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from tlicse pests ceased to a considerable <NtciU, thoui^di tlut raspbi-rry 



plants were fre(iuentl\- seriousK' injured from ovii^osition 1)\' tree crickets. 



Professor Piper stati-s that these crickets, after attaining' full 'growth, 



feed to sonic extent on the tender shoots of various shrubs and sometimes 



do a little damage in this manner. Tiie ])rinci|)al injin}-, however, is caused 



by tin- deposition of the eggs in the sm.dler limbs of various bushes ami 



trees, where they remain over winter and hatch in June This injury is 



particularh' marketl in the case of ras|)l)erry and similar soft-stemmed 



])lants. These insects also dejiosit their eggs as stated by various writers. 



in peach, apple, grape, cherr\-, oak. elm, ha/el, sumac and willow, and the 



observations of I)r Ibipklns. now of the I'niled .Stales liureau of j-.nto- 



niolofy, convince him that considerable injury ma\' follow this act. I he 



wounds made bv the tree crickets afford ready entrance for fungous diseases 



or an opportiinitv for such jjlant lice as the woolly aphis to attack the tree 



and serious deformities ma\ result. Tree crickets, as well as some other 



insects, suffer to some e.xtenl from egg parasites. Two s])ecies, Cacus 



oecanthi Riley MS. and l)ar\conus oecanthi Riley MS.. li,i\c 



been reared from eggs of this species, and the torniei- also from those of 



( ). ]ati])ennis. (ient;rally si)eaking. these tree crickets are beneficial. 



and as a rule the\- should nnt be destroyed, though occasionally some inj\ir\- 



may be caused. 



Bibliography 



1899 Murtfeldt, Mary E. lns<-( t Life, : : 1 30-3 2 



KIlK«jrKNTKKN, IsrAI.I.V HKNKKKI Al,. «tF DFX'IDIOI s KOllEST TKEK.S 



Cicada killer 

 Sp/uciiis spec ifls IIS l)rur\- 

 This handsome black, yellow-marked wasp, with rust-brown wings, 

 about an inch in length, is a scnithern form and ordinarily occurs from 

 Poughkeepsie southward, being more abimtlant in New Jerse\' and places 

 having a similar climate, than farther north. This t'lerce, striking wasp 

 was rather common at Karner, only a few miles west of Albany, in the 

 sinnmer of iqoi, at which time it was observed about scrub oaks, evidently 



