days or a fortnight, a change of freak pas¬ 
tures, which for upwards of a week have 
been cleared of sheep. Supply all the lambs 
with three or four ounces of linseed cake or 
of oats and bran, and to alt that or scouring 
give three ounces of lime water and c.ne 
dram, that is about a teaapoonful of oil of 
turpentine. This draught will be especially 
suitable if, as is probable, the lambs are 
fhorax densely but finely punctured, v cry 
zlobose in front, projecting so far as to al¬ 
most hide the head. Abdomen globose, shin¬ 
ing. Ovipositor cases, short, spatulate, re¬ 
ceived into margined groove in the body. 
Ovipositor itself flesh color, curved inwardly 
toward its middle. The abdomen is six joint¬ 
ed. Terminal joint of palpi, hatchet-shaped. 
Tarsi very hairy throughout, the anterior pair 
with six and the remainder with seven joints. 
Coxfe very globose. Tib® long, with large 
and powerful spines at the base. 
THE “CUMMIHG” BOLT 
“JUMPING BEANS.” 
I herewith inclose (for your examination 
Thev are there called •'jumping bears 
2 the fart that the larvre in those nuts or 
“ brans” do, by springing or by sudden con- 
tortS, cause the “beans” to turn oyer 
Ind move or skip around on the table 
or on vour band. These curious speci- 
" en , of which the inclosed is or® (in¬ 
volving a question in both Botany and Enti 
molory), were kindly sent to me by Jours 
rUsley. Esq., of San Francisco, Cal., se\- 
SHKFHERDB' NOTES. 
Scab in Sheep.— The Western Rural says : 
Carbolic soap wash is now one of the specific 
remedies ; carbolic acid is the base of this. 
If you cannot easily procure this, take of 
pure crystals of carbolic add, one part, dis¬ 
solve tu ten parts of alcohol, slir this into 
thirty parts of soft water, wash the sheep 
thoroughly with strong soapsuds, and then 
apply the Liquid solution of add, rubbing it 
in well. If the first application is not suffi¬ 
cient, repeat, and whitewash all places 
where the sheep may be liable to come in 
contact with whitewash in which the car¬ 
bolic acid solution is mixed.” 
Sheep Infested with Lice. At the Frank, 
lin Co., Farmers’ Association yesterday, 
several farmers mentioned the fact that their 
sheep were infested with lice. This is some¬ 
thing new in this section. Are sheep infested 
with such parasites in other parts of the 
country ! Can the Rural inform us l Bpec- 
imens exhibited, had the appearance, some¬ 
what., of the small red lice that infest cattle. 
—L. F. Abbott, Franklin Co., Me. _ 
BUTTERFLIES. 
receipt of Herman Strecker s 
Lepidoptera, Rhopalo- 
, Indigenous and Ex- 
and Colored Illustra- 
STRECttER, Beading, Pa. 
i monthly parts, 
full-page colored 
plate, several figures upon each. The figures 
are drawn upon stone and colored by hand 
by the author, from specimens in his un¬ 
equalled cabinet. In the number before us 
there are twenty-three figures of butterflies, 
each beautifully colored and accurately 
drawn of natural size. A description accom¬ 
panies each species, also their history, in 
plain and easily-understood language, which 
adds much to the value of this very interest¬ 
ing work. The greater part of the present 
number is devoted to clearing up of tho con¬ 
fusion which has long existed In tho syno¬ 
nyms of the genus Pieris, to which belongs 
our great cabbage pest, Pieris rapae. Mr. 
Strkckeu deserves the thank3 of not only 
the public lint uf entomologists for making so 
clear an expose of the muddle into which 
Lepidopterists had got this germs of butter¬ 
flies. The work is issued at the very low 
pii«e of fifty cents per part, and well deserves 
an extensive circulation. 
WE are in 
excellent work on 
ceres and Heteroceres, 
otic, with Descriptions i 
tions. By Herman C . 
This work is published i 
each part containing oue 
Now I wish to know the species oi pwm, 
or vegetable to which this specimen belongs, 
and also the parent insect of the larva Is it 
of the. Ichneumon flies ? lhe 
—i ia, doubtless, dead, as 
'■ and it is the last one l have, 
others away to puzzle 
I. VV. Taylor. 
a Dipter—one 
larva in this specimen 
it does not stir 
having given i 
and amuse my 
In response to our 
we can do no L 
from a recent 
Press, which p 
“ Flea Seeds —Cy nips 
We present 
insect and shell from 
the purpose of shown 
which has attracted 
for the past year c. _ 
were 1- 
jumping qu. 
suppe r _ 1 *. 
scud, ami many theorios were 
to how the thing was done, some 
were quite amusing. 
