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93) bis [[Note: portion of entry covered by notepaper]] [[note:]] Skinny brown-black ^ [[insertion]] & horny [[/insertion]] above the abd. sutures, sides of abd dorsum & all beneath ^ [[insertion]] except head [[/insertion]] pale dull greenish white: an elongate horny ^ [[insertion]] abbreviated lateral dark jts [[/insertion]] stripe on ^ [[insertion]] each of [[/insertion]] abd. jts. (4 - 12) Legs pale rufous. Joints 4 - 10 with [[image]] pale brown horny spots ^ [[insertion]] beneath [[insertion]] thus [[image]] Joint 11 ^ [[insertion]] beneath [[/insertion]] thus [[image]] : Joint 12 [[insertion]] beneath [[/insertion]] thus [[image]] [[line]] Carabidous larva from E. Leaving July 21 ant. 4-jd. : lab. palpi 2-jd.: man. palp> 4-jd. [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] [failed to breed] [[/note]] [[underline]] Psyche helix [[/underline]] (Lepidopt.) for many ^ [[insertion]] Say 10) [[/insertion]] years out of thousands of specimens bred ^ [[insertion]] by Prof. Siebold, [[/insertion]] all were [[female symbol]]; now, ^ [[insertion]] about 1867 [[/insertion]] [[male symbol]] is known to occur, but very rarely by Prof. Clauss. (Dr. Hagen.) [[line]] x| Aug 15. Two larvae of [[underline]] D. juncta [[/underline]] sent by Mr. Freeman ^ [[insertion]] about [[/insertion]] a week ago & fed on potato leaves, ate nothing of them but a few small pin-head holes, & died. Not conclusive, because starved on road, & leaves withered ∵ pasteboard not tin box. [[line]] xx| Aug. 15. Exd. jar of plums in cellar, not exd. for 6 days. Found in it [[strikethrough]] 3 [[/strikethrough]] 1 dead [[underline]] A. prunicida [[/underline]] & 7 [[strikethrough]] 5 [[/strikethrough]] living ones. About Aug 11 bred 1 prunicida from plum jar in office. [[end page]] [[start page]] 94 bis) Aug 17 Tiffany, of Davenport, has seen [[underline]] Phytocoris pusio [[/underline]] n. sp puncturing a ^ [[insertion]] pale green [[/insertion]] [Plant?] louse that was locomotive on Maple & sucking him dry. Thought before that he sucked larvae of [[underline]] Lecanium acericola. [[/underline]] Young ^ [[insertion]] transparent [[/insertion]] scales of [[underline]] Lecanium aceris [[/underline]] ^ [[insertion]] on Maple-leaves [[/insertion]] have a pale-colored [[underline]] legged [[/underline]] [[strikethrough]] & [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] & [[underline]] antennaed[[/underline]] [[strikethrough]] louse [[/strikethrough]] ^ [[insertion]] larva ( [[male symbol]] Lecanium) [[/insertion]] under them??? Some a black pupa: {Coccophagus? yellow scutel. Chalcidous. [[strikethrough]] " or Leucopis [[/strikethrough]] [One shell bored [[image]] Aug 17. Larva of Lec. aceris mostly now like Westw. II. p. 443 fig 19, but [[underline]] no tails. [[/underline]] [[male symbol]] [[underline]] Lecanium acericola [[/underline]] under a scale on leaf. ^ [[insertion]] Pale tawny [[/insertion]] ant. 9-jd. ^ [[insertion]] finely pilose [[/insertion]] jt. 3 the longest; 4 - 9 indistinct: 2 short; 1 robust. Eyes black, facial [[image]] above base of antennae Wing [[image]] (fold besides, .....) Tail [[image, labeled: penis?]] (2 ^ [[insertion]] white [[insertion]] setae, longer than body) which grow gradually after change to imago. [[image]] split at [[underline]] tail [[/underline]] (not [[underline]] head [[/underline[[) end of shield. Pupa [[male symbol]] under shield; so imago [[male symbol]]; projects behind its setae from [[image]] under shield. Hence easily found. Larvae almost always (when on leaves) by side of veins or ribs. Some [[female symbol]] on leaves; no [[male symbol]] seen on twigs; [[female symbol]] now mostly locomotive still. Larvae mostly (not all) on lower face of leaves. Office [[line]] Aug. 11 (about) 1 prunicida Aug. 17 Plums (Office) 2 prunicida 1 nenuphar Aug. 20, 1 [[nenuphar] [[Aug]] 21, 1 prunicida [[Aug]] 27, 2 [[prunicida]] (about 5 days) (St. Louis) + 1 nenuphar [[Aug]] 30 1 nenuphar + 1 Semosia pruna. [[Aug]] 31 4 + 1 [[nenuphar]] + 1 (after rain [[image]]) Sep. 11 2 nenuphar (absent 17 days) [[Sep]] 13 1 [[nenuphar]] [[Sep]] 19 2 [[nenuphar]] Oct. 6 5 nenuphar (1 dead) Oct. 9 1 [[nenuphar]] {absent 8 days Oct. 20 1 [[nenuphar]] [[end page]]