194 Fiftieth Eeport on the State Museum 



Perkins: in 9th Rept. Vt. Agricul. Expt. Stat., 1896, pp. 134-142, figs. 



20-25 (general account of, in Vermont). 

 Truman : in Entomolog. News, vii, 1896, p. 299 (common in South 



Dakota). 

 Weed, C. M. : Bull. 39 N. H. Coll. Agricul. Expt. Stat., 1896, pp. 62-75, 



figs, i-io (general account of, in New Hampshire). 

 Brooks: in 34th Rept. Mass. Agricul. Coll., 1897, pp. 82-84 (damage 



by, on college farm). 

 Chittenden: Bull. 8 New Ser., Divis. Entomol., U. S. Dept. Agricul., 



1897, p. 42 {Canelia leucavicB a common parasite). 

 Dearness : in 27th Ann. Rept. Entomolog. Soc. Ont. for 1896, 1897, 



p. 23 (injuries in Ontario). 

 Fyles : in 27th Ann. Rept. Entomolog. Soc. Ont. for 1896, 1897, pp. 



101-102 (brief mention). 

 Panton : in 27th Ann. Rept. Entomolog. Soc. Ont. for 1896, 1897, pp. 



44-51, figs. 45-50, I map (general account of distribution and 



ravages in Ontario). 

 Britton: in 20th Rept. Conn. Agricul. Exp. St. for 1896, 1897, pp. 236- 



238, pi. 3, figs, a-d (in Conn., natural history, remedies). 

 Slingerland : in Proc. 42nd Ann. Meet. West. N. Y. Horticul. Soc, 



1897, pp. 23-24 (brief account of ravages in 1896 in New 



York); in Amer. Agricul., 59, for May 8, 1897, p. 582 (rarely 



injurious a second year); Bull. 133 Cornell Agricul. Expt. Stat., 



1897, pp. 233-258, figs. 68-72 (extended account, in New 



York). 

 Soule : in Psyche, viii, 1897, p. 11 (moths swarming in New Hampshire 



and at sea). 



(The references above are additional to those given in the extended 

 account of this insect by Prof Riley in the 3rd Report of the U. S. En- 

 tomological Commission, 1883, pp. 146-156). 



The notable entomological event of the year (1896) for the State of 

 New York, has been the occurrence and severe ravages of the army-worm, 

 Leucania unipwicta, over the greater part of the State. This insect is a 

 quite common species, which is widely distributed over the country. 

 When but moderately abundant it is but rarely, if ever, noticed by the 

 farmer; occasionally, however, the caterpillars are so numerous and de- 

 structive as to create much alarm and lead to many wild surmises as to 

 their origin. 



Unprecedented Ravages in the State of New York. 



The abundance of the caterpillars and the damage by them to the 



crops throughout the State is believed to be greater than had ever 



been observed before. Previous ravages of this insect in the State have 



been confined to limited portions, but the past year it has been destruc- 



