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Publications of the Entomologist During the Years 1884 and 1885. 



A New Sexual Character in the Pupie of Some Lepidoptera. (Psyche, 

 iv, No. 115-116, November-December, 1883, pp. 103-106 — Issued 

 February 11, 1884.) An abstract in Proceedings of the American 

 Association for the Advancement of Science, held at Montreal, 

 Canada, August, 1882, xxxi, 1883, pt. ii, p. 470-471. 



Remarks upon the interest attaching to the sexual characteristics of 

 insects; mentions a number of such sexual features; they are fewer 

 and less marked in the earlier stages. The particular feature noticed 

 in this paper is one pertaining to the Cossince and to the Mgeriadce, \iz., in 

 the male, the tenth segment (not counting the head as one) is furnished 

 with two rows of teeth, while the female uniformly has but one (as have 

 the two following segments in each sex). 



[Published in the Second Report on the Insects of N. Y., 1885, pp. 213-217.] 



A Horn-Tail — Urocerus Cressoni. (Country Gentleman, for January 

 3, 1884, xlix, p. 9, c. 1 — 11 cm.) 



In reply to an inquiry from Perth Amboy, N. J., the species is named, 

 and its affinities given, and its habits in the larval and perfect stages. 

 It occurs in the Middle States, and interesting varieties have been 

 recorded from Albany, N. Y. 

 Fuller's Rose Beetle — Aramigus Fulleri. (Country Gentleman, for 



January 17, 1884, xlix, p. 49, c. 2 — 32cm.) 



The species identified from Stamford, Conn. Its first notice as a pest 

 in conservatories in 1874, and its subsequent distribution ; its life-history, 

 as given by Prof. Riley, in the Eept. Commis. Agricul. for 1878 ; remedies 

 for it, and reference to publications upon it. 



[See Second Report on the Insects of N. Y, 1885, pp. 142-144.] 



The Lunated Long-Sting — Thalessa lunator (Fabr.). (Country Gentle- 

 man, for April 17, 1884, xlix, p. 331, c. 3-4—52 cm.) 



Captured in Augusta, Ga., while ovipositing April first; identified, a 

 figure given, and method of oviposition stated; the insect upon the 

 larva of which it is parasitic, Tremex columba, is also shown. A note 

 from Prof. Riley is added, which gives the statement that the parasite 

 feeds on the Tremex larva while attached to its exterior. 



[Extended in the Fourth Report on the Insects of N. Y., 1888, pp. 35-42.] 



An Insect Attack on a Julus. (The Canadian Entomologist, for April, 

 1884, xvi, p. 80 — 7 cm.) 



Communicating an observation of a swarm of minute insects sur- 

 rounding, darting upon, and seriously annoying a Julus. Could they 

 have been Ichneumon flies ? 



Insect Injury to Grapevines. (Country Gentleman, for May 8, 1884, 

 xlix, p. 397, c.l — 25 cm.) 



Some pieces of grapevines, bearing pinhole-like punctures, from Hop- 

 kinsville, Ky., are recognized as having been punctured for oviposition, 



