REPORT OF STATE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



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Fig. 17. Lepidosaphes nlmi; a, male; c, larva; e, female; b, and d 

 details. (Howard. Bulletin 34, Div. of Entomology ,'.U. S. Dept. of 

 Agri.) 



Remedies: — They can easily be destroyed by thoroughly 

 washing the trees during the fall, winter, or spring with whale 

 oil soap solution, or spraying the trees at the time the young 

 hatch out, before they get fixed on the tree, with kerosene oil 

 emulsion. 



The Woolly Aphis of the Apple. 



{Schizoncnra lanigera). 



As this pest is being introduced here from year to year from 

 nursery stock coming from several houses in New York as well 

 as other states it seems high time that some action be taken to 

 protect our interests. It is quite evident that it is gaining ground 

 as it has been reported from many new localities during the 

 past year. 



My attention was first called to this insect in the state several 

 years ago. A lot of 500 New York trees were purchased and 

 paid for before being delivered. The party that bought them 

 discovered that some of them looked unhealthy and before set- 



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