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can not be referred to any insect known to operate in this manner on 

 this variety of maple. If tlie infested or injured tips can be submitted 

 for examination, probably the insect can be ascertained. 



An Insect Gall. (Gardening, for August 15, 1895, iii, p. 366, c. i — 8 cm.) 



A "tiny green burr" taken from a sweet-brier in Georgetown, Ky., 

 is a gall made by one of the gall-flies of the genus Rhodites. It is 

 not of frequent occurrence and no remedy is needed for it. If found 

 abundant, they should be destroyed before the insect has emerged. 



Another Note of Warning [against the Elm-leaf Beetle]. (Albany 

 Evening Journal, for August 20, 1895, p. 8, c. 5 — 39 cm.) 



A second brood of the insect is discovered in Albany and is now 

 undergoing its last transformations. It is more abundant and destruc- 

 tive than the first: its numbers and ravages are. stated. Killing 

 the larvae and pupae at the present time is important, if the elms of the 

 city are to be saved from destruction. Ulmns Americana has not 

 been attacked, nor has the insect invaded the city parks. 



Caterpillars and Borers. (Country Gentleman, for August 29, 1895, Ix, 

 p. 632, c. 2 — 8 cm.) 



Inquiry from Springer, N. M., for protection from orchard cater- 

 pillars and borers, is answered by recommending the cutting off and 

 burning the nests with assembled larvae of the fall tent-caterpillar 

 — destroying the egg-belts and the new nests of the orchard tent-cater- 

 pillar — and application of carbolic acid soap-wash to prevent egg 

 deposit by the borers. 



Black Blister Beetle. (Country Gentleman, for August 29, 1895, Ix, 

 p. 632, c. 3 — 7 cm.) 



A beetle destroying the petals of china asters in South Montrose, 

 Pa., is the black blister-beetle, Epicauta Pouisylvanica (DeGeer). 

 They can either be controlled by frequent handpicking or by shaking 

 them two or three times a day into vessels of water and kerosene. 

 They also quickly yield to pyrethrum or insect powder. 



A Scale Insect on Osage Orange Hedge. (Gardening, for September 15, 

 1895, iv, p. II, c. 3 — 15 cm.) 



This scale was originally described as Pulvinaria viaclura, but is 

 now referred by most writers to P. itunaiieral>ilis. When the cottony 

 mass secreted by the female contains the eggs, they may be crushed 

 by going over the infested plants with a thick, soft mitten. Later, the 

 young scales may be killed by kerosene emulsion spraying, or in winter, 

 with a strong wash of whale-oil soap. 



To Kill Red Ants in the House. (Gardening, for September 15, 1895, 

 iv, p. 12, c. I — 15 cm.) 



The insect can not be routed from the house in Rochester, even in 

 winter, through use of corrosive sublimate or any other method tried. 



