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prevent the ascent of the wingless female, spraying with Paris green 

 water to kill the larva?, and working the ground beneath the trees to 

 crush the pupae. 

 [Printed in present Report, pp. 258, 259.] 



Insect Eggs on Strawberries. (Country Gentleman, for June 25, 1885, 

 L p. 537, c. 3 — 21 cm.) 



The eggs do not indicate an attack that need impair our enjoyment of 

 the fruit. Their presence is unusual and probably accidental. They are 

 the eggs of some hemipterous insect, belonging probably to one of the 

 larger plant-bugs. Description is given of them. The nauseous taste 

 imparted to raspberries by the presence of a small bug, known as 

 Corimelcena pulicaria, is referred to, and the insect described. This 

 same insect attacks the blossoms and the stems of strawberries. 



Plant-lice, Elm-beetles, etc. (New England Homestead, for July 

 4, 1885, xix, p. 269, c. 1-2 — 15 em.) 



Identification of Sclnzoneura Americana as injuring leaves of elms at 

 West Stockbridge. The insect reported as stripping the leaves of the 

 elms, is probably the elm-leaf beetle, Galeruca xanthomelcena, although 

 not known before to extend so far into Massachusetts. May-flies per- 

 haps mistaken for mosquitoes. 



The Apple Tree Bark-louse. (New England Homestead, for July 

 4, 1885, xix, p. 269, c. 4-5—20 cm.) 



Scales on bark of an apple tree sent are those of MytHaspsis pomorum 

 of Bouche (M. pomicorticis Riley). Directions for destroying the insect, 

 by scraping the scales and by spraying kerosene emulsion. 



The Cut- Worm and Onion Maggot. (Country Gentleman, for July 

 9, 1885, 1, p. 574-5, c. 4, 1 — 20 cm). 



For the arrest of cut-worm ravages reported from Globe Village, 

 Mass., the inquirer is referred to remedies given in the paper published 

 in the 44th Rept. N. Y. St. Agricul. Society. For controlling Anthomyia 

 brassicce and Phorbia ceparum, the remedies are removing the plants 

 with the soil containing the larvae, and killing the pupag with gas-lime 

 or plowing and harrowing repeatedly. Preventives are, strong-smelling 

 substances, and not planting in infested ground. 



Peach and Cherry Borers. (Country Gentleman, for July 9, 1885, 1, 

 p. 575, c. 1 — 18 cm.) 



Peach trees in Annapolis infested by Phlceotribus Inninaris. It attacks 

 the elm also. The cherry trees are probably infested by Scolytus rugu- 

 losus Ratz., recently introduced from Europe; see an interesting article 

 upon this species in the Canadian Entomologist for September, 1884. 

 The injuries of P. liminaris seem to be rapidly increasing in localities in 

 the State of New York. 



The Fig-Eater — Allorhina Nitida. (Country Gentleman, for July 9, 

 1885, 1, p. 575, c. 2-3 — 15 cm.) 



The species identified from Madison, N. J., and briefly described ; its 

 fondness for juicy fruits ; is not known to occur in New York ; the larva 



