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an appletree. Cankerworms have also appeared. June 11. The 

 cottony niapletree scale insect has increased largely in numbers 

 in the last few weeks. Colorado potato beetles are doing very 

 little damage this summer. This is probably due to the excessive 

 wet weather, which has also prevented grasshopper eggs from 

 hatching. Only three or four nests of the appletree tent cater- 

 pillar have been met with. Flies are quite numerous on cattle 

 [probably the horn fly ?Haematobia serrata Robs. Desv.] , 

 and the wet weather does not seem to affect them much. The 

 codling moth [Carpocapsa pomonella Linn.] has dam- 

 aged the apple crop to quite an extent. July 22. Fall webworms 

 [Hyphantria textor Harris] appeared on our apple and 

 forest trees the last week of July. Grasshoppers are quite abun- 

 dant in some sections, and squash bugs are not as numerous as 

 last year. The excessive wet weather has prevented serious in- 

 juries by grasshoppers, though they have worked on heads of 

 grain to a considerable extent. Aug. 12. 



Chemung county (M. H. Beckwith, Elmira) — The currant saw- 

 fly [Pteronus ribesii Scop.] appeared on gooseberries May 

 2, though not in such large numbers as usual. Appletree tent- 

 caterpillars [Clisiocampa americana Fabr.] are very 

 abundant again this season. Colorado potato beetles [Dory- 

 p h o r a 10-1 i n e a t a Say] are not found in any numbers at the 

 present date. The excessively cold weather appears to be holding 

 insects in check to a great extent. May 28. The second brood 

 of the currant sawfly has appeared on the leaves, though it is not 

 usually found till the fruit is nearly ripe. Cutworms are very 

 abundant in tobacco fields and are necessitating a large amount 

 of resetting of plants where they have been destroyed. June 16. 

 Potato beetles are not so abundant as last year, and the larvae 

 or grubs appear to have been held in check by the unusually cold, 

 wet weather. The same aj^pears to have been true of most of our 

 destructive insects, though grasshoppers are quite numerous in 

 meadows and pastures. July 17. 



Dutchess county (H. D. Lewis, Annandale) — Injurious insects 

 have been unusually scarce up to date. Colorado potato beetles 

 [Doryphora 10-1 in eat a Say] are present in small numbers, 

 and no elm leaf beetles- [Galerucella luteola Miill.] have 



