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Callosamia promethea Drury. — The larvae of this species was very 

 abundant during the season of 1889, and the cocoons were to be found 

 on wild cherry and sassafras in great numbers. Examination of these 

 cocoons in March, 1890, developed the fact that fully two-thirds of them 

 had been parasitized by Ophion macrurum Linn. 



Agrotis herilis Grote (Western Striped Cut-worm). — In company with 

 other cut-worms, this species is supposed to descend into the earth in 

 the fall for the purpose of hibernating. The winter of 1889-'90, how- 

 ever, proved an exception, and the larvae, usually about one-fourth to 

 one-third grown, were observed on warm, sunny days during the entire 

 winter feeding above ground upon young wheat in the field, and also 

 upon grass in meadows and other grass lands. 



Hadena stipata Morr. — On page 134, Volume II, Insect Life, this 

 species was incidentally mentioned as destroying young corn on newly 

 broken grass lands. Since that notice was written reports of serious 

 depredations have come to me from Clinton, Miami, Madison, and John- 

 son Counties, Ind., all indicating that this is the most destructive of 

 all our cut-worms in the localities where it occurs ; some fields being 

 totally ruined, and that, too, after it is too late in the season for replant- 

 ing. Both low and high lands, timothy and clover sod, seem alike 

 attacked, even though the ground may have borne but one previous 

 <crop of grass or clover. 



Lithoplmna antennata Walk. — Possibly on account of the extreme 

 mild winter just passed these moths made their appearance very early 

 in the season, several being captured at La Fayette, Ind., on the even- 

 ing of February 21, 1890.— [F. M. Webster, March 29, 1890.] 



THE PUNCTURING OF APPLES BY THE PLUM CURCULIO. 



In afoot-note to Mr. Webster's article upon "Experiments with Plum 

 Curculio, " published on page 308 of the last number, we promised to 

 publish in a future number the figure illustrating the condition of 



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Fig. 71. — Plum Curculio punctures in young apples — natural size (original). 



young apples found by Mr. Webster July 21, at La Fayette, Ind., and 

 which illustrated a severe attack of the adult of the Plum Curculio. 



