REPORT OF STATE ENTOMOLOGIST 1899 WG) 
already been asked for by the Oswego county fair. A neat little vest 
pocket catalogue of 28 pages briefly describes the insects, with treatment, 
which is worthy of careful preservation and study.—Country gentleman, 
14 Sep. p.738 
Another evidence of the value of the collection as an educator is found 
in the more recent request from F, E. Dawley, director of farmers insti- 
tutes, that these insects be exhibited at a number of institutes in connec- 
tion with a lecture. The catalogue is republished below in order to give 
a fuller idea of the scope and character of the exhibit. 
FRUIT TREE INSECTS 
1 Apple tree tent caterpillar (Clisiocampa americana). 
Conspicuous web tents in forks of apple and cherry trees contain hairy 
caterpillars with a white stripe along the back. Cocoons spun the last of 
May, the light brown moths flying in June. Eggs, in belts encircling the 
smaller twigs, remain unhatched till spring. 
Treatment: remove and destroy eggs or young in nests. Spray foliage 
of infested trees with poison in early spring. 
2 Cigar case bearer (Coleophora fletcherella). Small 
caterpillars in cigar shaped cases feeding on buds and foliage of apple. 
Treatment: spray infested trees with poison in early spring. 
3 Pistol case bearer (Coleophora malivorella). Small 
caterpillars in pistol shaped cases feeding on the young leaves and 
opening flowers of the apple. 4 
Treatment: spray infested trees with the poison in early spring. 
4 Apple leaf Bucculatrix (Bucculatrix pomifoliella). 
White, ribbed cocoons about ¥ in. long may be seen in clusters on 
smaller limbs of infested trees. The small larvae mine the leaves and 
later feed externally. 
Treatment: spray infested foliage with poison in early June. 
5 Rose beetle (Macrodactylus subspinosus). Greenish 
yellow beetles about 36 in. long appear in swarms in May and attack 
the foliage of various trees and vines. 
Treatment: spray beetles with 1% pound whale oil soap to r gal. 
water, dust vines with ashes, etc.; handpicking. 
6<Apple tree’ borer (Saperda candida): ° “Sawdust” of 
diseased bark and beneath the latter, legless, white, round headed borers. 
The brown beetles, striped with white, about 1 in. long, occur from June 
to August. 
