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   Cerambycidous larva on Hickory - yellow - & with 6 very small legs, as in [[underline]] Arbopalus robiniae. [[/underline]] Spiracle mesothoracic. Length 1 inch.
   A small larva (.30 - .35 long) curled up, & with 6 legs in sapwood of hickory, abundantly. Preserved infected wood under fence near [[strikethrough]] l [[/strikethrough]] Privy. [died.]

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x|  "Mr. Clark found in Brazil that [[underline]] Trypoxylon  [[/underline]] fugax 7 closed with clay the cells of a nest of Polistes, thus using them for its progeny" (Proc. Lond. Ent. Soc. iv> p. 77. 1858 - paper of Mr. Smith.)

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                          [from O.S.]
  Synophrus laviventris, 3 specms. sent to O.S. 
"1st. bred from gall of [[underline]] C. q. forticornis [[/underline]] ^ [[insertion]] (= 1. ficus) [[/insertion]] is a [[underline]] Ceroptres [[/underline]]
2nd., bred from [[underline]] same gall, [[/underline]] is a new [[underline]] Synergus [[/underline]]
3rd. bred from [[underline]] q. spongifica [[/underline]] is Synergus laviventris o.s."
(O.S. March 7, '65.)

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"In Central Europe the following oaks occur.
lst. (White Oak group) Q. robus, Q. pedunculata, Q. pubescens
2nd. In some parts of Austria, ^ [[insertion]] only [[/insertion]] occurs Q. cerris & its var. or sp? Q. austriaca, belonging to Gray's second group, its fruit opening the 2nd year."
       (O.S. Nov. 7, 1865)

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Hill ant [[underline]] (formica rufa ^ [[insertion]] Linn. [[/insertion]] [[/underline]] (black & red) nurses [[underline]] Fermes frontalis. [[/underline]] (Fitch N. Y Rep. II [[6/7?]]th Rep. p. 8)

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[[underline]] Arma spinosa [[/underline]] Dallas found sucking an [[underline]] Andrena [[/underline]] 1/2 inch long (J.I. p. 146)

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[[strikethrough]] Arm [[/strikethrough]] Same infests larva of Col. Potato Bug (July 10, specm. sent from Central Illinois)

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[[underline]] Arma n. sp. [[/underline]] ^ [[insertion]] (near [[/underline]] modesta) [[/underline]] [[/insertion]] preys on larva Hyphantria textor (see J. I. p. 135)

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[[underline]] Stiretrus fimbriatus [[/underline]] Say was found by myself in a Caterpillar web-nest in abundance.

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All the above belong to the Spissirostres of A. & S. & are perhaps exclusively cannibals.

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March 4. Specimen sent me of the cocoon of [[underline]] Orgyia leucostigma, [[/underline]] in which the abdomen of the moth had changed into a kind of soft white [[?]], having much the smell of spermaceti, ^ [[insertion]] & size of large peas. [[/insertion]] Analogous to "greasy" specimens. Sent me by Joel Barber, Lancaster, Wisc. & found on an apple tree.

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Transcription Notes:
"but there is a sub-group (Spissirostres) to which our cannibal friend belongs..."