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species of Coccinella, Adalia bipunctata and Anatis 15 -punctata, arid 

 these dropped with the curculio and were destroyed. At the station 

 the use of kerosene in connection with the " catchers ,? was abandoned 

 entirely, and the curculios were separated out and killed, while the 

 Coccinelliche were allowed to escape! Anatis has a habit of pupating 

 on the green plums, and we have received complaint after complaint of 

 their supposed ravages, thus showing a sad deficiency in rudimentary 

 entomology, among what are usually classed as intelligent people. 

 That myriads of these beneficial insects have been slaughtered through 

 misapprehension the present season does not admit of a doubt. 



Mr. S. G. 0. Shriver. of Shawnee. Ohio, reported with specimens, that 

 what had been termed the "Elephant Corn Bug" had committed 

 serious ravages in his corn planted on bottom land in Butler County, 

 Kans. The area of depredation appears to be somewhat limited, 

 covering a small territory, about a mile wide in the southern part of the 

 county and including only two or three farms. The insect sent proved 

 to be the well-known Lixus m ucirfus, and it is reported to have destroyed 

 the young corn by puncturing the stalk aud eating out the heart. 

 This is believed to be the first report of injury to grain crops by this 

 species. 



Bhyssematus palmacollis and Bracliytarsus alter nat us were sent to us 

 by Dr. J. 0. Arthur, who had reared them from galls on the gopher 

 vine, Ipomceapandurata. causedby a fungus, Cystopus ipomcea-pandurance. 



Chramesus icoriw was reared from larva? infesting twigs of walnut 

 collected at East Cleveland, Ohio, April 7, 1898. 



Orgyia leucostigma has appeared in overabundance in both Cleve- 

 land and Youngstown, but are being overcome by their natural ene- 

 mies, the Chrysopa being very abundant, as stated to have been true 

 in the case studied in Washington, D. C, by Dr. Howard. 



Pyrrliia umbra was reared July 27 from larv?e found eating into and 

 destroying rosebuds. These larva? entered the ground June 4, had 

 pupated by the 8th, the imagos appearing as stated. 



The common cricket (Gryllus abbreriatus) has been accused of work- 

 ing great injury to young, recently transplanted tomato plants, by eating 

 them off just above the surface of the ground. The same authority, 

 Mr. John A. Bryce, Batavia, Ohio, states that crows destroy the tomato 

 worm to such an extent on his premises that he has no trouble with 

 that insect. 



Pliytoptus plilceocoptes occurs generally over the State, its attacks 

 being directed more especially to the damson plum, but also appearing 

 to a limited extent on the lombard and other varieties. It is errone- 

 ously supposed by many to cause the black knot, the galls being mis- 

 taken for the very young knots. 



The minute, cosmopolitan parasite (Arrlienophagus chionaspidis) has 

 been reared in great numbers from Diaspis rosw on wild raspberry canes, 

 females only appearing. (See Dr. Howard's paper in Proc. Ent. Soc. 