The “seed,” from which the insect was 
obtained, was gathered with a number of 
others, under an oak tree on the ranch of 
Mrs H Wilder, about eight miles from 
Marysville, by Mr. F. W. H. Aaron of that 
city and by him sent to Mr. Hanks, President 
of the San Francisco Microscopic Society. 
The matter was referred to Mr. Kinne for 
examination, who has followed their devel¬ 
opment through to the perfect insect, and 
from his report on the subject we collect the 
The gall or cocoon is found lightly attached 
to the leaf of the oak and in time falls to the 
ground, where the noise occasioned by the 
thousands that are leaping about, without 
any apparent cause or organs of motion, | 
sounds much like the falling of fine rain on 
the leaves. An examination shows that the 
extraordinary activity displayed is caused by 
the spasmodic contraction and concussion oi 
the abdominal parts of the occupant against 
the side of the shell, which movement does 
not cease even after the covering is nearly 
split in halves, if the tender structure of the 
chrysalis be not injured. Thatit is the chrys- j 
alis and not the larva has been shown by the 
microscope, and its change to the perfect 
insect has been noted at weekly stages. 
The average length of the insect is five- 
| hundredths of an inch, and in each has been 
found from sixty to eighty pear-shaped ova. 
The engraving gives its general appearance, 
with wings raised somewhat unnaturally, 
for the purpose of showing their size and 
shape. It was drawn on the wood, from 
the microscope, by Mr. Kinne, and is enlarged 
twenty diameters. Its ovipositor is a tiny 
though perfect piece of nature’s mechanism 
and lies eneeased in a sheath at the lovvei 
part of the abdomen. At a recent meeting 
1 of the Microscopical Society, Mr. Henry 
Edwards finished a report giving tho fol¬ 
lowing technical description of the curiosity: 
Genus Cyntps—L. Cynips saltalorlus, (nov. 
gp^ —Black shining. Head broad between 
the eyes, which are very prominent. An¬ 
tennae fourteen jointed, the first and second 
joints being much smaller, aud the third 
joint longer than the other two, the remain 
> mg joints Ivngi simple hwly equal, 
ECONOMICAL NOTES. 4 
Potash or Ashes .-The Country Gentle- 
an says:—The quantity of potash varies 
I'eatly in wood ashes with the different 
ipds of wood, and with the part of the tree 
•ora which they are taken ; but there is 
robably on an average about 60 pounds in a 
on of ashes. It is difficult to decide what 
irice should be paid for each to give the 
euditure ot 
■ —- i other ingredients, 
of soda and phosphoric 
all tho 
friendB. 
it correspondent’s inquiry 
better than copy the following, 
number of the Pacific Rural 
i it under the heading, 
sallatorius” It says: 
this week the engraving of an 
which it emerged, for 
ig our readers au object 
considerable attention 
■’or I,wo in this State. They 
first brought to notice by the curious 
—-utlitiea possessed by what was 
used by some persons to be mustard 
‘ advanced as 
of which 
Can you tell me if any or your siiDscriuew 
were ever annoyed by a. troublesome little 
nest among their house plants in the winter < 
A little fly. dark In color and increasing in 
numbers t.o a large extent, lias certainly 
bothered me and puzzled me a great deal. 
The insect burrows in the earth or on the 
surface of it, and finally dies, sticking on the 
outside of the flower pot; but before bidding 
Mte plants adieu, they leave a little group of 
those dark lumps. n "' 1 
in small paper, f 
again, as 
creases, 
corner 
I have a valuable stocK or ueieestc* ™^~i', 
many of which are affected with a strange 
sort of whirring sound in their nostnls. it 
is most marked who.i thoummals are graz¬ 
ing, or the stomach distended with food. AU 
ages have it, the lambs being the worst As 
vet they are thriving quite well, but a few 
are scouring a good deal. 1 may state that 
hint year I lost thirty (mostly top lambs) af¬ 
ter they were taken from thdr mothers. The 
symptoms being scouring, awe ling of the ! 
heads and ears, md on the examination aftc. 
death, the liver seemed to be diseased. 
