Identifier: annualreportof451892newy (find matches)
Title: Annual report of the Regents
Year: 1889 (1880s)
Authors: New York State Museum University of the State of New York. Board of Regents
Subjects: New York State Museum Science
Publisher: Albany : J.B. Lyon, State Printer
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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ies have uniformly been met bypresenting the excellent figures and account given by Professor Rileyin the American Entomologist, for December, 1868. The figures ofthat article are herewith given from electrotypes obtained from Pro-fessor Riley. For another paper upon the insect from the sameauthor, but essentially the same, the reader, may refer, if more con-venient, to the Fifth Missouri Report. It may be noted here that ineach of these the eggs of the insect are erroneously figured, as wassubsequently learned, and for their correct representation and descrip-tion, the Ninth Missouri Report may be si;en, where, also, the younglarva is for the first time described and figured. References to other writings on this insect are given in the abovebibliography, and as some of them, at least, may be conveniently referredto by tho-»e who would like to know more of its interesting habits andtransformations, it is thought not desirable to embody them in a generalaccount for the present report.
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anPdL^rL~o?tLhf°emeaJeCOrydaliS CoRYDALIS CORNUT* : * «> ^rva; 6, the pupa; c, the male imago; d, h, Eights. Report of the State Entomologist Mil The following was Bent to a correspondent, Mr. C. L Shear, inAlcove, N. Y.. who wrote July 7th. L801: Will you please give me the name of the inclosed insect, and tellme whether it is common or not; also whether there is any notice of itin your reports. The specimen i< somewhat mutilated, owing to theparelessness of the collector, which was a eat. The insect is the horned Corydalis, Corydcdis cornuta, so namedfrom the two long curved mandibles borne by the male. It belongthe order of Neuroptera, and is allied to the dragon fiies—like them, itHlarva1 living in tin- water. It is a common species, and is distributed over a large part of the United States. The larvaare often collecte :by boys from beneath stones in running streams, and sold to fishermenat a good paying price, as bait, particularly suited to bass — it being,in piscato

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