REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST 367 



The species is often very destructive in Europe wiiere it is known as 

 the American blight. The wide distribution of the insect is briefly- 

 stated. Kerosene emulsion, hot water, soap solution, tobacco water 

 or dust, or bisulfid of carbon are the remedies advised. 



Arsenic and animals. (Country gentleman. June 10, 1897. 62 : 454, 



col. 3, 5 cm) 



Inquiry is made from Warren, Va., if the drippings from trees 



sprayed with arsenites would injure live stock feeding on the grass 



beneath. In reply it is stated that if the spraying is properly dune 

 neither the grass nor hay from such localities will be injurious. 



Apple-tree aphis. (Country gentleman. June 17, 1897. 62 : 470, col. i, 

 5 cm) 



An aphis attack, sent from Watervliet, Mich., is that of Aphis mali 

 Serious injury from this insect is usually prevented if heavy rains 

 occur, as have recently fallen in New York and neighboring states. 



Carpet beetles. (Country gentleman. June 17, 1897. 62 : 470, col. 

 2, 6 cm) 



Insects sent from Poughkeepsie, N. Y., where they are infesting 

 Spiraea, are the carpet beetle, Anthrenus scrophiilariae^ which are often 

 found at this season abundantly on the flowers of several of the 

 species of Spiraea, in addition to the one submitted, which is S. ro- 

 tundifolia. 



Grain weevil. (Country gentleman. June 24, 1897. 62 : 486, col. 2, 

 8 cm) 



A correspondent from Nazareth, Pa , inquiring if any plant could 

 be strewn among unthreshed grain to protect it from weevil, is 

 answered that no such plant is known, but a French agricultural paper 

 has stated that grain weevils could be attracted from a grain bin to a 

 tub of aniseed, and soon killed after contact with it. 



Wire-worms. (Country gentleman, June 24, 1897. 62 : 486, col. 2-3, 

 X5 cm) 



To an inquiry from Elmira, N. Y., for prevention of wire-worms in 

 cabbage-roots, recommendation is made of carbon bisulfid poured in 

 holes near the plants. Kerosene emulsion might drive them from the 

 plants. Reference is made to notices of wire-worms in the Country 

 gentleman. 



Long-sting. (Country gentleman. July i, 1897. 62: 506, col. 3, 8 cm) 



An insect received from Racket River, N. Y., found in a granary, is 

 the ' black long-sting,' Thalessa afrata Fabr. Some of the characters 

 of the insect, its general features, and tiie use of its long ovipositor are 

 given. 



