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periments with the prevalent disease of the European cabbage worm 
and the Jlacherie of the apple and walnut caterpillars (Datanas). 
Forbes, S. A.—Notes of the Year. (Thirteenth Rep. State Ent. 
Ill., p. 10. 
Mentions occurrence of contagious disease among forest tent- 
caterpillars ( Clisiocampci sylvatica) in extreme Southern Illinois, 
and continued prevalence of disease of European cabbage worm. 
Leidy, Joseph. —Ant infested with a Fungus. (Proc. Acad. Sci. 
Phil., Jan. 1, 1884, p. 9.) 
Note on an undescribed fungus attacking Ccimponotus pennsyl- 
vcinicus. 
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New York Microscopical Club. — [Proceedings] June 6. (Sci¬ 
ence, July 4, 1884, v. 4, page 25.) 
Account, by J. L Zabriskie, of a coniomycetous fungus on Dro 
sophila, a few specimens having been found in the State of New 
York; and description, by C. H. Peck, of this fungus as a new 
genus and species ( AppendicuLarici entomophila) allied to Cordy- 
ceps. 
Wright, R. Ramsay. —[On the Corpuscles of Pdbrine.'] Scientific 
and Literary Gossip, Jan. 15, 1884, v. 2, p. 70.) 
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Fletcher, James. —[Remarks upon Cutworms.] (Fifteenth Ann. 
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Account of an enormous “fatality” among cutworms (larvae of 
Agrotis) caused by an entomophthorous fungus. 
Fyles, T. W.—[Fungous Disease of Cutworms.] (Fifteenth Ann. 
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Mention of occurrence of insect disease in England. 
Riley, C. Y.—The Periodical Cicada. (Bull. U. S. Dept. Agr. r . 
Div. Ent., No. 8, p. 12.) 
Refers to fungus on Cicada septendecim mentioned by Dr. Leidy 
in 1851. and described by Peck as Massospora, cicadina. Quotes from 
Pennsylvania correspondent description of fungus in abdomen, 
posterior part of body being filled by a greenish fungus. Male 
specimen received by Riley in 18(38 had interior part of abdomen 
converted into what appeared to be a brown mold. Further de¬ 
scription of this fungus quoted from R. H. Warder, of Ohio. 
Riley, C. Y.—Silk Culture. (Rep. [U. S.] Comm. Agr. 1885, p. 
214.) 
