Fruit Bark Beetle " (Scolytus rugulosm), I 

 this insect yet published ; "Experiments \ 

 for the Plum and Peach Curculio," shown 

 beetles to poisoning ; " The American Plun 

 funeralis) with description of stages and i 

 the Common White Grubs,' an linportai 

 known subject; "Additional Notes on the 1 

 life-cycle of this pernicious pest : " A Sum 

 Root Aphis," " On a Bacterial Disease I 

 Worm" and "Notes on the Disease* of 

 appendix consists of "An Analytical Li.-t < 

 ings of Wm. Le Baron, M. D.. Second Stat 

 and is accompanied by a well executed plat 

 The report is also illustrated by three colon 

 original drawings by Mr. A. fit Wester 

 represent the corn leaf louse, corn root lous 



The Illinois Insectarium.— In his recent Btxtb Report, ooocea 



above, Professor S. A. Forbes gives the following account of the 

 Insectarium recently provided for the State Entomologist ot Illinois: 

 "The experimental work of the office has been greatly facilitate.!, and 

 rendered far more accurate and profitable by the new Insectanuni, or 

 experimental entomological laboratory, provided for by the Legislature 



date when it was ready for occupancy. 



"The important part of this Insectarium is essentially a conserva- 

 tory fifteen feet by thirty, standing entirely above ground with -la- 

 roof and brick walls, with the exception of the end wall I 

 above the level of the sides. The building stand- nort 

 opening to the south with double doors, one of glass and one «.t wire 

 gauze. The roof is covered with four rows •»! sash all hin-y^at 

 the ends in such a way that the sash of the lower row ran « illei 

 at the lower end, while the sash of the upper row may be opened 

 widely at the peak of the roof. The glass on the lower row oJ wsfa 

 upon each side is deadened with white paint (that of the upper row 

 being left clear) and the admission of sunlight is further controlled by 

 a screen of cheesecloth sliding on wires extending along the entire 

 middle of the room beneath the two central rows of sash. The upper 

 sashes are opened and closed by a ventilating apparatu 

 all together, while the lower are conv " " J 



ised by 



