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americana] are quite numerous. The pear psylla[P. pyricolal] 
is doing much damage. Colorado potato beetles [Doryphora to- 
lineata] are awaiting the appearance of the plants. May 31. Green 
aphis has been quite bad on fruit trees, specially apple. Cucumber flea 
beetle [E pitrix cucumeris| has been very destructive to tomatoes 
and is doing some injury to potatoes. June 7. Attacks of currant saw 
fly [Pteronus ribesii] have been comparatively light. Green 
fruit worms [X ylina species] cause considerable complaint. Plum 
curculio [Conotrachelus nenuphar] isunusually bad. Forest 
tent caterpillar [Clisiocampa disstria] has been inflicting some 
injury on both fruit and forest trees. June 14. Green aphis is very bad 
in places Striped cucumber beetles [Diabrotica vittata] have 
made their appearance the past week for the first time this season. 
June 21. Potato beetle inflicting little injury. June 27. White grubs 
are doing considerable harm in newly set strawberry beds. Stalk borer 
[Hydroecia nitela] occurs in small numbers in potato vines. 
Both codling moth |[Carpocapsa pomonella| and plum cur- 
culio are unusually abundant. July 22. Fall web worms [Hy phan- 
tria cunea| are very scarce, cabbage worms are rather bad. Tomato 
worms [Phlegethontius celeus] are found occasionally, but 
are not causing much damage. Aug. 9. Considerable damage has been 
done by the second brood of the codling moth. Found a few asparagus 
beetle [Crioceris asparagi] larvae. White grubs are still 
destructive to young strawberry plants. Potato beetle remaining in 
numbers unusually late. Peach tree borer [Sanninoidea exit- 
iosa]| doing considerable damage. Sep. 20. 
Queens county (C. L. Allen, Floral Park) —Colorado potato beetles 
[Doryphora ro-lineata] are just beginning to appear, all of 
two weeks later than usual; the vines were fully eight inches high before 
the first beetle was noticed. Cabbage butterfly, Pieris rapae, is 
now plentiful. The cabbage looper, Plusia brassicae, has not 
appeared. The asparagus beetle [Crioceris asparagi] is a 
most serious pest and never before was so plentiful. May 31. Apple 
tree aphis [A. mali] is very bad in young orchards. June 5. 
Potatoes badly infested with the cucumber flea beetle [ Epitrix 
cucumeris | and unless we have rain at once the crop will be ruined. 
June 8. Potato beetle is now very troublesome. June 22. An aphis 
{Nectarophora destructor Johns. | has destroyed the pea 
crop in this section, One market gardener lost 20 acres, another 14, 
not a pea was picked from either. Potato beetle was never before so 
