‘•Length about one third of an inch: sides of front, pale golden: middle 
'pace, velvet-black: face, silver-ash; fascial bristles, reaching nearly to the 
niddle of the face: eyes, bare: third joint of antenna 1 , a little more than 
wiee as long as the second: second joint of the seta, well developed: third 
oint of seta, thickened for half its length: palpi, brownish; thorax with 
alternate stripes of black and dusky cinereous. First longitudinal vein of 
he wings, after the auxiliary, reaching the middle of the costa. Third 
ind fourth veins, almost meeting, some way before the tip of the wing. 
Fourth vein, prolonged beyond the curve, half-way to the border. Fiscal 
•ross vein removed its own length from the border, and more than half 
ts length from the flexure of the fourth vein. Abdomen black, with cine¬ 
reous reflections at the incisions and on the basal half of the segments, 
[except the first. Two bristles on the hind margin of the first and second 
egments. Terminal segments many-bristled.’* 
Larva and pupa also described. Cuckoos eat the larvae, shaving off the 
lairy coating with their bills. 
The Fall Web-worm (pp. 18-20).—An indiscriminate feeder, spinning web< 
>ver garden and forest trees in summer and fall, and feeding entirely at 
light. They winter in the chrysalis state, and emerge in June and July, 
lemove the nests by hand. 
The Lesser Apple Leaf-folder (pp. 20-23).—[See (p. 14)“The Lesser Apple 
jeaf-roller,’* Am. Nat.] 
The Oyster-shell Bark Louse (pp. 24-46).—Imported from Europe. Does 
lot get from tree to tree by crawling, but is sometimes transported by cling- 
ng to the feet of birds and insects, and many are carried some distance by 
he wind. Proboscis very slender and difficult to observe. The healthier the 
ree, the more the bark lice will flourish. Prefers certain varieties to others, 
sow rapidly decreasing in numbers, owing to Acari, chalcids, and Cocci- 
lellae. Reprints article on chalcid parasite. [See (p. 11) “The Chalcideous 
r’arasite of the Apple-tree Bark Louse,” Am. Ent.] Narcotic and alkaline 
olutions are effective in part, at the time when the lice are young and 
ender—about the first of June. Oily applications will kill the lice after 
hey become fixed, but may injure the tree. Experiments with oily fish 
■fine recommended. Artificial spreading of parasites urged Scales"from 
Wisconsin largely abortive. Notes on the classification of the species. 
[nsects Injurious to the Pear-tree. (1st Ann. Rep. State Ent. Ill. [second of 
the series], pp. 47-50.) 
The Callimorpha Pear Caterpillar.— The larva 1 are solitary feeders, 
’roved to be C. lecontei, var. fulvicosta. Descriptions of the larva and of the 
duIt of different varieties given. It is not abundant. Hand picking 
ecom mended. 
nsects Injurious to the Plum-tree. (1st Ann. Rep. State Ent. Ill. [second of 
the series], pp. 51-53.) 
Larva? of Acronycta super ans(?) found feeding on plum leaves. One was 
arasitized by an ichneumonid. Larva and imago described in full. The 
ame A. prunivora proposed for it if new. 
nsects Injurious to the Grape Vine. (1st Ann. Rep. State Ent. Ill. [second 
of the series], pp. 54-58.) 
The American Vine-Chafer, Anomala lucicola, a nocturnal leaf-eating 
eetle, seemingly preferring some varieties of grape to others. Shaking 
'om vines into a sheet, dusting with lime, or syringing with whale-oil 
lap suggested as remedies. 
Amphipyra pyramidoides.—LnYYn and moth described. Larvae are gross 
seders on grape leaves, and, according to Riley, on red-bud and poplar. 
•sects Injurious to the Currant. (1st Ann. Rep. State Ent, 111. [second of the 
series], pp. 59-62.) 
T anessa progne .—Larva and imago described. It sometimes feeds on the 
arrant. Seven days a chrysalis. Method of throwing off the larval skin 
escribed. 
