4l6 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



Dutchess county [H. D. Letvis, Annandale] — Cankerworms 

 (Paleacrita vernata Peck.) are reported as being quite 

 destructive in the northeastern portion of the county. The 

 weather has been moderately dry and insects have not been abund- 

 ant. Many peartrees injured last year by the pear psylla (P s y 1 1 a 

 p y r i c o 1 a Forst.) are dying, probably as a result of the injury 

 combined with the excessive cold of last winter. Insect pests 

 have been unusually scarce. — July 25 



Orleans county [Virgil Bogue, Albion] — There has never been a 

 time when there has been less injury from insect attack than the 

 present. Colorado potato beetles (Doryphoraio-lineata 

 Say) have hardly been seen till within the last few days and then 

 only in very small numbers. Pear psylla (Psylla pyricola 

 Forst.) and plant lice (Aphis mali Fabr.) which were so de- 

 structive last year, have not appeared this season. Cherries are 

 comparatively free from worms (this is probably the cherry fruit 

 fly, (Rhagolatis cingulata Loew.). Insect-eating birds 

 have largely deserted us except the robins, and they looked lean 

 and lank before the cherries commenced to ripen. — July j 



Queens county [C. L. Allen, Floral Park] — Pea aphids (N e c - 

 tarophora pisi Kalt) appeared May 15, but have not been 

 very destructive. Peartrees have not suffered from pear psylla 

 (Psylla pyricola Forst.) or any other insect. San ]os6 

 scale (Aspidiotus perniciosus Comst.) appears to be 

 on the increase. Potato beetles (Doryphora lo-lineata 

 Say) have appeared in considerable numbers, and tent .caterpillars 

 (Malacosoma americana Fabr.) while present, are not 

 very troublesome. 



Richmond county [David Muirhead, West New Brighton] — Plant 

 lice appeared on young peachtrees, plums, and on raspberry and 

 blackberry shoots about May 20, and the webs of the grapevine 

 plume moth (Oxyptilus periscelidactylus Fitch) 

 appeared May 23, and seemed to be more abundant in sunny spots 

 near the edge of a trellis. Larvae of the cabbage butterfly 

 (Pieris rapae Linn.) were observed the same day and the 

 butterflies are abundant. — June 4. Larvae of the 8-spotted for- 

 ester (Alypia octomaculata Fabr.) appeared May 23, 

 and the work of the tobacco thrips (Thrips tabaci Lind.) 

 was observed June 6. The grape gall fly (Lasiopteravitis 

 O. S.) is somewhat prevalent. White marked tussock moths 

 (Hemerocampa leucostigma Abb. & Sm.) are pre- 

 sent in small numbers. No larvae of the Colorada potato 



