June, '12] WEBSTER: CLOVER MITE 293 



Washburn, Corvallis, Ore., together with the statement that mites 

 and eggs were found under burlap bands that had been placed uiDon 

 the trunks of apple trees. 



June 13, 1894, a lot of these mites was received from Mr. Geo. W. 

 King, Lawrence, Mass. Mr. King stated that they came into the 

 courthouse and were found on the window-sills every year. Septem- 

 ber 8, 1894, alcoholic specimens were received from Fort Collins, 

 Col., from Prof. C. P. Gillette, who reported them v^ery abundant 

 on the limbs and trunks of pear, apple, plum and cherry at Fruit a. 

 Grand Junction, Delta, Canon City, and Denver, Col. December 10, 

 1894, a piece of apple twig covered with, eggs of this mite was re- 

 ceived from Mr. N. A. Jacobson, Payette, Idaho. 



In May, 1895, a correspondent from Garfield, Ohio, complained 

 that these mites were swarming in his house and covering the walls 

 ■near the door. Two pine trees growing near the house were swarming 

 with them. This was the third year that they had occurred in this 

 waj'. September 13 of the same year t\\ags of pear covered -wdth the 

 eggs of this species were received from Mr. A. Engberg, Salem, Utah, 

 vnth. the statement that they seriously retarded the growth of fruit 

 trees. 



March 12, 1896, a small branch of apple carrying eggs of this spe- 

 cies was received from ^Ir. T. A. Hitt, Weiser, Idaho. ]\Iarch 20, a 

 section of bark of pear with eggs of this mite was received from Mr, 

 Robert ^lilUken, Xampa, Idaho. October 22, 1896, twigs of peach 

 vnth. egg-shells and cast-skins of this mite thereon were received 

 from Prof. G. McCarthy, Raleigh, N. C. 



November 21, 1896, specimens of the mite were received from 

 Rachel Berry, ]\IcCook, Neb., with a statement that they had been 

 annoying her for a long time by collecting upon the window-sills, 

 especially on the sunny side of her house. December 11 of the same 

 year both mites and eggs were received from ]Mr. H. Russell Hill, 

 Williamsport, Pa., with the statement that they had appeared in 

 " hundreds of thousands '' upon the walls of the city hall of that 

 place, creeping through the cracks of the windows into the offices to 

 deposit their eggs. Eggs were hatching when received. 



February 17, 1897, eggs of the mite were received on a cherry twig 

 from ]\Ir. B. L. Berman, Salem, ]\Iass. On April 2, twigs of pear 

 with eggs of this mite were received from Rep. John C. Bell, of 

 Colorado. June 1, 1897, specimens were received from Mr. Paul 

 Fischer, Utah AgTicultural Experiment Station, Logan, Utah, with 

 a statement that the mites were verj^ destructive to apple, pear, and 

 cherry trees in Utah. July 13, leaves of apple grown on the foothills 

 of Yucaipa, Cal., were received from ^Ir. S. A. Pease, with the state- 



