REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST 1 904 423 



New York Entomologic Service. Coiintry Gentleman, June 9, 1904, 



69:544'' 



Summaries of reports. 

 In the Chautauqua Grape Belt. Country Gentleman, Jime 9, 1904, 



69:544*° 



Present conditions with observations on experimental work against the 

 grape root worm, Fidia viticida Walsh. 

 Insect Depredations. Country Gentleman, June 9, 1904, 69:549 



573 



Injuries due to devoting large areas to single crops, to improving plants 

 for food and indirectly making them more attractive to insects, continu- 

 ous growing of a crop on the same field. Methods of control are clean 

 culture, rotation of crops, encouraging natural enemies. Several of the 

 more important insecticides are briefly discussed under preventive measures, 

 followed by a general summary. 

 Cultivation for the Destruction of Fidia. Grape Belt, June 14, 



1904, p. 7 



Advises cultivation shortly after the 13th or 14th on light soil for destruc- 

 tion of Fidia viticida Walsh. 

 Owl Beetle. Country Gentleman, June 16, 1904, 69:560*' 



Characteristics and habits of beetle and larva of Alaus oculatus 

 Linn. 

 New York Entomologic Service, Country Gentleman, June 16, 



1904, 69:561" 



Summary of reports from voluntary observers. 

 Driving Away Bees. Coimtry Gentleman, June 16, 1904, 69:571" 



Methods of driving out and killing bees established in house walls. 

 New York Entomologic Service. Country Gentleman, June 23, 



1904, 69:584" 



Summary of reports. 

 Sugar Maple Borer. Country Gentleman, June 23, 1904, 69:597 ' 



Remedial measures and observations on cutting out grubs of P 1 a g i o - 

 notus speciosus Say. 

 A Julus. Country Gentleman, June 23, 1904, 69:597" 



Remedies for Julus caeruleocinctus Wood. 

 Time to Get Out Beetle Catchers. Grape Belt, June 28, 1904, p. 7 



Advice relative to the operation of beetle catchers and spraying for Fidia 

 viticida Walsh. 

 New York Entomologic Service. Country Gentleman, June 30, 



1904, 69:606*' 



Summary of reports. 

 Importance of Laboratory and Field Work in Economic Entomology. 



Reprint from 17th An. Conv. Ass'n Am. Agric Coll. &Exp, Sta. 



Proc. U. S. Dep't Agric. Exp. Sta, Bui. 142 



Observations on the importance of correlating and checking results by 

 employing field as well as laboratory cages. 



