(B.) 



CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT. 



The following are the contributions that have been made to the 

 Department during the year (1888) : 



In Hymenoptera. 



Cocoons of Nematus ErHchsonii Hartig, and the imago, May 8th. 

 From Rev. H. W. Swinnerton, Cherry Valley, N. Y. 



Galls of Neuroterus verrucarum (O. S.), on Quercus sp. ? From 

 J. Carter Brown, Kingston, R. I. 



Apanteles congregatus (Say) cocoons on ?Darapsa Myron. From 

 Mrs. K. M. Busick, Wabash, Ind 



In Lepidoptera. 



Larvae of Thyreus Abbotii Swainson, July 26th. From A. J. Rich- 

 mond, Canajoharie, N. Y. The same, from Dr. R. H. Sabin, Troy, N. Y. 

 The same (spotted form), from Horace B. Derby, Albany, N. Y., 

 July 6th. The same (striated form), from S. C. Bradt, Albany, N. Y., 

 July 8 th. 



Datana ministra (Drury) forvae from apple tree, Sept. 4th. From 

 M. T. Richardson, New York city. 



(Edemasia concinna (Sm.-Abb.) larvae from apple tree early in Sep- 

 tember. From John C. Shaw, Brooklyn, N. Y. 



Callosamia Promethea (Drury) cocoons on wild cherry. From E. J. 

 Reddy, Bayville, N. Y. The same, on plum, from Mrs. E. W. K. 

 Lasell, Orange, N. J. The same, from Berthold Fernow, Albany, N. Y. 



The regal walnut-moth, atheroma regalis (Fabr.), taken at the 

 State Camp, Peekskill, N. Y., August 5th. From Dr. C. W. Crispell, 

 Kingston, N. Y. 



Larva of Eacles imperialis (Drury) with puparia of a Tachinid-fly, 

 Sept. 10th. From S. C. Bradt, Albany, N. Y. 



Glisiocampa Americana Harris, larvae and cocoon. From Berthold 

 Fernow, Albany, N. Y. 



Larvae of Gortyna nitela Guenee, burrowing in stalks of young corn, 

 June 22. From Rock Hall, Md. 



Larvae of Caccecia argyrospila (Walk.) eating into young pears, 

 June 13th; and of Goleophora sp.? eating into the same, June 8th, 

 From P. Barry, Rochester, N. Y. 



