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Gloomy scale (Chri/soiupJinlus teiichricosiis Comst.). 



West Indian peach scah^ {Dia^jtis pcntdf/oiia Tars.). 



Scurfy scale (CJiion.aspi.'^ fiirfni-a Fitch). 



Euonyiuus scale (CJiioiiasitis CKOinjnii Conist.). 



Oyster-shell scale (LcpidosapJics ulmi Linn.). 



Peach scale (Eiilecanitiiii posicw Fab.). 



Plum Lecanium {Eu'ecanhtm pnniustrl Fonsc. ). 



I'ine Chermes (Chennes prnicorticis Fitch). 



Strawberry root-aphis (Aphis forbesi Weed). 



Black peach aphis (Aphis persiccr-niger Erwin Smith). 



Woolly apple aphis (>^chiz(m-'ura loirifirra Ilnusm.). 



Pear Psylla (Psylla pyvi Linn.). 



LEPIDOPTERA. 



Gypsy moth (J'o)tJirtria di'^par Linn.). 



Brown-tail moth ( Eiipro'iis chr}if<ur)hcru Liim.). 



Canker-wornjs (Palcarrila lernata Peck; Alsophila pomctarki Harr.). 



Fall webworm (Hi/phfuitria ciinca Drury). 



Apple-tree tent-caterpilhir (Malacosoiiia (iiiici-icoiKi Harris). 



COI.EOPTERA. 



Cotton boll weevil (AiitJioiionnis {/raiidis Boh.). 

 Sinuate pear borer (Afji'ilvs siiniaius Ol.). 

 Imported willow borer {Cryptorhiinchns Uipaliii Linn.). 

 Strawberry crown-borer (Tiih/tlo'uia fratiar'ur Riley). 



When it is stated that of this list only the San Jose scale is common 

 to all States which have enacted laws for insect control, the diversity 

 of the requirements of the different States is plain. In a country so 

 diverse, climatically and industrially, as ours the legislation adopted 

 must needs be more or less dissimilar, but the lack of uniformity in 

 legislation of this character greatly interferes with the attainment of 

 results the accomplishment of which has been the principal excuse 

 for its establishment. The principal exciting cause of the enactment 

 of law^s has been and still is the control of the San Jose scale, and tho 

 hasty manner in Avhicli many of these were called into existence fol- 

 lowing the discovery of this pest in the East must be largely held 

 responsible for their present diversity. 



A crisis of a somewhat similar character is now facing the cotton 

 growers of the South, and several States have made provision for the 

 restriction of the cotton boll weevil. There has, however, l)een a 

 notable improvement in the details of this work, in that the entomolo- 

 gists of the several States interested haA^e agreed on a certain uni- 

 formity in the measures to be adopted which will add much to their 

 possible effectiveness. 



A most stupendous attempt at insect control is now being contem- 

 plated by the State of Texas, designed to reduce injury from the 

 cotton boll weevil by the enforced adoption of certain radical changes 

 in the agricultural practices of their cotton planters. The extent 



