TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



INTRODUCTION i 



Delay in printing report, i. But few new insect attacks since 

 last report, i. Mamestra picta attack in St. Lawrence county, i. 

 Non-reappearance of the vagabond Crambus and of the corn- 

 worm in 1882, 2. Extension and injuries of the clover-seed 

 midge in Ontario, 2. Extended distribution of the punctured 

 clover-leaf weevil, and its abundance in Buffalo, N. Y., 3. Dimi- 

 nution of the Colorado potato-beetle, 3. Injuries from the 

 white-grub, 3. The ocurrence of the winter grasshopper, 4. The 

 appearance of the chinch-bug in northern New York, 4. The 

 figures introduced in this report, 4. 



NOTES OF VARIOUS INSECT ATTACKS 



A saw-fly attack upon pear-trees, 5. Peach-tree attacks : the 

 peach-tree borer ; diptei'ous larvee ; curculio in the peach ; a 

 fungus on the peach-tree, 5-7. Apple-tree attack by the canker- 

 worm: its extensive range; birds that prey upon it, 7; climbing 

 habit of the female moth; tar and tin bands for arresting the 

 moth, 8; an improved tin protector; killing the larvae, 9. A 

 gooseberry fruit-worm, 10. Insects and fungus on quinces: the 

 quince curculio and the apple-worm ; food-habits of the curculio; 

 transformations and injuries, 11; remedies; apple-worms in the 

 quinces; a fungus attack, 12; a fungus-feeding ^y\ remedy for 

 the fungus, 13. The plum weevil attacking apples, 13. Phy- 

 tonomus punctatus feeding upon beans, 14. The " Frenching ' 

 of corn, 15: frenching resulting from insect attack, 15; the in- 

 sect probabh' Sphenophorus sculptilis ; the attack and how to 

 prevent it, 16. The bed-bug infesting a library, 16; life-history 

 and remedies, 17, 18; Psylla buxi upon box at West Farms, N. 

 Y., 18. An aphis attack upon roots of peach-trees, 19; pro- 

 nounced Myziis ccrasi, 19; perhaps a root form of M. persiccc, 20; 

 remedial measures for the aphis, 21. Pulvinaria innumerabilis on 

 grape, 22. An apple attack, 23. 



REMEDIES AND PREVENTIVES 24 



Coal ashes for the currant-worm, 24. A carbolic wash for the 

 peach-tree borer, 24, 25. Pyrethrum for the cabbage-worm, 26. 



