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the beetles often eat holes in the sprouts. The eggs of C. duodecim- 

 punctata. L., are laid singly on the old and fruiting plants. The larvae 

 are not important as destroyers of the foliage, as they feed chiefly 

 on the berries. This beetle is particularly destructive where plants 

 are grown for seed. In the early summer the adults feed on the tender 

 shoots, and later on the leaves and bark of the stems. The life-history 

 is very similar to that of C. asparagi, and there are probably the same 

 number of generations a year. The natural enemies of these beetles 

 include the Coccinellids, Ceratomegilla fuscilabris, Muls., and Hippo- 

 damia convergens, Guer., Podisus maculivcnttis, Say (spined soldier 

 bug), Stiretnis anchorago, F. (bordered soldier bug), Polistes pallipes. 

 Lep., Ischnura posita. Hagen, and Tetrastichus asparagi, Crawf. 



If chickens or ducks are allowed the run of the asparagus bed from 

 the beginning of the season, no other remedial measures will be required. 

 In small garden areas hand-picking and dusting with air-slaked lime 

 or pyrethrum is advocated. The larvae may also be knocked off 

 with a strong spray from a garden hose. To prevent defoUation of 

 the plants the adults may be destroyed after the cutting season by 

 spraying with lead arsenate. A strong mixture should be used con- 

 taining at least 6 lb. of paste to 50 U.S. gals, water. Dusts should 

 be applied when the plants are wet from the dew or rain. 



The scale-insects recorded are Toumeyelhi liyiodendri, Gmel. (tulip 

 tree scale), occurring throughout the State on tulip trees; Pulvinaria 

 vitis, L. (cottony maple scale) ; Chionaspis pinifoliae. Fitch (pine leaf 

 scale) ; Eulecanium [Lecanium) nigrofasciatum, Perg. (terrapin scale), 

 occurring on maple, peach, plum, cherry, apple, quince, Crataegus, 

 sycamore, Carolina poplar, olive, blueberry, spice bush and Bumelia ; 

 and C. euonymi, Comst., infesting Euonymus, orange, Althaea and 

 bitter sweet ( Celastnis scandens) . Some information is given concerning 

 the distribution of these scales in Connecticut, the injury caused by 

 them, and the natural enemies recorded by various authors. 



Henierophila pariana, Clerck (apple and thorn skeletoniser) appears 

 to be very much more widely distributed in Connecticut than was at 

 first supposed. The Tachinid, Exorista pyste, Wlk., was reared from 

 the pupa. Trees should be sprayed with lead arsenate, but the applica- 

 tions will probably have to be made late in the season so that the poison 

 is not washed ofi before the late brood begins to feed. 



Other insects recorded during the year are tent caterpillars, apple 

 Aphids, Cydia [Laspeyresia) molesta. Busck (Oriental peach moth), 

 Aegeria [Synanthedon) exitiosa, Say (peach borer), Alsophila ponietaria, 

 Harr. (fall canker worm), Aspidiotiis perniciosus, Comst. (San Jose 

 scale), Eidia velutinana, Wlk. (red-banded leaf-roller), Enarmonia 

 prunivora, Walsh (lesser apple worm), Paratctranychns pilosits. Can. & 

 Fanz. (European red mite), Rhagoletispomonella, Walsh (apple maggot), 

 Lygidea mendax. Rent, (false apple red bug), Syntomaspis druparum, 

 Boh. (apple seed Chalcid), discovered for the first time in the State, 

 gipsy moth [Porthetria dispar, L.), Argyresthia thuiella. Pack, (arbor- 

 vitae leaf-miner), Monar thro palpus buxi, Lab. (box leaf-miner), 

 Lepidosaphes ulmi, L. (oyster-shell scale), Chcrmes ahietis, Kalt. 

 (spruce gall Aphid) — which may be controlled in nurseries by clipping 

 and burning the galls as soon as noticed, spraying in the autumn 

 also being effective — wireworms, Phorhia brassicae, Bch. (cabbage 

 maggot), Brevicoryne brassicae, L. (cabbage aphis). Aphis pseudo- 

 brassicae, Davis (turnip aphis), Macrosiphum solanifolii, Ashm. (potato 

 aphis), and Lachnosterna [Phyllophaga) spp. 



