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cabbage fields. One farmer reports a loss of 6000 plants on three 
acres. The complaint is very general in this section. June 20. A 
webworm [? Tetralopha] is very abundant on maple, elm and 
other forest trees in the vicinity of Dansville, though not so 
numerous as last year. Sep. 20. 
Orange county (J. M. Dolph, Port Jervis)-— Very few injurious 
insects have appeared this year. Even plant lice are relatively 
scarce; and the appletree tent caterpillar [Clisiocampa 
americana Fabr.] has almost entirely disappeared. There 
has been comparative freedom from insect pests this year, which 
may possibly be attributed to the cold, wet weather. The aver- 
age temperature in this section for July and August 1901 was 
74.2° while the average for the same months this year was 69.2°, 
a decrease during the past season of 5°. Sep. 3. 
Queens county (C. L. Allen, Floral Park)— Colorado potato 
bectles [Doryphora 10-lineata Say] have been conspicu- 
ous by their absence, and not one farmer in ten has had occasion 
to use paris green for the purpose of controlling them. Not a 
cabbage worm [Pieris rapae Linn.] has been seen. The 
heavy rains of April killed all the butterflies, and now we see 
only one or two. The season has been marked by an almost 
entire absence of the more common insect pests. Oct. 3. 
Rensselaer county (W. ©. Hitchcock, Pittstown)— The apple- 
tree tent caterpillars [Clisiocampa americana Fabr.] 
are abundant and very destructive, since the foliage is backward 
and their ravages are more apparent. They do not seem to have 
been injured in the slightest by the late frost. Plum curculio 
[Conotrachelus nenuphar Herbst.] pupae are unusually 
abundant in the soil about the trees. May 23. Asparagus beetles 
[Crioceris asparagi Linn.] are abundant. Apples are 
nearly all dropping on account of the worms. [Probably the 
codling moth larva, Carpocapsa pomonella_  Linn.] 
Aug. 18. One mantis [Mantis religiosa Linn.] was found 
nearly grown on Sep. 28, and a neighbor who saw it stated that 
she had observed several of them. Sep. 30. 
Rockland county (S. B. Huested, Blauvelt)— The corn worm 
[Chelymorpha argus Licht.] appears to be doing consider- 
able damage. The fall webworm [Hyphantria textor 
Harris] is quite plentiful in this section. Colorado potato beetles 
