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were surprised at finding the large cicada-killer, Sphecius 
speciosus Drury, comparatively abundant. 
Another southern species, Polyphylla variolosa Hentz, 
was found at Karner Aug. 4, 1902, by Mr Young. The specimen 
was dead, but in a good state of preservation, and was evidently 
native. This southern species has not, to our knowledge, been 
taken so far north in this state at least. 
Another interesting capture was that of Cincindela 
punctulata Fabr, which was taken at Albany Aug. 4, 1902, 
by Mr Young. 
The notes regarding the various species mentioned below have 
been grouped under convenient heads, as last year, so they may 
be of greater service to parties interested in the more practical 
aspect of this work. 
Fruit tree pests 
Appletree tent caterpillar, Clisiocampa americana Fabr. 
This species is annually more or less destructive in various sec- 
tions of the State, and the season of 1902 has proved no exception 
to the general rule. Accounts of some severe injuries have been 
received from certain counties, and in others relatively little 
damage has been inflicted. Something out of the ordinary and 
worthy of record is reported by Mr J. F. Rose, of South Byron, 
who states that this common pest was extremely rare in Genesee 
county, and attributes the scarcity to the large number of way- 
side bushes killed by mice, which girdled them while protected by 
the heavy snows of last winter. The injury by mice was so ex- 
tensive that almost every bush for considerable distances along 
the highway was killed in this manner; and the young cater- 
pillars hatching from eggs on these bushes perished from lack of 
food. 
Forest tent caterpillar, Clisiocampa disstria Hiibn. The 
severe injuries to forest trees by this pest during the past four 
or five years have been gradually decreasing, and areas where the 
insect has been extremely destructive in earlier seasons have 
suffered comparatively little. The zone of greatest damage is 
apparently moving eastward in the case of Greene county. Some 
damage was inflicted on maple and orchard trees in eastern 
Greene and western Columbia counties during the past season, 
but the depredations generally speaking were ‘not nearly so 
