. The American entomologist. Entomology. THE AMERICAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 297 orioles, when rearing their young, would keep a quarter of an acre clear of beetles and larvx. This Oriole is not native or abundant in tliis part of the country. The gentleman alluded to above lold me he well recollected seeing the first that he had ever known here, and on mention- ing it and describing the bird he could not gain credence, as no one to whom he spoke had ever seen anything of the kind in this locality. This was about fortj' years ago. I should think some of your correspondents who live where the Oriole is
. The American entomologist. Entomology. THE AMERICAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 297 orioles, when rearing their young, would keep a quarter of an acre clear of beetles and larvx. This Oriole is not native or abundant in tliis part of the country. The gentleman alluded to above lold me he well recollected seeing the first that he had ever known here, and on mention- ing it and describing the bird he could not gain credence, as no one to whom he spoke had ever seen anything of the kind in this locality. This was about fortj' years ago. I should think some of your correspondents who live where the Oriole is more plentiful, can answer my query, and say whether this is a general habit of the bird, or only an accident of time or place.—E. W. Clay- pole, Yellow Springs, O. Destruction of Fruit by Aletia.—The Aletia moths are still here in very great numbers. They are feeding now mainly upon the late apples and persimmons. They have destroyed all the wild grapes. In parts of the county, the moths are swarming around the Sorgho-evaporating-pans, and they are somewhat troublesome to the syrup- makers. They are also feeding upon the prick- ly-pear (Cactus opuntid), a fact hitherto un- known to me.—Jas. F. Baile)', Marion, Ala., Oct. 8, 1S80. Rare Beetle injurious to Sweet-potato roots in Louisiana.—I send you a Sweet-potato with more matured larvse of Cylas fonnicarins. Keep it in a warm room, as cold weather will kill the larva;. Since 1S78 they are rare and difficult to obtain. I believe that the heavy frost that year (3 inches ice in the streets here) killed nearly all, but they seem to increase again. In 1877 I raised 640 Cylns out of 11 potatoes. Cooked potatoes containing the larvae turn so bitter that no chicken or hog will eat them. They will, in time, ruin the whole crop in the South.—Wm, Mische, New Orleans, La., Octo- ber 19th, Aletia in New York State.—I found, Nov. 6, in an out-house on my premises, a fresh spec- imen of Ahtia argillacen. It is interest
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