198 General Notes. [February, 
ing moths, but we do not recollect of seeing any record of what — 
may be called natural sugaring. The year 1882 has been remark- 
able for the excessive abundance of a yet undescribed species of 
Lachnus, which we have called Lachuus platanicola, infesting the 
. sycamore. We have received accounts of its excessive abundance. : 
from widely different sections of the country, as far northas 
Michigan and as far southwest as Missouri; while on trees inthe 
grounds of the Department of Agriculture, it has prevailed to 
such an extent that whole trees, including leaves, branches : 
and trunks, were heavily blackened by the growth of the fungus 
(Fumago salicina) which developed on the saccharine exudation” 
from the Lachnus. Hosts of sweet-loving insects, including all 
sorts of Hymenoptera during the day and chiefly Lepidoptera w 
EPILACHNA CORRUPTA AS AN INJURIOUS Insecr.— The 
feeding habits of our common Epfilachua borealis are well ki 
but nothing has hitherto been recorded of the food-habits' 
Western congener, which, originally described by Mulsant in 
Mexico, extends to Colorado and Western Kansas. The : 
first notice we receive of the habits of this species shows u 
` 1 Capnodium citri, ete. See W. G. Farlow, on Diseases of Olive and 
trees. Bulletin Bussey Inst. and Monthly anir earar, 1876 
