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left by the larvae trodden under foot. The American elm in Albany is 

 so far exempt from attack. 



[Extended in pages 253-264 of this Report (xii),] 



[Report on the Work of the Gypsy Moth Committee after an Examin- 

 ation made in June, 1893.] (The Gypsy Moth, Porthetria dispar 

 (Linn.) — A Report of the Work by E. H. Forbush & C. H. Fernald 

 [June], 1896, Appendix D, pp. xxxii-xxxv). 



The'pages cited contain (in part) a report made by the N. Y. State 

 Entomologist, following an examination, at the request of the Com- 

 mittee, of their operations. As the result of the examination of the 

 field and office work, and at the Insectary, nothing was found to criti- 

 cise. Liberal appropriations by the State Legislature and a continu- 

 ance of the work of the Committee were recommended. Two 

 suggestions were offered, viz.; that the entire service of the Entomol- 

 ogist, Prof. Fernald, be secured, if possible, and that the cultivation 

 of parasites be entered upon and vigorously prosecuted, somewhat on 

 the plan of which an outline is given. Possibly by this means only, 

 can extermination of the moth be efifected. 



The Elm-tree Beetle in Albany, (iVlbany Express, for July i, 1896.) 



Gives the progress of the insect up the valley of the Hudson river 

 since its appearance at Newburg, N. Y., in 1879, until its invasion of 

 Albany in 1892 ; also, its slow spread in Albany and best methods for 

 its destruction. 



Rose Bugs. (Gardening, for July i, 1896, iv, p. 311, c. 2 — 11 cm.) 



A correspondent, Mrs. Chrisman, states that rose-bugs may usually 

 be traced to a hatching ground, where they could be killed by the 

 application of a few sacks of salt. The editor requests comment on 

 the above. It is given to the eff'ect that the correspondent has un- 

 doubtedly been successful in tracing the rose-bugs in her neighborhood 

 to a common hatching ground in a swamp, and draining the locality is 

 suggested as a remedy for the continued breeding. Salt, as suggested, 

 may prove effectual, and it would be well to experiment with it. 



Tenth Report on the Injurious and Other Insects of the State of New 

 York for the Year 1894. Albany, 1895. [Issued July 8, 1896.] 

 Pages 297, plates 4, figures 24. (Forty-eighth Report on the New York 

 State Museum, for the year 1894. Albany, 1895, pp. 297, plates 4, 

 figs. 24.) 



The contents are : Transmittal. Injurious Insects, etc.: Ants 

 on Fruit-Trees. Derostenus sp ? Operations against the Gypsy-Moth in 

 Massachusetts. Gortyna immanis, the Hop Vine Grub. Gortynacata- 

 phracta, as a Raspberry-cane borer. Collections in the Adirondack 

 Mountains in 1893. Sitotroga cerealella, the Grain-Moth. Diplosis 

 pyrivora, the Pear-Midge. Notes on Sciara. Sciara coprophila, the 

 Manure-Fly. Sciara caldaria, the Greenhouse Sciara. Phora agarici, 



