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NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



[Voluntary entomologic service of New York] (Country gentleman, 28 

 Sep. 1899, 64: 767") 



Abstracts of reports from voluntary observers. 



Student collectors of insects. (Times-Union [Albany] 29 Sep. 1899, p.i ; 

 Argus [Albany] 30 Sep. 1899, p.5) 



Circular letter offering pupils in regeuts bigb schools a nominal price for 

 insects. 



Katydid eggs. (Country gentleman, 5 Oct. 1899, 64: 786 24 ) 



The eggs of Microcentrum retinervis Burm. are identified aud 

 oviposition is described. 



White-lined sphinx. (Country gentleman, 5 Oct. 1899, 64: 792 43 ) 



Deilephila liueata Fabr. is identified from a brief description and 

 the moth aud larva are described. 



CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COLLECTION 15 OCT. 1898 — 



14 OCT. 1899 



Hymenoptera 



Bumblebees, Bombus fervidus Fabr. and Bombus virgini- 

 c u s Oliv.; honey bee, Apis mellifica Linn, and large carpenter bee, 

 Xylocopa virginica Drury, 21 June ; from W. C. Hitchcock, 

 Cropseyville N. Y. 



Carpenter bee as above, 23 June and wasp, Polistes pallipes St. 

 Farg. 17th Aug.; from Mrs E. B. Smith, Coeymans N. Y. 



Sphex ichneumon ea Linn. 31 July; from James A. Burns, 

 Albany N. Y. 



Pelopoeus caementarius Drury, 17 Aug.; from Mrs E. B. 

 Smith, Coeymans N. Y. 



Red ant, Monomorium pharaonis Linn. 1 Sep. ; from G. H. 

 Anderson, Albany N. Y. 



Pelecinus polyturator Drury, 2 Aug.; from Arthur Carty, 

 Albany N. Y. 



Pupae of Cratotechus species, 6 July; from Rhoda Thomp- 

 son, Ballston Spa N. Y. 



Dibrachys boucheanus Ratz., from cocoons of Clisiocampa 

 disstria Hiibn., 5 July; from C. L. Williams, Glens Falls N. Y. 



Pimpla conquisitor Say, from cocoons of Clisiocampa 

 disstria, 5 July; from C. L. Williams, Glens Falls N. Y. 



