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Greene county (O. Q. Flint, Athens) — The forest tent cater- 

 pillar [Clisiocampa disstria Htibn.] appears to be carry- 

 ing its destructive work eastward, leaving infested territory after 

 two to four years' depredations. June 25. 



Herkimer county (George S. Graves, Newport) — The currant 

 sawfly [Pteronus ribesii Scop.] was observed on bushes 

 May 23 and had evidently been feeding for about a week. Pistol 

 case-bearers [Coleophora malivorella Riley] are abun- 

 dant in some orchards, while the appletree tent caterpillar 

 [Clisiocampa americana Fabr.] is relatively scarce as 

 yet. The currant aphis [M yzus ribis Linn.] is not very 

 plentiful, though it appeared shortly after the currant leaves. 

 Bumblebees are very abundant this season. May 29. The Col- 

 orado potato beetle [Doryphora 10-line at a Say] appeared 

 May 31, and farmers report it as being unusually abundant. 

 Plantain leaves have been eaten by the same insect [probably 

 Dibolia borealis Chev.], as for the last three years. 

 The striped cucumber beetle [Diabrotica vittata Fabr.] 

 was recently found on potato vines in my garden, and a neighbor 

 reports a large number of them on his potatoes. The larvae of the 

 elm flea beetle [Disonycha triangularis Say] appears 

 to be quite injurious to elms throughout this section, and signs of 

 their work were observed in the city of Utica. Grasshoppers are 

 not very abundant as yet. June 12. The spiny elm caterpillar 

 [Euvanessa antiopa Linn.] has been feeding on alders to 

 a considerable extent. The eggs of the praying mantis [Mantis 

 religiosa Linn.] appear to be hatching. June 22. The first 

 grubs of the Colorado potato beetle were observed June 23. The 

 forest tent caterpillar [Clisiocampa disstria Hiibn.] 

 is extremely rare, but one larva having been observed this year, 

 though it is reported as being very abundant at Gravesville, 7 

 miles north. Grasshoppers are not numerous. The cold weather 

 seems to have checked the development of many insects. The 

 spiny elm caterpillars are devouring the foliage of wayside 

 bushes. June 27. Rose beetles [Macrodactylus subspi- 

 nosus Fabr.] have been and are still very destructive to plants 

 in the local cemetery. Besides depredating on hydrangeas and 

 rosebushes, they have nearly defoliated a large Virginia creeper 

 and are now working on the lower leaves of a large elm tree. 



