144 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 
VOLUNTARY ENTOMOLOGIC. SERVICE OF NEW YORK 
STATE 
The work of the jiast three years has been continued, and a 
number of observations have been added to previous records. The 
exceedingly unfavorabie season, as noted on the preceding page, 
has interfered with the reception of the usual number of reports. 
Thirty voluntary observers were appointed during the season, 
and but 19 of them rendered reports. This is largely due to the 
general scarcity of injurious insects, which led a number of 
observers to conclude that there was comparatively little worthy 
of record. It will be noted that the following reports contain a 
considerable number of negative statements. These are of value 
as emphasizing observations on the marked scarcity of different 
species. The almost universal comments on cold, unseasonable 
weather seem to warrant the conclusion that the relative absence 
of insect life was due to adverse climatic conditions. 
Summaries of reports from voluntary observers 
The scientific names, or other matter, inserted in brackets in- 
dicate determinations or information supplied by the entomol- 
ogist, and the other names are presumably correct except where 
questioned. The date given after the record is that of the writing 
of the record, except in a few instances where this was absent, 
and the date of reception was inserted. The latter is from one 
to two days later than that of the original record. 
Cattaraugus county (C. E. Eldredge, Leon)— Appletree tent 
caterpillars [Clisiocampa americana Fabr.] appeared 
May 23, and the appletree bark louse [Mytilaspis pomorum 
Bouché] is quite abundant on some trees. A few years ago 
bumblebees were very abundant in this section, but now we 
seldom see them. May 28. Colorado potato beetles [Dory- 
phora 10-lineata Say] appeared May 31. The looper cater- 
pillar has been very abundant on beech and mapletrees. A few 
specimens of the cottony mapletree scale insect [Pulvinaria 
innumerabilis Rathv.] have appeared on maples, and 
another scale (Lecanium ? quercitronis) was found on 
ironwood leaves that had withered on the branch. A specimen 
of the larva of Notolophus ? antiqua Linn. was found on 
