Cornell University, ] 



Ithaca, N. Y., April 18, 1895. \ 



The Honorohle CoTnmissioner of Agriculture, Albany : 



Sir. — • One of the serious insect pests which we met when prose- 

 cuting our investigations of the apple orchards of western New 

 York last vear, is the Cio-ar-case Bearer. A brief sketch of this 

 insect was given in Bulletin 84, and the present paper is the 

 account which was promised in that bulletin. Mr. Slingerland has 

 made a very careful study of the insect, and this account of it is 

 approved by Professor Comstock. This case bearer will probably 

 take its place along with other staple pests which, by harrying the 

 apple grower, will hasten the study and improvement of our 

 orchard interests ; and this bulletin is therefore recommended for 

 publication under Chapter 230 of the Laws of 1895, as an important 

 contribution to the advancement of apple cultivation. 



L. H. BAILEY. 