Would you kindly inform me if there can he 
any similarity in the two cases, and if any• 
thing can be .lone for them, us l have lost a 
good many lambs during the last thiec 
years ?— INQUIRER, Invernesshtre. 
Data given is scarcely sufficient to form a 
very definite or satisfactory conclusion as to 
the cause of your losses. Careful examiua- 
Mnn of the nostrils of your "whirring” 
same results with an equal expr 
money, as there arc. some c. 
especially sulphate c- - 
acid, that, add to the value of the ashes ; and 
the results of their application greatly differ 
with soils and localities. For the potash 
alone, it would probably be cheaper to buy 
the crude potash, if it can be had for $ 1.70 
per 100 pounds, than to buy ashes at 12 cents 
pur bushel. 
What Fertilizer for Wheat f—J. R. Jack- 
son asks, “ What fertilizer would you put 
on wheat In spring-clay land ? How would 
slaked lime do ?” Blaked lime will not harm 
.... whont /ih a too-dressing ; but we had 
X which please find inclosed 
1 presume they become IlieM 
the number increases instead or ile- 
1 frequently find, In some little 
of either flower-pot or saucer, a little 
bunch like those inclosed. I am feeling quite 
curious to know what, is the name or the 
insect, and if they injure the plant: if so, 
what, shall i do to get rid of them ?—MRS. N. 
W. Riker, 1 Vesyield, IV- T • 
The little chrysalis or cocoons sent were so 
dried up that we could make nothing of 
them t please send others packed in a little 
moist cotton and in a small tin box, to pre¬ 
vent being broken in the mails. If any of 
our readers know anything of this post, we | 
i should be happy to hear from them, as it is 
new to us, so far as we can judge from your 
description. 
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ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTES. 
Heading Off Chinch Bugs.-An Iowa cor¬ 
respondent, of the Tribune saysSome years 
ago I read that the chinch bug could bo kept 
out of spring wheat crops by sowing ten per 
cent, of fall wheat with the spring wheat 
used. Though rather incredulous, the exper¬ 
iment was tried and proved a complete suc¬ 
cess. My neighbors as wefi as myself now 
sow a little fall wheat regularly with the 
spring crop. It never heads out, but the 
green, succulent growth attracts the chinch 
bug which leaves the good crop to mature 
unmolested. 
The New Check List of Coleoptera of 
North America-, by C. R. Crotch, M. A., 
and Dr. Geo. H. Horn, has appeared, and 
our coleopterists have something to do in re¬ 
arranging their cabinots to correspond there¬ 
with. It being about ton years since the last 
list was published, there are, of course, many 
new species added in the new one. It is a 
valuable work to those interested in Ento¬ 
mology. 
Killing A nts.—A writer states he has been 
successful by putting a few bricks or flat 
rocks around an infested shrub for the ants 
to rather under. Then he turns up the 
and “truck." 
Feed the Soil Well.-A correspondent of 
the'Vermont Farmer says :-The Lord loveth 
a cheerful giver, and so does the *ml, Andjust 
In proportion to our generosity to it, will it 
reward us at the harvest time. Then let us 
feed it well, give it liberal coats of manure, 
rtir it often and mix it fine. I would not 
buy commercial fertilizers until 1 had used 
up aU that is made around our own build- 
iugs There is more plant food wasted in the 
kitchen slops in one year than can be bought 
in a ton of the best commercial fertilize!. 
Plaster on Wheat.-W. B. Wade. -There 
is a difference of opinion as to the value of 
plaster as a top-dressing for wheat. We have 
found that on light, dry soils, it paid to sow 
about one bushel to tho aore-as early In 
spring as possible, it winter wheat, and as 
soon as possible after it has made its appear¬ 
ance above ground on spring wheat. 
Rolling Land in Grain—( B. S. W.).-U 
deneiids upon the condition of your soil be 
?„T“etai4. wither y°» roll it th„, 
or not. If it is lumpy a ‘id is uot finely pul 
pour upon the anis, wu.ii wmuu uc noi. wuun 
them, tween tho lar 
Protecting Fruit from CurcuUo. — There worms in the a 
is further testimony with regard to the effi- the bowels, am 
cacy or corn cobs, soaked to sweetened water you state has 
axd hung by strings to the branches of plum lambs. If your 
trees, as a means of preventing the ravages is not large, at 
of tip? curcqlio. Try it and report, do so, epdoavo 
