Report of the Entomologist. 



To the Director of the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment 

 Station: 



Sir. — As the carrying out of the Entomological work of the 

 Station has been performed during the past year almost entirely 

 by the Assistant Entomologist, I have requested him to prepare 

 a report on it, which I hereby transmit. 



JOHN HENRY COMSTOCK. 



To the Entomologist of the Cornell University Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station: 



Sir. — The year 1896 has been an exceedingly busy and inter- 

 esting one for the Entomological Division of the Station. So 

 far as insect pests are concerned, the year has been rather a 

 remarkable one in New York State. The codlin moth, plum 

 curculio and other insects which can usually be depended upon 

 to harass the fruit-grower every year were noticeably much less 

 destructive. But the year was marked by the appearance in 

 injurious numbers of several insects that had not attracted se- 

 rious attention anywhere in our State for more than a decade; 

 they were thus new pests to many farmers and fruit-growers. 

 The army worm (Leucania unipuncta), the green fruit worms 

 (Xylina sp.), the pistol-case-bearer (Coleophora malivorella), and 

 the peach twig-worm (Anarsia lineatella) were these apparently 

 " new " insect pests that have ravaged New York crops during^ 

 the past year. Our notes contain considerable new information- 



