502 



NEW YOKK STATE MUSEUM 



Ants in Strawberry Beds. (Country Gentleman, for August 2, 

 1894, lix, p. 568, c. 1 — 9 cm.) 



The ants may be destroyed by the use of bisulphide of carbon as directed, 

 if their nests or hills can be found; or, if occurring abundantly upon the 

 plants, pyrethrum water or the dry powder may be used . 



Grapevine Caterpillar. (Country Gentleman, for August 2, 1894, 



lix, p. 568, c. 1 — 8 cm.) 



The caterpillar is that of Thyreus Abbotii; its distinguishing features are 

 given, and its comparative abundance stated . The other caterpillar noticed 

 on the grape — " looking like a snake, with the head of a frog" — is probably 

 one of the long-bodied and sharp-headed " measuring worms" of the 

 Geometridse. 



Enemies of the Potato Beetle. (Country Gentleman, for August 



2, 1894, lix, p. 568, c. 2 — 6 cm.) 



Replying to the question — what are the enemies of the potato beetle — 

 the insect enemies alone are so many that a simple list of them would require 

 much space. Papers on them may be found in the publications of Dr. Riley 

 and Dr. Packard, and elsewhere. 



Elm-Leaf Beetle. (Country Gentleman, for August 16, 1894, lix, 



p. 600, c. 2 — 6 cm.) 



For the insect [elm-leaf beetle] killing the elm trees in Montclair, N. J., 

 spraying the foliage with Paris green or London purple is recommended, 

 and reference made to previous articles on the insect in the Country Gentle- 

 man, to be found in the indexes of the volumes. 



The Above- Ground Buildings of the Seventeen Year Cicada. 

 (New York Daily Tribune, for August 21, 1894, p. 12, c. 2 — 

 4 cm.) 



Brief abstract of a paper read before the American Association for the 

 Advancement of Science, at Brooklyn, N. Y., in which an account of the 

 structures is given, and the mystery connected with their exceptional occur- 

 rence in localities in New York and New Jersey and the purpose that they 

 served, noticed. 



"Worms destroying Canna Leaves. (Florist's Exchange, for 

 September 8, 1894, vi, p. 788 — 12 cm.) 



Caterpillars sent from Charleston, S. C, as destroying the foliage of can- 

 nas, are of two species. One has completed its transformations and given 

 out the Hesperid butterfly, Pamphila Ethlius after a pupation of eleven days. 

 The other, an Arctian, has spun up in cocoon and may be the common Spilo- 

 soma Isabella. 



