REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST 1902 145 
an appletree. _Cankerworms have also appeared. June 11. The 
cottony mapletree scale insect has increased largely in numbers 
in the last few weeks. Colorado potato beétles are doing very 
little damage this summer. This is probably due to the excessive 
wet weather, which has also prevented grasshopper eggs from 
‘hatching. Only three or four nests of the appfetree tent cater- 
pillar have been met with. Flies are quite numerous on cattle 
[probably the horn fly ? Haematobia serrata Robs. Desv.], 
and the wet weather does rot seem to affect then much. The 
codling moth [Carpocapsa pomonella Linn.] has dam- 
aged the appie crop to quite an extent. July 22. Fall webworms 
[Hyphantria textor Harris] appeared on our apple and 
forest trees the last week of July. Grasshoppers are quite abun- 
dant in some sections, and squash bugs are not as numerous as 
last year. The excessive wet weather has prevented serious in- 
juries by grasshoppers, though they have worked on heads of 
grain to a considerable extent. Aug. 12. 
Chemung county (M. H. Beckwith, Elmira)— The currant saw- 
fly [Pteronus ribesii Scop.] appeared on gooseberries May 
2, though not in such large numbers as usual. Appletree tent- 
caterpillars [Clisiocampa americana Fabr.] are very 
abundant again this season. Colorado potato beetles [Dory- 
phora 10-line ata Say] are not found in any numbers at the 
present date. The excessively cold weather appears to be holding 
insects in check to a great extent. May 28. The second brood 
of the currant sawfly has appeared on the leaves, though it is not 
usually found till the fruit is nearly ripe. Cutworms are very 
abundant in tobacco fields and are necessitating a large amount 
of resetting of plants where they have been destroyed. June 16. 
Potato beetles are not so abundant as last year, and the larvae 
or grubs appear to have been held in check by the unusually cold, 
wet weather. The same appears to have been true of most of our 
destructive insects, though grasshoppers are quite numerous in 
meadows and pastures. July 17. 
Dutchess county (H. D. Lewis, Annandale)— Injurious insects 
have been unusually scarce up to date. Colorado potato beetles 
[Doryphora 10-lineata Say] are present in sinall numbers, 
and no elm leaf beetles [Galerucella luteola Miill.] have 
