University of the State of New York 

New York State Museum 
Freperick J. H. Merrivy Director 
Eruraim Porter Feit State Entomologist 
Bulletin 64 
ENTOMOLOGY. 17 
{8th REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST 
1902 
To the Regents of the University of the State of New York 
I have the honor of presenting herewith my report on the 
injurious and other insects in the State of New York for the year 
ending Oct. 15, 1902. 
General entomologic features. The season of 1902 was com- 
paratively poor for the development of many insects, and as a 
consequence relatively few species destructive to staple crops 
were brought to notice. The elm leaf beetle, Galerucella 
luteola Mill., has continued its ravages in the Hudson river 
valiey, is gradually extending its range, and is worthy of particu- 
lar mention because of its having become established in force 
at Schenectady and Saratoga Springs. The white marked 
tussock moth, Notolophus leucostigma Abb. & Sm., is 
a well known pest of city shade trees, and serious depredations 
by it have been recorded from time to time. Thousands of horse 
chestnuts in the vicinity of Buffalo were practically defoliated . 
by this insect during the past season, and it is not improbable 
that the same would have been true of other cities in the western 
part of the State had it not been for persistent efforts to check 
the insect in earlier years. The fall webworm, Hyphantria 
textor Harris, is a common pest which is generally destructive 
to many trees. It was unusually abundant and injurious in the 
southern part of the State, particularly in Orange county, and 
also to a lesser extent in some of the western counties. The 
black banded Lecanium, Lecanium nigrofasciatum 
