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just below the surface of the ground, and in many instances was cut 
entirely off. At the time of my visit the larve had completed their 
growth and were pupating. They were usually found in the ground 
about 1 inch below the surface and from 4 to 6 inches from the 
stalk. Two pup were found and several hundred larve taken that 
were just transforming. Nine larve were collected from around one 
stalk, which had been almost entirely eaten off. The first adult moth 
emerged in my breeding cage August 7, and others continued to 
emerge until August 16. August 12 [removed thirteen hymeuopterous 
parasites (not yet determined) from one of my cages. This pest is 
known in some sections of this State as the ‘‘corn-bud worm,” from 
the fact that it cuts the young corn so that the terminal shoot or bud 
ean be lifted out. 
Tribolium madens —This insect has been sent to me recently in mill 
products from the State of Washington. Previous to this I have had 
itin flour from Montana and Utah. It is quite likely that it breeds in 
mill products, and to distinguish it from the flour weevils, 7. confusum 
and T. ferrugineum, I have proposed to call it the ‘‘ black flour weevil.” 
Aspidiotus forbesii—l have this season found this scale quite abun- 
dant on 2-year-old apple, pear, and cherry trees in this State. I 
reported it at the meeting of this association at Buffalo last year 
(U.S. Dept. Agr., Div. Ent., Bul. 6, n.s., pp. 74, 75), stating that it 
was a dangerous species on account of its wide range of food plants 
and the nature of its attack. At that time it was known only from 
Illinois, where I discovered it on cherry in December, 1894. Professor 
Cockerell has recently found it on apple trees at Mesilla, N. Mex. 
(U. S. Dept. Agr., Div. Ent., tech. ser. 6, p. 5). It is, therefore, a 
widely distributed species, and, no doubt, will be found in many other 
places. At first glance it is not easy to distinguish this species, popu- 
larly known as the cherry seale, from the San Jose scale. The purplish 
tinge of the bark is also quite conspicuous on some varieties of apple 
and pear where the cherry scale has established itself. The general 
appearance of the last segment of the female very closely resembles 
that of the San Jose scale; but it can readily be distinguished from 
that species by the presence of the spinerets. 
