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22) houses & apparently thrives off flies. July 10 ^ [[insertion]] near Anna [[/insertion]] Took lib. corrupta Hagen, lighter-colored as with specimen taken July 4, 1861 at Rock Island. Black spot, dorsal, 2 ant[[superscript]] r [[/superscript]]. segments abdomen [Afterwards took other specimens, one of the usual color, but all differing in having "raies" on thorax, (instead of mere dots) more or less developed.] Near [[strikethrough]] Mound City [[/strikethrough]] ^ [[insertion]] Anna [[/insertion]] noticed under bark of a post a pupa (hymenopterous?) enclosed in cocoon [[image - drawing of cocoon]] with two or 3 small (starved?) larvae by its side [found near Anna] Description of larva & pupa Papilio thoas? [died] [[large empty section of page, part along right side reads:]] found another specimen on a wild cherry end of September '61, which has gone to pupa in North cage. [[end page]] [[start page]] (23 Oct 9 '61 Found on a willow twig a cottony mass enveloping a number of footless (ichneumonid?) larvae about 3/8 long. Put in "Solidago-gall" bottle [died; 1862 some produced a brachygaster] [[line]] Oct 9 ^ [[insertion]] '61 [[/insertion]] Noticed [[male symbol]] Orchelimum agile? Deg. singing on the banks of Rock River on low willow trees - chit-it-it-chee-ee-ee-ee-ee-ee. Differed from summer specimens ^ [[insertion]] [a different species near vulgare Harris] [[/insertion]] in the top of thorax being bi-vittate; instead of the two vitta being confluent. Also in the tibiae (especially posterior ones) being black but especially in the hind thighs being 3-thorned. [[line]] Oct 11. Bred 5 ([[male symbol]]) [[female symbol]] pemphigus from wingless specimens found in nest of yellow ant, 10 or 8 days ago; ^ [[insertion]] wingless? [[/insertion]] [[2 female symbols]] are rounder & whitish; [[strikethrough]] [[2 male symbols]] [[/strikethrough]] ^ [[insertion]] winged [[female symbol]] ? [[/insertion]] (those which have disappeared & obtained wings?) longer & cinereous. Winged [[insertion]] [[female symbol]] ? [[/insertion]] [males] [[strikethrough]] pca [[/strikethrough]] plum-bloom blue, abd. & collar; [[strikethrough]] collar [[/strikethrough]] thorax ^ [[insertion]] & head [[/insertion]] blue black opaque. Legs [[strikethrough]] obscure [[/strikethrough]] yellowish fuscous. Observed in Plocaria brevipennis Say, that the tarsi of anterior legs, though short, are moveable on the tibia. So of other legs. [[line]] Came out [[strikethrough]] a [[/strikethrough]] Bibio albipennis. *Say Nov 3. Found under a mass of stones on R. I. hundreds of a ^ [[insertion]] [[underlined]] footless [[/underlined]] tenthredinid? or lepidopt? [[/insertion]] larva about 3/4 inch long, head rufous with ^ [[insertion]] strong [[/insertion]] jaws, dirty whitish body, with many thorns or prickles. Eruciform. Placed in large glass jar. Preserved 2 in alcohol. When found they were clustered on some dead leaves (apparently partly eaten; under the stones
