REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST I908 63 



Grape Blossom Midge. Grape Belt, June 12, 1908, p. 4; Buffalo 



News, June 13 



Brief statement of injury and life history of the grape blossom midge, 

 C e c i d o m y i a j o h n s o n i Sling. 



Insecticides. Country Gentleman, June 18, 1908, 73:606^^-7^^ 



Brief discussion of the relative merits of paris green and arsenate of 

 lead in bordeaux mixture. 



Apple and Grape i'ests. Country Gentleman, June 18, 1908, 

 -JZ :6o723 



Brief accounts of injuries by the cigar case bearer, Coleophora 

 fletcherella Fern.; the apple blister mite, Eriophyes pyri 

 Nal., and the grape blossom midge, Cecidomyia johnsoni Sling. 



Cutworms and Wireworms. Country Gentleman, June 18, 1908, 

 yZ :6o826 

 Brief general accounts with discussion of remedies. 



Apple Canker Worms. Country Gentleman, June 18, 1908, 

 73 :6o8^i 



Brief economic account of the fall and spring canker worms, A 1 s o - 

 phi la pometaria Harr. and Anisopteryx vernata Peck. 



Observations on the Genus Contarinia. Economic Entomology. 



Journal, 1908, i .-225-28 



Brief notes are given on the following species : Contarinia 

 p y r i V o r a Riley, C. sorghicola Coq., C . 1 i r i o d e n d r i O. S., 

 C. ananassi Riley, C . r u m i c i s Loew, C . g o s s y p i i Felt, C . 

 s e t i g e r a Lint., C. n e g u n d i f o 1 i a Felt, C. perfoliata Felt, C. 

 quercifolia Felt, C. a g r i m o n i a e Felt, C. v i r g i n i a n i a e Felt 

 and C. c 1 e m a t i d i s Telt. 



Some Problems in Nomenclature. Entomological Society of Amer- 

 ica. Annals, 1908, i : 102-4 



A brief discussion of the validity of descriptions of insect galls with 

 special reference to the Cecidomyiidae. 



Wireworms. Countr)' Gentleman, July 2, 1908, 73 :646*" 

 Brief discussion of remedies. 



I'lin Leaf Aphis. Country Gentleman. July 2, 1908, 73:647^^ 



The life history and remedial measures for the elm leaf aphis, S c h i z o - 

 neura a m erica n a Riley are briefly discussed. 



San Jose Scale. Country Gentleman, July 2, 1908, jz '-^AT^ 



Brief general discussion of the San Jose scale, Aspidiotus pcr- 

 niciosus Comst., with a summary statement of the comparative value 

 of the various sprays. 



