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 June 8. Two locomotive Barklice today: 6 o r8 apparently lately hatched, but did not move.

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June 9. A. Gilbert, of Tipton, Iowa has had plums hollow & wrinkled outside like those on my wild plum tree apparently: (2 pressed specimens sent.) "The disease commenced about 4 years ago, & now has taken almost complete possession of my trees." [See my experience on wild plum, above]

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Mc. Lachlan doubts that [[underline]] Chrysopa [[/underline]] generally stinks ( [[underline]] Ent. Ann. [[/underline]] 1863 p. 137 ) [[/underline]]

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 After an hour's search, found 3 (or 4?) locomotive [[underline]] Barklice, [[/underline]] & at least a dozen apparently recently hatched. Those 1st hatched now [[image]] not [[image]] & much larger.

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Recd. from D. B. Wier a lot more [[underline]] Diplotaxis; [[/underline]] also 2 [[male symbol]] Eudrosa quercus (ant. 9 jd.) Which he took for May bug (ant. 10-jd?) They bore under ground like [[underline]] Diplotaxis. [[/underline]] of Diplotaxis he says "Plums 2 yrs. have as many as 25 holes within 6 inches of the trunk, & are entirely denuded of foliage. They appear to prefer plums.

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[[underline]] June 10. [[/underline]] found in 1/2 hour 3 locomotive Barklice, & 2 or 3 more apparently fresh-hatched.

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[[underline]] Coccus pinicortices [[/underline]] Specimens recd. from D. B. Wier show eggs, dull yellow, 1/2 longer than wide, & oval, under the remains (very obscure) of body of [[female symbol]], apparently .08 or .09 inch long. 

  A 22-legged green Tenthred. larva, .40 inch long, [[insertion]] bred by Riley - [[Selandra?]] near tiliae [[/insertion]] with whitish & some duskyish bifurcate bristles on the whole body, each about 1/3 or 1/4 diameter of body. [[image]] Infests Raspberry with [[?]]: 3 specimens. Starved, from leaves drying up: ∴ did not try to breed them.

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[[underline]] June 11. [[/underline]] Found Kinney's potato leaves riddled pretty freely ( [[image]] ) with small holes by [[underline]] Haltica cucumeris [[/underline]] ( [[underline]] not pubescens) [[/underline]] as erroneously stated by Riley, who says it is very bad in Egypt. (Trans. Hort. Soc. '68 p. 108)

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  Examined trees at Kinney's

  No. 1. (Kerosene) 3 or 6 have the top 1/2 dead, of one quite recently so.

  No. 2 [[invert]] green leaves [[/invert]] (Beuzlice)
 
  No. 3  (Oil) Leaves green

  No. 4  (Oil & tar) Leaves yellowish green

  No. 5  (Lard)  Leaves green

  No. 8  (Soap)  ------------

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