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Contents, 



INJURIOUS COLEOPTERA: page. 



Dynastes Tityus {Linn.)— The Spotted Horn-bug 227 



Oberea bimaculata {Oliv.) — The Raspberry-cane Girdler 231 



Galeruca zanthomelaena {Schrank) —The Elm-leaf Beetle 234 



INJURIOUS HEMIPTERA : 



Clastoptera obtusa {Say) —The Alder Spittle-Insect 242 



Siphonophora avenas {Fabr.)— The Grain Aphis 246 



Myzus cerasi {Fabr.) — The Cherry Aphis 253 



INSECT ATTACKS AND MISCELLANEOUS OBSERVATIONS : 



The Canker-worm — Anisopteryx vernata {Peck) 258 



Abundance of Geometrid Larvae 259 



The Apple-leaf Bucculatrix 260 



The Clover-seed Midge — Cecidomyia leguminicola Lintn 262 



The Hessian-fly— Cecidomyia destructor Say 263 



Sciara sp. ? Occurring on Wheat 264 



The Cabbage-fly — Anthomyia brassicse Bouche' , 265 



A Lady-bug Attack on Scale-insects 266 



The Carpet Beetle — Anthrenus scrophulariae {Linn.) 267 



The Oak-pruner— Elaphidion parallelum Newm 268 



Oviposition of Saperda Candida Fabr 269 



Orthaltica copalina {Fabr.) 271 



The Clover-leaf Weevil Destroyed by a Fungus Attack 272 



Pcecilocapsus lineatus {Fabr.) 273 



Attack on Young Pears by a Plant-bug 275 



An Experiment with the Thirteen-year Cicada 276 



White Scale-insect Attack on Ivy — Aspidiotus nerii Bouche 278 



The Black-knot of the Plum-tree and its Guests 280 



Collections in the Adirondack Region, et al 281 



Collections in the Adirondack Region in 1885 283 



ACARINA AND MYRIOPODA : 



A Mite Attack on Garden Plants 287 



A Parasitic Mite of a Sexton Beetle 289 



A Parasitic Attack on the Colorado Potato-beetle 289 



The Cheese-mite Infesting Smoked Meats — Tyroglyphus siro 



{Linn.) 291 



The Cheese-mite Infesting Flour 294 



Food of Cermatia forceps {Baf.) 295 



Julus caeruleocinctus beneath Carpets 296 



