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a species with a remarkable life cycle and better known on account of the 

 peculiar spiny bud gall it produces on witch-hazel. CaUipterus betulaecolens 

 Mon. was abundant on certain birches. Ornamental, particularly purple 

 beeches, were badly affected by the woolly beech leaf aphid. Phyllaphis fayi 

 Linn. One small tree noted had its foliage nearly destroyed by this species. 

 The pine bark aphid, Chcrmcs pinicorticis Fitch continues abundant in the 

 vicinitj' of Albany, and is probably responsible in large measure fur the grad- 

 ual destruction of two groups of young pines in Washington Fark. Albany, 

 N. Y. The woollj' larch aphis, Chermes strobilobius Kalt., was numerous, 

 though not excessively abundant. The work of the spruce gall louse, Cliermes 

 ahietis Linn., is very evident in some localities, and in Washington Park the 

 peculiar destruction of the buds without the production of the characteristic 

 galls continues and appears to finally result in the death of branches, or even 

 the entire top of a tree. E. P. Felt. 



Brown-Tail Moth (Eiiproctls chri/sorrhcea Linn.). A small infestation was 

 discovered late in June in the town of Rye, near the village of Port 

 Chester, and only abo'ut a thousand feet or so from the Connecticut state 

 line. Only sixteen caterpillars or thereabouts were discovered after repeated 

 inspections. The infested area and its vicinity has been thoroughly burned 

 over several times with a cyclone burner and. in addition, the few trees and ' 

 shrubs in the vicinity have been repeatedly sprayed with a contact insecticide. 

 Trap lanterns have also been operated and a close watch is being kept for the 

 appearance of moths. No expense is being spared in an attempt to exterminate 

 this infestation. E. P. Felt. 



