. The American entomologist and botanist. slating that they are liceThe former mistake is excusable, as Ihcy might readilybe mistaken for eggs; but they bear no resemblance tolice, which are active creatures with limbs. Do Gapes Occur in Pig:eons!—H. 0. barton,Salem, Maes.—Wc have never heard of a case of Gapesin pigeons, and Dr. Iaaren, of Chiciigo, informs usthat his pathological literature from almost all parts ofEurope does not mention pigeons among the birdsaffected with this parasite. Itoup, however, is verycommon and fatal with them, especially in the fall ofthe year. 374 THE AMERICAN T
. The American entomologist and botanist. slating that they are liceThe former mistake is excusable, as Ihcy might readilybe mistaken for eggs; but they bear no resemblance tolice, which are active creatures with limbs. Do Gapes Occur in Pig:eons!—H. 0. barton,Salem, Maes.—Wc have never heard of a case of Gapesin pigeons, and Dr. Iaaren, of Chiciigo, informs usthat his pathological literature from almost all parts ofEurope does not mention pigeons among the birdsaffected with this parasite. Itoup, however, is verycommon and fatal with them, especially in the fall ofthe year. 374 THE AMERICAN Tlie Cabbagre Plntella—Chas. M. Beaiey, Ames,Iowa.—Tlie small green worms which have been work-ing most cruelly on your cabbages are, as you rightlyconjecture, the larva of the small moths which yousend in company with them. It is the same insect(Plviella eniciferarum) spoken of in answer to Wm. in this number. Gigantic RbinoceroB Beetle—Subscriber, Jef-ferson City, Mo.—The large beetle which you send, and [Tig. 224.]. Colors—Glaucous-green, with brown which we herewith present a portrait (Fig. 224), isa 1^ of the Gigantic Rhinoceros Beetle (Dynastes tityus,Linn). It occurs quite commonly in your part of thecountry, but is very rare in the more northern States,being in reality a southern insect. It breeds in theold stumps of several trees, and Say relates an in-stance of its occurring in considerable numbers in andabout the cavity of a cherry tree which had been blowndown by the wind in the neighborhood of colors of this beetle are very variable, as is alsothe shape of the spots upon the wing-covers. The hornalso frequently occurs undivided instead of being bifidat the tip. The $ has a perfectly smooth thorax, andonly a very small rounded tubercle on the head. Wehave a cf specimen in our cabinet which is of a uni-form deep chestnut brown, and immaculate. Bee-bread JDeTouredbjrWorms—L, G. Francii,Springfield,, III,—The small mo
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