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has done considerable damage in this section. There are hundreds 

 of its nests in defoliated wild cherry and appletrees. May 30. 

 The grape leaf curler [probably the grapevine plume moth, 

 Oxyptilus periscelidactylus Fitch] appeared May 

 25. Appletree tent caterpillars are very abundant and are mak- 

 ing their cocoons in large numbers. There are very few leaf 

 hoppers [?Typhlocyba]on grapes. Plant lice are increasing 

 in numbers, and thrips are abundant on rosebushes. June 15. 

 Comparatively few insects are causing injury at the present time. 

 The black flea beetle [Epitrix cucumeris Harris] is doing 

 considerable damage to tomato and potato vines. June 13. 

 Nests of the fall web worm [Hyphantria textor Harris] 

 have begun to appear, and there are a few plant lice on cherry- 

 trees. July 3. The second brood of currant worms [Pteronus 

 ribesii Scop.] has appeared on some unsprayed bushes. Fall 

 webworms are increasing in numbers, and they can be seen in 

 many trees. Colorado potato beetles [Doryphora 10-11 n- 

 eata Say] are causing some injury, though they are not very 

 numerous. July 10. Leaf hoppers are very scarce on grapevines 

 and rosebushes. The continuous wet, cold weather appears to 

 have kept them in check. Only a few fall webworms are to be 

 seen at the present time. July 31. Fall webworms are still 

 present but not nearly so abundant as last year, there being not 

 over one nest to 25 of last season. There are some cabbage 

 worms [Pieris rapae Linn.], but, as cabbage is little grown 

 in this section, not much damage has been done. Aug. 27. 



Warren county (C. L. Williams, Glens Falls) — Strawberry 

 sawflies [Monostegia ignota Nort.] are feeding to some 

 extent on strawberry plants. June 5. There are no insects in 

 this region causing special trouble. July 29. 



Wyoming county (W. H. Roeper, Wyoming) — Cankerworms 

 made their appearance May 22 and have caused very little damage 

 as yet. Appletree tent caterpillars [Clisiocampa ameri- 

 cana Fabr.]' are scarce, and very few of the forest species 

 [Clisiocampa disstria Hiibn.] have been found. May 26. 

 The weather has been cold and wet since Saturday, and there 

 was a white frost Sunday night. This unseasonable weather 

 appears to have kept insects pretty well in check, and th(;re is 

 comparatively little to report. June 10. 



