INSECTS AFFECTING PARK AND WOODLAND TREES 



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Balsam gall midge 

 Cccidouiyia halsaiiucola Lintn. 



A small midge produces an oval enlargement near the base of balsam needles. 



This insect was first brouglit to the late l)r Lintner's attention in 1886, 

 because of its alnindance on balsam lir in Adirondack localities. It does 

 not appear to occur in the vicinity of Albany, ihouyh it has been taken at 

 Shelbourne N. IL, and specimens of what appears to be the same insect, 

 were received by Dr Lintner from North Carolina, wlu-re they infi-sted the 

 southern balsam, .\ b i e s fraseri. Occasionally this insect is so abim- 

 dant as to j^ive a peculiar nodose appearance to affected trees, at which 

 times as many as three (piarters of all the leaves may be infested. The 

 larvae; are inactive, hardly move and show no disposition to feed. liadly 

 infested trees lose a considerable portion of their foliatj^e in December, all 

 the t,^alls droppino-. The adult has not been reared so far as known. 



False chinch bug 

 Nysiics aiigiishUiis I hh'r 



A small, grayish and brown plant bug ',6 inch long 

 occurs on a variety of plants. 



This species is best known on account 



of its being confused with that notorious enemiy 



of the farmer, the chinch bug, !> 1 i s s u s 1 e u- 



c o p t e r u s Sa)'. It is a general feeder, occiu'- 



ring on such diverse plants as appletrees, hard 



pines, grapevines, potato vines, turnips and 



radishes. 



Phytocoris eximius Keut. 



This is an inconspicuous, brownish marked 

 Capsid (fig. 204), a little less than '4 of an inch 

 long. It occurred somewhat sparingly on hard pine at Karner in Septem- 

 ber, 1901. 



Fig. 204 Phytocoris eximius, en- 

 larged (original) 



