284 Forty-fifth Report on the State Museum. 



The Peach-Tree Borer. (Country Gentleman, for June 4, 1891, 

 Ivi, p. 457, c. 3, 4 — OO cm.) 



In reply to inquiries made from Waynesviile, Ohio, different methods 

 of deaUng with the insect are named and given at length, of which are, 

 cutting out the larvae, applying wood-ashes and water in a funnel-shaped 

 cavity around the base of the tree, the carbohc acid wash of Mr. Bateham, the 

 carbolic acid and Paris green wash of Mr. Hale, the Shaker peach-tree 

 borer wash, and mounding about the base of the tree. Anew "tree-pro- 

 tector," made of wire gauze and soon to be offered in market, is described 

 and commended. How to " head in " peach trees to promote their health. 



[See in pages 181-186 of this Report (viii).] 



A Serious Danger — The New Pest that Threatens the Pear 

 Crop. (NeAY England Homestead, for June 13, 1891, xxv, p. 

 249, c. 4 — 24 cm.) 



Introduction and injuries at Meriden, Conn., of the pear-midge, and efforts 

 there for its extermination: its description, and its renaming and illustration 

 by Dr. Riley; its distribution in Catskill, its habits, and manner of leaving 

 the fruit; the varieties of pears that it is known to infest; its occurrence at 

 Catskill may be through a new importation from France. 



The Gartered Plume Moth. (Country Gentleman, for June 18, 



1891, Ivi, p. 497, c. 3 — 26 cm.) 



An insect sent from [Scarsdale] Westchester Co., N. Y., as webbing the 

 terminal leaves of the grapevine, is the one above named, in its larval stage. 

 The moth is described, its distribution stated, and for the i)revention of its 

 multiplication, crushing it by hand in its shelter is recommended. Reference 

 to figures and to detailed descriptions. 



[A New Onion Pest.] (Albany Evening Journal, for June 19, 

 1891, p. 8, c. 5.) 



Caterpillars sent from Canastota, N. Y. , as devastating the onion fields in 

 that vicinity, are not identical with those that appeared in Orange county, 

 N. Y., in 1885, but an alhed species, viz., Agrotis ypsilon (Rott.), or the 

 black cut- worm — a common and wide-spread species but not previously 

 reported on onions. Recommendations of means for its destruction are given. 



New Strawberry Pest. (Country Gentleman, for June 25, 1891, 



lvi,[p. 575, c. 2, 3 — 12 cm.) 



A beetle from Clifton, New Brunswick, injuring leaves and blossoms of 

 the strawberry, is identified as Serica tristis LeConte, not previously 

 reported on this food-plant. Its general appearance is described, with 

 probabilities of its larval habits. 



Lady Bug and Cherry Aphis. (Country Gentleman, for July 2, 



1891, Ivii, p. 537, c. 1, 2 — 19 cm.) 



Insects received from Pittsburg, Pa. , with inquiry, are the black cherry 

 aphis, Mijzus cerasi, which is being preyed upon by the 15-spotted lady-bird, 

 Anatis \b-punctata. All of the latter are brown-black or entirely black, 



