LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.

U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE,

DIVISION OF ENTOMOLOGY,

Washington, D. C., December 15, 1897. SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith the manuscript of a bulletin which contains matter comparable to that contained in No. 7 of the new series, viz, miscellaneous articles, reports and notes which are difficult to classify, but which deserve prompt publication. I therefore recommend its publication as Bulletin 10, new series, of this Division. Respectfully,

L. 0. HOWARD,

Entomologist. Ilon. JAMES WILSON,

Secretary of Igriculture.

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Page. INTRODUCTION

5 THE PEACH TWIG-BORER (Anarsia lineatella Zell.) (illustrated).C. L. Marlatt.. 7 THE FIG-EATER, OR GREEN JUNE BEETLE (Allorhina nitida Linn.) (illustrated).

....L. 0. Howard.. 20 NOTES ON CUCUMBER BEETLES (illustrated).

F. H. Chittenden .. 26 THE SUGAR-CANE BORERS OF JAVA (illustrated).

L. Zehntner.. 32 Two JAPANESE INSECTS INJURIOUS TO Fruit (illustrated).. M. Vatsumura.. 36 DESTRUCTIVE LOCUSTS IN 1897.

W. D. Hunter.. 40 ON INSECTS THAT AFFECT ASPARAGUs (illustrated) F. H. Chittenden.. 54 FURTHER NOTES ON THE HOUSE FLY..

L. (). Howard.. 63 THE BUFFALO-GNATS, OR BLACK-FLIES, OF THE UNITED STATES (illustrated).

DW. Coquillett.. 66 ON THE HABITS OF THE OSCINIDE AND AGROMYZIDE REARED AT THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.

.D. W. Coquillett.. THE Tobacco FLEA-BEETLE (Epitrir parrula Fab.) (illustrated).

.F. H. Chittenden.. 79 NOTES ON THE STRAWBERRY WEEVIL: ITS INJURIES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY

F. H. Chittenden.. 82 GENERAL NOTES,

87 A Peculiar Damage to the Apple (p. 89 ); Another Lead-boring Insect

(p. 90); Icerya purchasi in Portugal and the Azores (p. 91); A Little-
known Tineid Moth of Indoor Habits (p. 92); Another Moth Likely to
be Mistaken for Tinea granella (p. 93); Parasites of Bean and Cowpea
Weevils (p. 91); Injury by the Western Flea-Beetle, Phyllotreta pusilla
Horn (p. 91); The Windrow Remedy for Blister Beetles (p. 95); White
Grubs of Allorhina nitida Invading a Cellar (p. 95); Reported Damage
by the Green Plant-bug, Lioderma uhleri Stal. (p. 96); On the Food Hab-
its of the Harlequin Cabbage Bug (p. 96); Food Plants of the “Cotton
Stainer" (7.97); Collecting Locust Eggs in Morocco (p. 98); Poisoning
Grasshoppers in Natal (p. 98); Collecting Grasshoppers in New Hamp-