3l6 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



On Catocala pretiosa n. sp. \C. crataegi Saund. var.] (Canadian entomolo- 

 gist. July 1876. 8:121-22) 



Described from examples taken at sugar iu Scbenectady, N. Y., and com- 

 pared with C. pohjgama Guen. [G. grynea Criim.] 



Destructive caterpillar. (Country gentleman. Aug. 10, 1876. 41:504^'') 

 Caterpillar eating apple leaves in a young orcbard at Manlius, N. Y., is 

 probably Notodonta [ScMzura] coneinna Sni.-Abb. 



Cabbage eating insect. (Country gentleman. Sep. 7, 1876. 41:565'') 

 Brief account of Straehia [Murgantia'] histrionica Hahn as a cabbage iiest at 

 Nashville, Tenn. 



Grape seed fly/ (Country gentlemen. Sep. 21, 1876. 41 : 599") 



Isoaoma lEvoxysoma] vitis Saund. is the insect infesting grapes received 

 from New Jersey. Its operations are described and remedies for its attack 

 given. 

 New carpet bug pest — Anthrenus scrophulariae. [Read before the Albany 

 institute, Oct. 17, 1876] (Argus [Albany] Oct. 21, 1876; Schenectady 

 daily union. Oct. 21, 1876; Buffalo courier. Oct. 29, 1876; Albany 

 institute. Proceedings, 1878. 2:313-15) 



Notice of the introduction and spread of the carpet beetle, Anihremii scro- 

 phulariae Linn. 

 Insects in flour. (Country gentleman. Oct. 26, 1876. 41 : 683'^) 



Wheat flour swarming with Tyroglyphus farinae ^siro Linn.] was received, 

 and a brief account of the mite is given. 



Scale insects. (Country gentleman. Feb. i, 1877. 42 : 69^^) 



The following on pear and apple trees are noticed brieflj' : A/ipidiotiis har- 

 risH Walsh [Chionaspis furfurus Fitch] and Aspidiotua conohiformia Gmel. 

 [Mytilaspia pomorum Bouoh6]. 



Bark lice. (Country gentleman. Mar. 8, 1877. 42 : 151") 



Notice of Harris' bark louse IChionaspia furfurua Fitch] and description 

 of the oyster shell bark louse. 



Apple tree insects. (Country gentleman. Ap. 12, 1877. 42:235") 



Oviposition of some tree hoppers, and of the flower cricket, Oecanlhua niveua 

 DeQeer, is identified. 



Insects of 1876 — i. (Country gentleman May 31, 1877. 43 : 347^') 

 Army worm, Lencania unipuneta Haw., Colorado potato beetle and grape 

 seed fly, laosoma lEvoxyaoma] vitia, are treated of to some extent. 



Insects of 1876 — 2. The new carpet bug. (Country gentleman. 

 June 7, 1877. 42 : 36321) 



Notice oi. Anthrenus scrophulariae and a new potato insect. 



Insect on peach trees. (Country gentleman. June 7, 1877. 42:36386) 

 Unknown caterpillar infesting the twigs of peach trees [probably Anarsia 

 lineatella Zeller] can not be identified. 



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