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cyba rosce (Harris), and for destroying it, the following are recom- 

 mended : whale-oil soap, tobacco water (made after formula given), 

 pyrethrum powder mixed with flour, and a strong stream from a garden 

 hose of cold water. The last, if used on the young larvse, is a simple 

 and effective remedy. 



The Wheat Wire Worm. (Country Gentleman, for October 22, 1896, 

 Ixi, p. 826, c. I — 21 cm.) 



Agriotes mancus (Say) was received from Torresdale, Pa., as having 

 ruined potato crops. Features of wire-worms ; the difificulty in dealing 

 with them, and their life-period. Kainit or other potash salts are 

 recommended for their destruction, also baits of poisoned clover for 

 the beetles, and late plowing for crushing the pup^e. 



Apple-Tree Borers. (Country Gentleman, for December 10, 1896, Ixi, 

 p. 949, cols. 2, 3—36 cm.) 



The borers that are infesting old trees which always drop their fruit 

 before ripening, in Pittsburg, Pa., are probably the round-headed and 

 flat-headed borers, Saperda Candida Fabr. and Lhrysobothris feniorata 

 (Fabr.). The trees may possibly be saved by proper fertilizers and 

 prevention of further attack. A soft soap and carbolic acid wash ap- 

 plied the last of May and renewed whenever needed, is a good pre- 

 ventive of egg deposit. The " Saunders Wash" of soft soap and 

 washing soda, is highly esteemed in Canada. " Dendrolene " may 

 not as yet be recommended for general use. Remedies, are cutting 

 out or crushing the borers after the methods stated. For protection 

 of young trees wrap bands of cloth or folds of newspaper around the 

 base of the trees for a foot or more. 



Notes on Some of the Insects of the Year in the State of New York. 

 (Bulletin 6, New Sen, Divis. Entomol., U. S. Dept, Agricul., 1896 

 pp. 54-61.) 



The year has been characterized by the unusual haimlessness of a 

 number of common insect pests, and the remarkable scarcity of insect 

 life with a few exceptions. Notes on the following insects are given : 

 Leucania utiipuncta, Leucauia albilinea, Anisopteryx ve7na/a, Caccecia 

 rosaceana^ Nolophana inalana, Cecidomyiid larva on choke-cherry, 

 Eup/ioria Inda, Elaphidmi villosum^ Crioceris asparagi, Macrobasis 

 Miicolor, Chinch-bug, Aspidiotus perniciosus, Kermes gallifonnis, and 

 Gossyparia ulmi. 



[See pages 307-318 of this Report (xii).] 



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

 York for the Year 1895. Albany, 1896. [Issued January 21, 1897.] 

 Pages 238, plates 16, figures 25. (Forty-ninth Report on the New 

 York State Museum, for the Year 1895. Albany, 1897 [issued in Octo- 

 Der, 1897], pp. 245, plates 16, figures 25.) 



The contents are: Introductory. Injurious Insects: Mono- 

 morium Pharaonis, the Little Red Ant. Ants in a Lawn. On 



