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In progressing, he uses his head as a point d'appui. [[line]] Kirby p. 74 says this is a character of [[underlined]] diplerous [[/underlined]] larvae
Spring of 1861 bred Oryctes satyrus from a very large white larva with coal-black head found under a stone in R. I. Fall 1861 found another larva under a stone in ^[[insertion]] end Sept or beg. [[/insertion]] October, & afternoon. end of October visited the spot & traced his track which he had travelled off consuming the grass roots like Phyllophaga quercina. [[underlined]] Xyl [[/underlined]] oryotes:. incorrect.
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Nov. 7. Hatched from pupa. V. interrogations [[female symbol]] with an unusually wide & vivid blue margin to its wings. Pupa ( 6 golden spots on breast), [[image - pencil drawing of 6 dots in two vertical columns three dots to a column) found under sandstone rocks at Black Hawk Watch tower. Pupa preserved. Found two there.
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Dec 25. Clover caterpillars from McHenry Co. found in millions in Clover stacks up to 2 ft from bottom.

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[[clipping]] Clover Worms.
We have received from Richard Wray, of Mc. Henry county, another installment of those pests found in his clover stacks. Mr. W. says he is feeding the same kind of hay from a mow in the barn, and all the lower part of it is filled in the same way as the stacks that have been described. He finds in cold weather they keep very close in their webs, but crawl out in pleasant weather. He further says that he believes the eggs are laid in the green clover before cured, and the sweating of the stack hatches them out. He has grown clover hay for fifteen years on the same farm an this is the first appearance of the worm.
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Length 1/2 inch
segment glabrous
by a thread & spins
of about 6 long
1 [[superscript]] st [[/superscript]] & last) each hair
a dark central spot
Diameter .07 tapering
yellowish brown. Wriggles
(see Harris p. 446-7)
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In Winnebago Co. 1849 first year of Chinch bug (Ill Agr. Rep. ^[[insertion]] IV [[/insertion]] p 314)
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Mink's catch bee-moths (also grasshoppers)
(Corr. of Rural N. Yorker Jan 18 1862)

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-M. de Thoron has addressed a curious communication to the Academy of Sciences on the subject of certain singing fish that inhabit the seas as well as rivers of South America. He specially mentions the Bay of Pailon, situated north of the province of Esmereldas in the Republic of Ecuador, where, being in a boat, he was suddenly startled by a deep humming noise which he attributed to some large insect, but which upon inquiry turned out to be a kind of fish called "Musicos" by the people of the country. On proceeding further the sounds became so strong as to remind him of the strains of a church organ. These fish live both in salt and in fresh water, since they are also met with in the river Maraje. They are not more than ten inches long; their color is white sprinkled with blue spots, and they will continue their music for hours without minding any interruption.
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"In the years '27, '28 + '29 the black weevil injured & destroyed the wheat in the stack & in the granary."
Hon. P.B. Fouke St. Clair Co. Agr. Trans[[superscript]] ns [[/superscript]],
Vol 2. p. 315
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Feb. 7 '62 the pupa (from corn husk) received from Dr. Bartlett is not glabrous, but opaque dull & has truncate tail with 4 tubercles.
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Fall of '61 dug out many D.^[[insertion]] orcus [[/insertion]] parallelus from a rotten log on the island. Larva constructs no cocoon, as Lucanus. Larva in alcohol.
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