174 agriculture; of maine. 



some localities the rose chafer (Macrodactylus subspinosus) did 

 a great deal of damage to the apple crop. 



The codling moth {Carpocapsa ponnonella) was easily con- 

 trolled by those who believe in and practice spraying, but where 

 this was not done the usual loss in wormy apples was very appar- 

 ent. The railroad worm {Rhasoletis pomonella) was reported 

 as doing its usual amount of damage without any special effort 

 on the part of the orchardists to control it. As the female 

 fly deposits her eggs beneath the skin of the apple spraying will 

 not avail. The only way is to keep the windfalls well picked 

 up and fed out, or pasture the orchard to sheep or hogs ; these 

 will do the work to better advantage. 



It has been thought that the pea louse (Nectarophora pisi) 

 had had its day in Maine, but it was reported from several local- 

 ities. The same was true of the bean weevil (Bruchus pisi). 

 In 1905 it was generally reported the the Colorado potato beetle 

 (Leptinotarsa decemlineata) was gradually disappearing but the 

 past season has demonstrated this to be a fallacy. They were 

 never so abundant or so difficult to destroy. A number of 

 reports came in regarding the wooly aphis of the apple (Schiso- 

 nciira lanigera), in almost every case on young trees which had 

 been shipped into the State bearing a tag of inspection from 

 some of the leading nurseries of the country. This will be more 

 fully explained later on. 



Tussock moths of both species, the white-marked (Hemero- 

 ■campa leucostigna) and the old {Notolophus antiqua) have been 

 very abundant in some sections, especially in the city of Port- 

 land. A lot of cocoons gathered in, September yielded the fol- 

 lowing Hymenopterous parasites : Pinipla inquisitor, Say., 

 Pimpla conquisitor, Say., Theronia melanocephala, Brulle, (the 

 same as reported by Dr. C. H. Fernald in Bulletin No. 19 of the 

 Massachusetts Station, as parasitic on the pupae of the gipsy 

 moth), Pteroiiiahis sp., and several Bntedoninae or chalcid flies. 



On a visit to Prout's Neck, by request of the Improvement 

 Society, to investigate the forest and insect condition, I found 

 that universal pest, the mosquito (Culex pipiens) and a horse 

 fly, the "green head" of the seashore (Tabamis nigrovittatus) 

 very abundant. By proper drainage and the use of crude petro- 

 leum on all stagnant pools, both of these unwelcome guests could 

 be very much reduced. Miss Edith Patch of the Experiment 



