. The American entomologist. Entomology. 186 THE AMERICAN ENTOMOLOGIST. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. with the peculiar sprouts at tlieirlii' tlic same fungus which we spok.' < uiul 91 of the present vohuiir [Fig. 12S).]. Colors—gi-eeu and ou on whitish. quite quite dry when it arrives, when out ot tlie earth. ( stroyed corn, potatoes, in made to specimiii earth, sn T. J. 1 the :ll)o\ viirw tlieiu lialf ?nie persons kain of the ell are being 111 to receive 1 with moist :ciiil green. i\ Icani ft'om •lU-d uTubs" >, liayand .laclison Jhon, Hh.—Yon moth, whicli you Lis vicinitv. and Is I5i
. The American entomologist. Entomology. 186 THE AMERICAN ENTOMOLOGIST. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. with the peculiar sprouts at tlieirlii' tlic same fungus which we spok.' < uiul 91 of the present vohuiir [Fig. 12S).]. Colors—gi-eeu and ou on whitish. quite quite dry when it arrives, when out ot tlie earth. ( stroyed corn, potatoes, in made to specimiii earth, sn T. J. 1 the :ll)o\ viirw tlieiu lialf ?nie persons kain of the ell are being 111 to receive 1 with moist :ciiil green. i\ Icani ft'om •lU-d uTubs" >, liayand .laclison Jhon, Hh.—Yon moth, whicli you Lis vicinitv. and Is I5iuk Fly'.'- You to lav tlieir eggs in ?ulp of the -ji-iic-ralh- miwdrd willi tle-iii There are mam- l\\. nir- iM-loii-iii- lo rrrlaiu genera, l-rrrd in drr,.1111,..Mil- \ ' getaliL- matt,-r. and we .sn-lieet that while lhe(l>ase Uraiiges are lieing piled into licaps, in order that tlioy may rot and tlie seeds be more readily separated from the glutinous pulp, some species of "fly that is perhaps peculiar to Texas, delights to deposit its eggs on this rotting mass. The larva-hatehiiiu- the.^e e-L'- revel in the pulp, and wlii-ii tie- ^r^d- arr wa-lied niaiiv Mieli larvie will \ilaMv pa- tlir"Ui;h lie- with tlieiii. These are ..r eoui-se di-pii\ i d ot tie ir m-ee^sary food and nioisiiire, and reai-h you in tin- dried-up condition of those vouseud. It i> aii-r tlu-\ arc thus dried up that we have faili-d to the perfect fly from them. Thev have 1" . ii railed the "Screw- worm" because in their fresh ^tate they must greatly resemble the true "Screw-worm'' which attacks cattle in Texas, and which Is likewise the larva of some two- winged flv. We shall be glad if any of our Texas sub- scribers will send us, during the coming summer, living specimens of ritlier the Osage Orange larvite or of the true rattle ? • .'^i ; We may thus be enabl
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