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One specimen issue<l May 15, 1885, from seed pods of Vcrjioiua nove- 
horacensis collected ( )ctober 22, 1884, by Theo. Pergaude in Washington, 
1). C; the ]M)ds were also infested by the caterpillars of Platynota sen- 
tmm and Kudcmis hotntiui. 
Adults were received June 25 and »Iuly 9, 1880, from W. B. Alwood, 
Coliiiiibus, Ohio, who bred them from oat jilants. 
Bred . I line 24, 188(>, from stems of Pita prdtensia. 
An adult issued June 21, 1887, from a stem of Poa pratensix received 
on tlie 1st of tlie month from F. M. Webster, Lafayette, liid. 
i'rom a nund)er (jf plants of fall wheat received from tlie same source, 
July 1(), 1.S90, the adults issued a few days later. 
Koots of cucumber containing larva» of this insect weie received 
8ei)tend>er 22, ISIX;, from W. C Appleby, Carroll, Md.. and an adult 
issued on the 2d of the following month. 
Adults were received from (1. C. Davis, Agricultural College, Mich., 
September 11), 1800, who stated that he bred them from strawberry 
plants. 
Osvinis carhonaria Loew. — From a stalk of wheat received June 25, 
18S;>, from J. (1. Kingsbury, Indianapolis, Ind., an adult issued on the 
18th of the following month; the larvai infested the stem at the upper- 
most node, and pupated within the stem. Their attacks resulted in 
killing the head of wheat. 
From several young wheat plants received September 8, 1884, from 
F. M. Webster, Oxford, Ind., the adult Hies issued on the 10th, 11th, 
13th, and 10th of the same month; the larva' infested the lower portion 
of the idants. 
Adults issued July 7, 1885, from puparia in wheat plants received on 
the 3d of the month from L. Bruner, AVest Point, Xebr. 
Others were received August 30, 188(), and August 9, 1888, from 
F. M. Webster, Latayette, Ind., who also bred them from wheat plants. 
From plants of fall wheat received from the same source, July 10, 
1890. the adult Hies issued in the course of a few days. 
Two puparia of this insect in the base of a stem oiAgropedium caninum 
were received Alay 25, 1889, from James Fletcher, Ottawa, Canada, and 
the adults emerged on the 30th of the same month. 
(hcinis umhrosa Loew. — Two adults issued July 22, 1880, from plants 
of Poa pratenais collected by Theo. Pergaude at Washington, D. C, 
on the 1st of the month; the larva' lived in the middle of the stems 
close to the ground, and were found in young plants less than three 
inches high. 
From i)lants of fall wheat received July 10, 1890, from F. :\I. Webster, 
Lafayette, Ind., the adults issued a few days later. 
OsciniH pallipes Loew. — An adult Avas received from W. IL Ashmead, 
Jac^ksonville. Fla., who rei)orted having bred it from a plant of 
artichoke. 
OsHnh Jouf/ipes Loew. — From seed ])ods of Catalpa speciosa received 
November 19, 1877, from Thos. IMeehan, (iermautown, Pa., adults 
