. The American entomologist and botanist. upon suchan occasion would put their heads together andseem to consult for a mq^At, and then proceedto drive off all the harmless flies and wasps thatwere attracted by the sweets alone. Terrible was the fate of an unlucky Syrphuslarva that happened in the way of an ant atsuch a time; the ant would take it in its mouth,and shake it as a dog will shake a times I have attempted to rescue such alarva, but found it had always received its deathwound and died shortly , N. J. Mrs. Mary Treat. [We gladly publish the above from
. The American entomologist and botanist. upon suchan occasion would put their heads together andseem to consult for a mq^At, and then proceedto drive off all the harmless flies and wasps thatwere attracted by the sweets alone. Terrible was the fate of an unlucky Syrphuslarva that happened in the way of an ant atsuch a time; the ant would take it in its mouth,and shake it as a dog will shake a times I have attempted to rescue such alarva, but found it had always received its deathwound and died shortly , N. J. Mrs. Mary Treat. [We gladly publish the above from Mrs. Treat,and hope her good example will be followed byother of our lady readers. It is really a wonderto us why the ladies do not more generally in-terest themselves in the pleasant and fascinatingstudy of Entomology! There should be moreMadame Meriaus. Original observations arealways valuable, especially if accompanied byspecimens of the insects spoken of.—Ed.] THE APPLE-TREE TENT-CATERPILLAR. BY WM. LE BAUON, , OK HKNEVA, Colors—(a * fc) blarV, white, blue and rufous; (c) yclIowish-Ktay; (rf)yellow. More than two dozen different species ofinsects arc now known to infest and damage the Apple tree. Some subsist upon the root;some burrow into the trunk; some infest thebark; some select the opening buds; some de-vour the expanded foliage, and others, finally,revel upon the fruit. Thus beset by enemieson every side, it would seem that that mostvaluable of fruit trees, the good old Apple tree,must ere long succumb, and cease to occupy itsplace in the lamily of plants. And this it wouldundoubtedly do if all these enemies were per-mitted to go on unchecked in their owing to the incessant antagonism of par-asitic foes, and insectivorous birds, and humaningenuity, the ravages of these insects are keptwithin bounds, and the api)le tree still lives. Ofthese numerous enemies of the Apple tree, fivehold a bad pre-eminence, namely, the Round-headed Borer {Scq
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