914 General Notes. [ November, 
cocoons which had generally been washed by the rains on to the 
ground and more or less embedded. Judging from European 
experience we anticipated no further multiplication the present 
year; but, to our surprise, the beetles have been continuously 
laying eggs from that time to the present writing (October 3d), and 
what is more singular, while some of the eggs have been laid ex- 
ternally to the plant either siagly or in little groups, most 0 
them have been secreted and thrust into the old and hollow 
stems. A few of the larve which hatched externally are now 
nearly full-grown, but those which hatched within the stalk, have 
fed but little and are evidently preparing for hibernation. Is this 
a normal habit in Europe, or is it a departure therefrom conse- 
quent upon the introduction of the species here? The latter 
seems quite probable since the habit of attacking clover injurious- 
ly is certainly new, if we may judge from the failure to indicate it 
by European entomologists. The probability is that the insect 
with us will hibernate both in the larva state within the stem and 
in the beetle state. In either event the larvae will doubtless be 
found most numerous in northern New York in the month of 
May, and we recommend that clover fields in which it is foune 
be heavily rolled at that season, as the best means of decreasing 
its injuries, 
low, and smooth when first laid, but becoming greenish-yellow, 
and roughened with hexagonal depression before hatching. he 
average length is 1"" and in most cases the larva has hatched 
in about one week from the time the egg was_ laid. The 
young larva is pale with a dark head, but subsequently be- 
comes greenish with a distinct whitish medio-dorsal line relieved 
by darker shades each side. The body is deeply wrinkled, with 
prominent substigmatal and ventral swellings, the latter so W 
developed and so extensile that they perform the function " 
prolegs, giving the larva its strong resemblance to those © 
Tenthredinidz, and enabling it to easily crawl or clasp the edge 
of a leaf. When at rest it clings sidewise and in a curve per 
‘tion to the leaf, usually on the underside, grasping the leaf eat 
between the ventral swellings but especially in the transverse fol 
ole 
about as Syrphid larve are known to do. The surface 0 
body is sparsely beset with short stiff hairs, varying in 1 
at different stages of growth. The largest specimen, evidently 
about full-grown, has up to this writing (October 3d) experien¢ 
three molts.—C. V. Riley. 
CRAMBUS VULGIVAGELLUS.—This common moth which, as stated 
on page 750, is the parent of the worms that did so muc at 
age to meadows in parts of New York. (See pp. 574 and ees ; 
_ has been excessively abundant all over the Eastern States "°° 
