister beetle — Epicauta vittata. (Country gentleman. July 29, 

 1880. 45:4881=) 

 Beetles recorded as destructive to potatoes in Cayuga CO., and about Albany. 



Basket worm — Thyridopieryx ephemeraeformis . (Country gentleman. 

 Aug. 19, 1880. 45 : 535^5) 



Larva and moth described and remedies indicated. 

 Basket or bag worm — Thyridopieryx ephemeraeformis. (Country gentle- 

 man. Sep. 30, 1880. 45:631^*) 



Reported as destroying arbor vitae hedges — habits and remedies given. 



Caterpillars on the Ampelopsis. (Country gentleman. Oct 7, 1880. 



45 : 647^'=) 



Two blue caterpillars are identified as Alypia octomaculata and Eudryas 

 {^EuthisanotiaJ grata, remedies are given. 



Harlequin cabbage bug^ — Murgantia histrionica Hahn. (Country gentle- 

 man. Oct. 21, 1880. 45 :679") 



General account of its spread northward and remedies. 



Two spotted tree hopper — Enchophyllum binotatum \Enchenopa binotatd\, 

 (Country gentleman. Nov. 4, 1880. 45 : 711") 

 Several stages described and the food plants' and remedies given. 



Flour paste flies. (Country gentleman. Nov. 18, 1880. 45 : 743^^) 

 Flies bred from flour paste are referred to Drosopliila ampelopMla. 



Lepidoptera of the Adirondack region. Collected by W. W. Hill m 

 1875-78. (Progress of the topographical survey of the Adirondack 

 region of New York. 7th annual report, by Verplanck Colvin. 

 Albany 1880. p. 375-400. Separate, with title page and cover [No- 

 vember] 1880. p. 375-400) 



Records 415 species collected, with sexes and dates of collection, and gives 

 interesting facts about those taken. 



Report on some injurious insects of the year 1879. [Presented to the 

 New York state agricultural society at its annual meeting, Jan. 21, 

 1880] (New York state agricultural society. 39th annual report, 1880. 

 p. 35-55) Also, in (New York state agricultural society. Transactions 

 for 1877-82. 1884. 33 : 142-64, fig. 4) 



After prefatory remarks the following insects are discussed : the clover 

 seed midge, Cecidomyla leguminicola Lintn. ; clover root borer, Bylesinua 

 [HyZo8<es] irifolii Miill. ; wheat stem maggot, Meromyza americana Fitch ; corn 

 cuvaiiMo, Sphenophorus ^eaelaeulptilis']; stalk borer, Gortyna [_Hydroeoia'\ nitela 

 Guen.; apple tree case bearer, ColeopJiora malivoreUa Riley, concluding 

 with a notice of the entomologic labors of Dr Asa Fitch. 



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