488 r.oAiM) OF AOHicur/ruKE.. 



Mr. II. II. S-\vaii)i, Assistant luspocloi- for the northern end of the 

 State, reported two cases of the scale in the town of Kedlvcy. Jay County, 

 and one in Union City, Randolph County. He also found ten city lots in 

 the city of Marion which were more or ler^s infested. 



Owing to the watchful eye of Sylvester Johnson. 1 was enabled to lo- 

 cate the presence of scale in several city lots in Irvington, and prescribed 

 remedies for the same. 



During the first week in December I received some scale-infested 

 l)ranches from Washington, Daviess County, which is the first intimation 

 of infestation from tlial (luartcr. Judgi:ig from tlie appearance of the 

 specimens il has liccu llicrc lor smne linir. and will rniuiir heroic meas- 

 ures 1<> eradicate il. In ;ill of these cases the owners have been given 

 copies of the law governing llu-ir cases and advised concerning treatment. 

 In some cases the seed has fallen on good ground, and is bringing forth 

 fruit, but in otliei's it fell among the liriars and was ai)parently choked. 



OTIIEK SPECIES Oi' INSECTS. 



No serious out breaks of oilier injurious species have been reported to 

 me during the yeai', altliough hundreds of letters have been received con- 

 cerning different si)ecies and their irratmeiit. 



The woolly aphis has been (luite troublesome in Switzerland and a 

 few other southern counties, liuf this is found more or less common every 

 year in these localities. 



During the latter part of the summer I received specimens of the 

 elm borer (Saperda tridentata). which was said to be doing much injury 

 to the elm shade trees in the city of Vincennes. This is one of the insects 

 Avliich is very difficult to treat after it once gets into the tree, and so we 

 nuist depend very l.-irgcly upon our friends tlie parasites for help in 

 liolding them in check. 



The (•()ttony maple-scale (Puhinaria eiuuneral)ilis) was reported as 

 doing a gi'eat amount of damage to the shade trees of Kentland. Newton 

 County. 



The corn-root worm (Diabrotica longicornis) has again been heard 

 from, and it will continue to make itself l.:nown as long as farmers con- 

 tinue to grow corn after corn indclinitely. 



A new species of aiiliis w;is (lisco\-ei-el on some Uoughlon gooseberry 

 plants on the groiuids of Mr. (ieorge l>lu". Indi.-mapolis. where they were 

 doing consideraltle dam.-ige. A euiMous faet about this insect was that it 

 seemed to be very p;irli:il lo lli.ii one v:iriely. Mr. r.liii> h;id iil.-inted a live- 

 ;iere liejil to lloimliloii. lull llicic W:ls ;|ii oeea sioli.M 1 UliMIUC of Some oilier 



variety. In no e:ise was I lie iiiixtiiic loiiriMil. while the Ilougliton i)lants 

 on either side were l>adiy damaged. .\ol being ;ible lo identfy the species. 

 I Si-nl siieeimens lo the riiiled Sl.ales ]']|il(vmologisl at W'.isiiiiiglon. l>. ( ".. 



