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889. Peabody", Charles. Notes on the tarantula-killer. <Amer. 
Ent., November, 1869, v. 2, p. 52. 
Habits of Pepsis formosa. 
890. Peck, Charles n. The black spruce. <[Albany, ISIS'?], 21 pp. 
Notes ravages of Hylurgus [= Dendroctonus] rufipennis. 
891. Peck, William Dandridge. The description and history of the 
cankerworm. <Mass. Mag., 1795, v. 7; September, pp. 323- 
327; October, pp. 415-416, 1 pi. Reprint : <Rules and regu¬ 
lations of tlie Mass. Soc. for promoting Agric., 1796, pp. 35-45, 
1 pi. <New England Farmer, 6 July, 1827, v. 5, pp. 393-394. 
Description of Phalccna [ =PaIeacrita ] vernata sp. nov.; habits, natural 
history, seasons, enemies, diseases, and probable habitat of the same. 
892. Peck, W. D. Natural history of the slugworm. <Papers on 
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Description of larvie of a tenthredinid found on Betula and Salix; history 
of• invasions, seasons, transformations, oviposition, and food plants of 
Selandria \=Eriocampa ] cerasi; description and figures of the larva, 
pupa, and imago of the same and of the pupa and imago of a chalcid egg- 
parasite; description and figure of the ovipositor of the Selandria. 
893. Peck, W. D. Important communication relative to the canker- 
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Notices the rising of imagos in the fall of the year as exceptional; means 
against the cankerworm. 
894. Peck, W. D. On the insects which destroy the young branches 
of the pear tree and the leading shoot of the Weymouth pine. 
<Mass. Agric. Journ., January, 1817, v. 4, No. 3, pp. 205-211, 
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Description, natural history, ravages, and means against Scolytus pyri 
[—A 'yleborus dispar~\ ; description and ravages of S. strobi; natural history, 
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895. [Peck, W. D.] Some notice of the insect which destroys the 
locust tree. <Mass. Agric. Repos, and Journ., January, 1818, 
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Description and figures of the larva, pupa, and imago of Cossus robinice 
n. sp., which bores in Robinia pseudacacia and Quercus tinctoria; Clytus 
\=Cyllene'] robinice also a borer in the Robinia. 
896. Peck, W. D. Insects which affect the oaks and cherries. <Mass. 
Agric. Repos., January, 1819, v. 5, no. 3, pp. 307 -313. <Zool. 
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1828, v. 14, pp. 151-152. <Isis, 1830, v. 10, p. 1065. 
Description and figures of Stenocorus putator [—Elapliidion villosum ] and of 
Rhynchccnus cerasi [= Conotraclielus nenuphar ]; habits, injuries, and means 
against the same. 
897. Pergande, Theodore. Habits of thrips. <Psyche, August, 
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Notes the food habits of several species. 
