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107) "Salix rostrata, a northern sp. occurring in Winnebago Co. frequently bears cones". M.S. Bebb

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July 24. Found pupa-skin of Carpocapsa pometella half protruding from an apple in the breeding jar. 

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Tenthredinous larva in [[strikethrough]] leaf [[/strikethrough]] S. pomum galls of Salix numilis now .15 inch long.

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Larvae (orange) in S. batatas [podagrae] .09 long & with [[^ slender]] clove-shaped breastbone. Another larva (white) no breastbone. Callimome? 

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Dimorphous [[2 symbols for male]] of Dicranota rivularis, (some long, some short antennae. O.S. Limnol[[?]], p. 250.)

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July 25.  Took 4 Tetyra fimbriata Say (Scutelleridae) in a caterpillar's (gregarious) nest on some plants. Myriads of little caterpillars [[image]] then fed on them?

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Found larva (lepid) in [[underline]] S. strobil. [[/underline]] gall. Youngish?

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July 26. Noticed swarm of Chinch bug on the wing in the air close to Jonah Case's farm. Pettit noticed the same in town. Flew freely.

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Saw two or three Reduvius raptatorius on wild umbelliferous on Bluff-bottom farm. July 27 took [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] one there with a small Crabro in its mouth.

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The caterpillars of Pap-asterius when they first appear [[^ (1/2 - ]] 3/4) inch long) are marked like Pap. thoas mature larva.

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108)

The fact of Dytiscidae dropping down  upon glass frames, mistaking them for water as Westw. well suggests, as proof that they have perception of color.

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July 27. Found many orange-color Cecid. larvae under scales of [[underline]] S. strobil. [[/underline]] gall. [[^ Largest]] about .07 inch long when extended 3 [[^ 3-1/2]] times as long as wide. Breast-bone clove-shaped, but not slender.

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July 28. Took a pure white variety of Callimorpha militaris [[strikethrough]] on [[/strikethrough]] near Dunlaps farm

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Took [[strikethrough]] a [[/strikethrough]] [[^ the large]] red Anthracide with a bee (Panurgus?) in its mouth. The bee had it feet entangled in Asclepias particles.

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July 29.{ [[^  Came out an Orgyia [Parorgyia achatina [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] Packard [[strikethrough]] according to [[Grota?]] [[^ who borrowed the imago]] Tussock caterpillar on Salix ovata. Gray - Length .90 inch. Head [[^ shining[[?]] ]] black. On the dorsum of body joints 4-7 a brush-like [[^ transverse]] whitish tuft [[^ 3 [[?]] ]] 8 - 10 two dorsal small diverging tufts - [[image]] a long black pencil [[image, possibly a strikethrough]] on the jt. 1 (next head) a pair of such pencils. On {11} [[^ [12 [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] ? see p. 153] ]] A less obvious [[^ taken under back [[?]] so yes; larva ]] & slenderer pair [[strikethrough]] nearly [[/strikethrough]] horizontal body with warts & diverging [[^ gray]] airs.  On the same bush a cocoon = caterpillar?  [No: this came out a [[underline]] Trichiosoma.][[/underline]]

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 The [[^ [[strikethrough]] leaf [[/strikethrough]] [[underline]] S. [[Pomum?]] [[/underline]] ]] gall on S. cordata must be made by Anthonomus. [[^ [No. see p.110] ]] Found many larva & 2 pupae in them but no tenthred. larvae. The Nematas must be

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