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Forest Tent Caterpillar (Country Gentleman, Mar. 6, 1902, 



67:196-970 



Remedial measures against Clisiocampa disstria Hiibn. 

 Spraying for Cicada (Country Gentleman, Mar. 13, 1902, 67 :219"« 



Spraying recently emerged cicadas, Cicada septendeeim Linn., with 

 a contact insecticide is advisable only in limited areas. 



San Josd Scale Investigations (Country Gentleman, Mar. 13, 1902, 

 67 :221'^) 



Criticism of results on Aspidiotus perniciosus Comst., obtained 

 by Professors Lowe and Parrott. See N.Y. Agric. Exp. Sta. Bui. 202. 



Fumigation (Country Gentleman, Mar. 27, 1902, 67:262'') 



Value of hydrocyanic acid gas against bedbugs, Acanthia lectulari'a 

 Linn., and hen lice. 



Report on Insects for 1901, read before Eastern New York Horti- 

 cultural Society Feb. 12, 1902 (Country Gentleman, Mar. 27, 

 1902, 67 :26o==\ 290-91', 308^) 



The following insects were noticed : giant swallowtail, Heraclides 

 cresphontes Cram., cicada-kUler, Sphecius speciosus Drurj-, 

 Hessian fly, Cecidomyia destructor Say, squash bug, A n a s a 

 t r i s t i s DeGeer. The value of trap lanterns was commented on, and the results 

 obtained by the use of various insecticides against the San Jose scale were given. 

 The fruit tree bark beetle, Scolytus rugulosus Eatz., the hickory bark 

 borer, Scolytus 4-spinosus Say, the roundheaded appletree borer, 

 Saperda Candida Fabr., the elm leaf beetle, Galerucella luteola 

 Mull., the grapevine Fidia, Fidia viticida Walsh, the peach twig moth, 

 Anarsia lineatella Zell., Cenopis diluticostana Wlsm., 

 and the carrot rust fly, Psila rosae liinn., were also noticed. 



Bark Louse (Country Gentlemen, Ap. 10, 1902, 67:306") 



Remedies for Mytilaspis pomorum Bouch''. 

 White Scale (Country Gentleman, Ap. 17, 1902, 67:329'') 



Remedies for Aspidiotus hederae Vail. 

 Insect Enemies to Shade Trees (Col. State Board Hortic. Rep't, 



1901. 1902 [rec'd Ap. 22] 13 :164-70) 



Some general considerations in preventing insect depredations with brief 

 notices of the following species : Gipsy moth, Porthetria dispar Linn., 

 leopard moth, Zeuzera pyrina Linn., white marked tussock moth, N o t o - 

 lophus leucostigma Abb. & Sm., spiny elm caterpillar, Euvanessa 

 a n t i o p a Linn., locust borer, Prionoxystus robiniae Peck, poplar 

 borer, Saperda calcarata Say, cottonwood leaf beetle, Lina scripta 

 Fabr. and cottony mapletree scale insect, Pulvinaria innumera- 

 b i 1 i s Rathv. 



Tussock Moth (Country Gentleman, Ap. 24, 1902, 67:351") 



Remedial measures are given for tlie white marked tussock moth, N o t o 1 o- 

 phus leucostigma Abb. & Sm. 



