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nolia and other northern localities named have not hitherto been 

 embraced within the zone as mapped, but they in all probability should 

 be. This zone limitation, if it be established, will allay the fear of 

 several of the more injurious insect pests becoming destructive over a. 

 large portion of the State of New York. Its limitation of the Saa 

 Jose scale spread is stated, and it may finally control the Gypsy Moth. 

 The air-slacked lime remedy for the beetle is given. 



[See pages 1 77-181 of this Report (xi). 



The Pear Midge. (Country Gentleman, for June 13, 1895, Ix, p. 456, 

 cols. 2, 3 — 16 cm.) 



Pears infested with the larvae of Diplosis pyrivora are received 

 from Millbrook, N. Y., where the attack is said to be new. The 

 nature of the attack, and the history of the pest in this country, are 

 given. No method is known for preventing the infestation of the fruit. 

 The remedies are, destroying the infested fruit, or killing the insect 

 after it has entered the ground, as given in detail in the 8th Report on 

 the Insects of New York. 



Pear Midge Again. (Country Gentleman, for June 20, 1895, Ix, p. 472^ 

 cols. I, 2 — ID cm.) 



An attack on young pears from Poughkeepsie, N. Y., is recognized 

 as that of the pear-midge. The larvae at this time have left the fruit 

 and entered the ground. The remedies for this insect and other partic- 

 ulars are given on page 456 of this volume of the Country Gentleman. 



A New Maple-Tree Insect. (Country Gentleman, for June 27, 1895, Ix, 

 pp. 484-5, cols. 4, I — 21 cm.) 



The stems of maple leaves sent from Concordville, Pa., are found to 

 be burrowed by the larva of a Tortricid moth, named Steganoptycha 

 Claypoliana. The history of the species, its life-history in brief, and a 

 preventive of the attack, are given. It does noi promise to prove a 

 serious pest, as it does not spread rapidly. 



Plum Tree Scale. (Country Gentleman, for June 27, 1895, Ix, p. 485, c. 

 I — II cm.) 



A scale on six-year old plum trees in East Hartford, N. Y., is 

 what is now regarded (with some doubt) as Lecanium jitglandlfex Fitch. 

 It was first noticed, in Western New York, last year. The remedies 

 are, scraping off the scales on sheets early in the year, and spraying 

 with an insecticide at the hatching of the eggs in June. 



The Elm-Leaf Beetle. (Albany Evening Journal, for July 20, 1895, 

 p. 3, c. 1 — 23 cm.) 



The insect has invaded Albany in force. Large numbers of the pupae 

 were found, July 15th, at the base of elms on Hawk street, with larvae 

 ready for pupation, and beetles already emerged. Features for recog- 



