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I submit a description of the Teleas, which is apparently new: 
The Sphinx Egg Teleas — Teleas sphingis n. sp. — Length, .04 inch. Black, smooth, 
and polished. Head large, much broader than thorax; antennae 12 jointed, dark 
brown, sparsely pubescent, the scape barely reaching to the head ; pedicel much 
stouter and larger than first funicle joint, which is small ; other joints slightly in- 
crease in size to club, which enlarges and widens considerably, and comprises five 
joints; the antennae in male are more flagellate. The thorax is ovate, smooth, con- 
vex, and sparsely covered with microscopical pubescence. 
Under a very high power the head and thorax show a microscopical reticulated 
scratched surface. 
No parapsidal grooves; the scutellum is separated by a deep groove at base and has 
some wrinkled ridges; metathorax rugose. The abdomen is very flat ovate, and 
somewhat carinate laterally; on first segment there are three deep transverse, punc- 
tate grooves, and the second segment occupies most of the upper surface ; surround- 
ing the tip are a few hairs. 
Legs clavate ; femora and coxae black or very dark brown ; tibiae brown, with tips ; 
tarsi and trochanters yellowish or tawny ; wings hyaline, hairy, and with a distinct, 
rather long, stigmal vein. 
Described from numerous specimens bred in July. 
Remedy. — For destroying this worm no better method need be wanted 
than hand-picking. 
The worms are large and conspicuous, easily seen, and no difficulty 
will attend their destruction. The best time for searching for them is 
in the early morning and evening ; during the middle of the day the 
majority oi them will be found hidden under trash and in the ground 
at the foot of the vine. 
THE TOMATO-STALK BORER. 
( Qortyna nitela Gueu.) 
This insect is comparatively rare in Florida, although I have noticed 
it several times the present season. It has been so often treated in the 
reports and in popular articles as to need no extended notice here. 
THE TOMATO APHIS. 
(Megoura solani Thomas.) 
In some cases brought under my observation this year, this Aphid 
did considerable damage to tomato vines, particularly in the early 
spring. 
Distribution. — It is pretty generally distributed throughout the 
United States, although it has not been reported, that I am aware of, 
west of the Kocky Mountains. 
Its Natural History. — Prof. Cyrus Thomas described the species in the 
Eighth Illinois Keport as follows : 
Winged Female. — Antennae 7-jointed, a little longer than the body; first and second 
joints short; third and seventh longest, nearly equal ; fourth a little shorter than the 
third; the fifth not quite as long as the fourth; sixth about half or less than half 
the length of the fifth; tubercles prominent. Honey tubes extending beyond the 
abdomen, excessively enlarged in the middle, and expanding at the tip in trumpet 
