148 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 
Greene county (O. Q. Flint, Athens)— The forest tent cater- 
pillar [Clisiocampa disstria Hiibn.] appears to be carry- 
ing its destructive work eastward, leaving infested territory after 
two to four years’ depredations. June 25. 
Herkimer county (George S. Graves, Newport)—— The currant 
sawfly [Ptero nus ribesii Scop.] was observed on bushes 
May 23 and had evidently been feeding for about a week. Pistol 
case-bearers [Coleophora malivorella Riley] are abun- 
dant in some orchards, while the appletree tent caterpillar 
[Glisiocampa americana Fabr.] is relatively scarce as 
yet. The currant aphis [Myzus ribis Linn.] is not. very 
plentiful, though it appeared shortly after the currant leaves. 
Bumblebees are very abundant this season. May 29. The Col- 
orado potato beetle [Doryphora 10-lineata Say] appeared 
May 31, and farmers report it as being unusually abundant. 
Plantain leaves have been eaten by the same insect [probably 
Dibolia borealis Chey.], as for the last three years. 
The striped cucumber beetle [Diabrotica vittata Fabr.] 
was recently found on potato vines in my garden, and a neighbor 
reports a large number of them on his potatoes. The larvae of the 
elm flea beetle [Disonycha triangularis Say] appears 
to be quite injurious to elms throughout this section, and signs of 
their work were observed in the city of Utica. Grasshoppers are 
not very abundant as yet. June 12. The spiny elm caterpillar 
[Huvanessa antiopa Linn.] has been feeding on alders to 
a considerable extent. The eggs of the praying mantis [Mantis 
religiosa Linn.]| appear to be hatching. June 22. The first 
grubs of the Colorado potato beetle were observed June 23. The 
forest tent caterpillar [Clisiocampa disstria Hibn.] 
is extremely rare, but one larva. having been observed this year, 
though it is reported as being very abundant at Gravesville, 7 
miles north. Grasshoppers are not numerous. The cold weather 
seems to have checked the development of many insects. The 
spiny elm caterpillars are devouring the foliage .of wayside 
bushes. June 27. Rose beetles [Macrodactylus subs pi- 
nosuSs Fabr.] have been and are still very destructive, to plants 
in the local cemetery. Besides depredating on hydrangeas and 
rosebushes, they have nearly defoliated a large Virginia creeper 
and are now working on the lower leaves of a large elm tree. 
