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infested with Mytilaspis citricola and M. gloverii, the two well-known orange pests 
of Florida. We knew that citricola probably eanie from China, but that .1/. gloverii 
is an oriental species is new. 
The Horn Fly in New Jersey. — Mr. L W. Nicholson, of Camden, N. J., writes 
that the horn fly appeared in that place on May 10 this year, but was not prevented 
by the cold weather from coming in large numbers since that date. Last year was 
the first time he had observed this insect upon mules. It appeared at that time in 
large patches while the animals were in pasture. 
Communistic Cocoons of the Apple-tree Tent-caterpillar. — Miss Allie C. 
Simonds, of Fayetteville, Ark., writes us that she raised larvae of Glisiocampa 
amerieana from the eggs, and that when they began to spin up she observed that 
instead of spinning individual cocoons several would spin large, irregular cocoons 
in common. One of these cocoons which she opened contained seven or eight 
chrysalides crowded in together, without any separating partitions. 
The Horn Fly in Texas. — Mr. Victor A. Xoregaard, veterinary inspector of the 
Bureau of Animal Industry, at Alice, Tex., writes that the horn fly is there by the 
millions, and is a terrible nuisance to the cattle, causing large sores, especially 
on the shoulders, affording an entrance for the screw worm. The flies light on the 
cattle the very moment they come out of the dipping vat, and half an hour later they 
are as thick on them as before they went through the dip. 
The Convergent Ladybird injuring Canaigre. — Prof. F. L. Washburn writes 
from Corvallis, Oreg., that Hippodamia convergent, which he has seen feeding in 
numbers on the leaves of sugar beet, has also badly eaten the leaves of some can- 
aigre growing on the grounds of the experiment station at Corvallis. The ladybird 
seems to have a decided liking for the leaves of this plant, which have a taste like 
sorrel. A lampyrid, Podabrus omen, has also been observed to feed upon canaigre, 
though in smaller numbers than Hippodamia convergent. 
Sow-bugs in a Well. — Mr. George B. King, of Lawrence. Mass., writes that a 
well belonging to Mr. X. X. S. Tompkins, and situated in a woodshed, was fouled by 
the decaying bodies of great numbers of sow-bugs of the genus Porcellio. The shed 
naturally contained large quantities of chips of decaying bark and wood, so that it 
was an admirable place for the breeding of the Porcellios. They got into the well by 
accidentally falling in or by crawling down the stone facings. The well was cleaned 
out, the decaying wood taken away, the stone wall relaid, and the shed floor covered 
with Portland cement, with perfect success. Mr. J. E. Benedict, of the Smithsonian 
Institution, to whom the specimens were referred, found two species among them, 
Porcellio rathkei and P. scaler. 
The "Fringed Anthomyian " injuring Wax Beans. — Under date of May 31, 
Mr. L. H. Reed sends from Plainfield, Wis., specimens of the so-called "fringed 
anthomyian" (Phorbia fwsciceps Zett.) with the information that this species is ruin- 
ing a field of wax beans. The maggots attack the plants before they appear above 
ground and are found in the stems after the plant has reached a height of about two 
inches. This species is identical with the seed-corn maggot {Anthomyia zeo? Riley), 
and in addition to injuring beans and corn, attacks also cabbages, radishes, onions, 
hedge mustard, and has even been known to feed on the eggs of locusts. 
The American Locust in Illinois. — Mr. John C. Andrus writes us that Srhistocerca 
amerieana was very abundant during the fall of 1894 in the vicinity of Manchester, 
stripping corn of leaves and silk, especially when adjoining meadow lands. Orchards 
particularly apple and cherry trees, where adjoining meadows, were alBo stripped of 
leaves. The full-grown specimens ate the hardening kernels of corn in the fall and 
were noticed to feed upon bits of leather, and would roughen the handles of hoes ami 
other agricultural implements left for a day in the field. Butcher birds captured full- 
grown specimens and impaled them upon the thorns of Osage orange. Young pigs 
and turkeys were observed to feed upon them with avidity. 
The Leaf-footed Plant-bug damaging Peaches. — The leal-footed plant-bug (Lep- 
toglo88us j'hyllopms). which occasionally does considerable damage in orange groves, 
