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the Mushroom Phora. Agrikis rufioollis, the Gouty-Gall Beetle. 

 Anomala lucicola, the Light-loving Grapevine Beetle. Anomala mar- 

 ginata, the Margined Anomala. Diabrotica vittata, the Striped 

 Cucumber Beetle. Dibolia borealis, a Plantain-Leaf Miner. Otiorhyn- 

 chus ovatus, the Ovate Snout-Beetle. Conotrachelus crataegi, the 

 Quince Curculio. The Seventeen-Year Locust in the State of New 

 York in 1894. Psylla pyricola, the Pear- Tree Psylla. Remarkable 

 abundance of Aphides or Plant-Lice in 1893. Are Aphides Eaten by 

 Spiders ? Pentatoma juniperina, the Juniper Plant-Bug. Leptocoris 

 trivittatus, the Box-elder Plant-Bug. The Grasshopper Plague in 

 Western New York. Julus caeruleocinctus, with Associated Potato- 

 Scab. Mites Attacking Mushrooms. Mites Infesting Potatoes. 

 Tyroglyphus Lintneri, a Mushroom-Infesting Mite. Phytoptus pyri, 

 the Pear-Leaf Blister-Mite. Appendix. (A) The Scorpion-Flies; 

 Panorpa rufescens; Bittacus strigosus. (B) List of Dates 

 OF Collections of Lepidoptera (Heterocera). (C) List of 

 Publications of the Entomologist. (D) Entomological Pub- 

 lications OF J. A. Lintner, 1862-1869. (E) Contributions to 

 the Department in 1893. (F) Contributions to the Depart- 

 ment in 1894. (G) Classified list of Insects noticed in Reports 

 I-X. (H) Errata (Additional) in Preceding Reports. Index 

 to Reports I-X. 



The Army Worm Invasion. (The Argus [Albany, N. Y.], for July 8, 

 1S96, p. 8, c. 3—28 cm.; the same, in part, in New York Recorder, for 

 July 15, 1896 — 18 cm.; Country Gentleman, for July 16, 1896, Ixi, p. 

 552, c. I — 24 cm.; Rome Sentinel, for July 17, 1896 — 12 cm. ; Circu- 

 lar of the Department of Agriculture of the State of New York.) 



The army-worm appears in Washington County, N. Y., the first 

 week in July, and in other localities near Albany, in immense numbers 

 and quite injurious. Crushing them and ditching to arrest their pro- 

 gress is recommended, also spraying narrow strips in advance of their 

 march with Paris green. Its injuries will soon cease. None of its 

 parasites seen as yet. 



[Extended in pages 190-214 of this Report (xii).] 



Wire Worm. (Country Gentleman, for July 9, 1896, Ixi, p, 540, cols, i, 

 2-13 cm.) 



Examples sent from Hackeltstown, N. J., where they have been 

 quite injurious to corn, are identified as wire-worms and their gener- 

 al characters given. No entirely effective remedy for them has been 

 found. Kainit is said to be a remedy. Salt is of doubtful value. 

 Plowing in the autumn and attracting to baits recommended. 



The Army Worm Invasion. (New York Daily Tribune, for Saturday, 

 July 18, 1896 — 57 cm.) 



The presence of the army worm \Leiicania unipunctd\ in eastern 

 New York. The caterpillars unusually abundant and destructive. 

 Lime, plaster, rolling the ground, ditching, etc., recommended. No> 



