87 
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2G. Chittenden, V. 11.— Insect Life, v. VII, i)i). 1 t-L>;5. Oct. li2, 1S04. 
Eev.-l'r)th Ann. Kept. Knt. Soc. Ont. for 1804. Expt. Sta. Kecord, 
vol. VI, p. 5()L>. 
Account of infestation in ^^;lryl:^Hl, Virjjinia, l^cnnsyhjinia, Delaware, and 
New .Jer8«'y, in 18Jt3 and ISIU ; rctllmd, dewlterrv, and *' Idack cap '' raHpbtiiTy, 
nanuMl as new foo«l ])laiits, and two si)ecieH of ants as (^nmiics; early appearance 
and liabits of adults; life cycle ascei tained to be from twcnty-eij^ht to thirty 
days; i)roces8 of ovi])osition desc-ribed; suinniary of injurious a])pearances Ironi 
1871 to 181)4; as reniedies, 'Mourning over," trap crctps, swe«i])-nct, duHtin<; with 
lime, etc., arsenical and kerosene sprayin<:f and co\ tMin<^ beds are considered; 
spraying; experiments showed <;ood results, ]>articularly with Paris green; fruit 
growers urged not to trust entirely to stamiuate varieties. 
27. Beckwith, M. H.— Delaware Coll. Agl. Expt. Sta., Bui. XX^'1II, 
p. 10. eluly, 1895. 
Short note; little injury in Delaware in 1895; recommends mowing and burn- 
ing over tields after i)icking fruit. 
28. Johnson, W. G. — Bui. Xo. 6, n. s., Div. Entomology, U. S. Dept. 
Agriculture, p. 65. Dec. 28, 1896. 
Brief mention of injuries in Prince George and Montgomery counties, Md. 
29. Smith, John B. — Economic Entomology, p. 231. 1896. 
A short popular account. 
30. Chittenden, F. H.— Bui. No. 7, n. s., Division of Entomology, U. 
S. Dept. Agriculture, pp. 78-79. Feb. 25, 1897. 
Instances damage by this insect in May, 1896, at Cherry Dale and Marshall, 
Va., Wadalin, N. Y., and in the vicinity of Baltimore, Md. 
31. Chittenden, F. H. — Circular Ko. 21, 2nd ser., Div. Entomology, 
U. S. Department of Agriculture, pp. 1-7. Apr. 14, 1897. 
A condensed account based upon the same author's previous writings with 
consideration of same remedies, but with the suggested trial of carbolic acid 
and Bordeaux mixture as repellants. 
32. Johnson, AV. G.— Bui. :N^o. 9, n. s., Div. Entomology, U. S. Depart- 
ment Agriculture, p. 82. Oct. 21, 1897. 
The species " made its usual attack upon strawberries, and in many parts of 
Anne Arundel, Prince George, and Caroline counties cut the crop fully one-third." 
GENERAL NOTES. 
A PECULIAR DAMAGE TO THE APPLE. 
We show in the accompanying illustration an apple received July 7 
of the present year from Mr. C. D. Bowen, of Eichview, Washington 
County, 111. It was a small green apple, under the skin of which a 
larva had been mining. The larva was lost by Mr. Bowen before the 
apple was sent, but a cast head found in the mine indicates that the 
insect which did the damage belongs to the genus Lithocolletis. The 
mine was long, narrow, and winding. Its color was pale drab, with a 
brown streak, produced by the excrement of the larva along its center. 
Nothing of this kind had ever been brought to our notice before. We 
know of no miner under the skin of the fruit, and there is no leaf-miner 
on apple which makes this kind of a mine. There are serpentine larval 
mines in other rosaceous plants, but none of this exact character. The 
