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St Lawrence county [C. J. Locke, Ogdensburg] — Currant 

 worms (Pteronus ribesii -Scop.) appeared May 15 and 

 larvae were at work July i. Asparagus beetles (Crioceris 

 asparagi Linn.) and the cottony maple scale (Pulvinaria 

 innumerabilis Rathv.) were observed July 10. Black flea 

 beetles (Epitrix cucumeris Harr.) are numerous and 

 striped cucumber beetles (Diabrotica vittata Fabr.) were 

 present in some numbers July i. Fall webworms (Hyphan- 

 tria textor Harr.) are rather numerous. Tussock moth larvae 

 (Hemerocampa leucostigma Abb. & Sm.) are numer- 

 ous and destructive on maples and elms. — July 28 



Suffolk county [Frank E. Lutz, Cold Spring Harbor] — San Jose 

 scale (Aspidiotus perniciosus Comst.) is greatly feared 

 in this section and is apparently becoming generally distributed. 

 The green striped grasshopper (Chortophaga viridifas- 

 c i a t a DeGeer) was taken March 20. — April 8. Hyphantria 

 textor Harr., Apantesis virgo Linn., Isia Isabella 

 Abb. & Sm. and Estigmene acraea Drury are still common 

 at the trap lantern. — June 10. Asparagus beetles (Crioceris 

 asparagi Linn, and C. duodecim -punctata Linn.) were 

 observed, the former abundant, the latter rare. Potato beetles 

 (Doryphora decim-lineata Say) occur in small numbers ; 

 the small black flea beetle (Epitrix cucumeris Harr.) is 

 abundant and destructive on tomatoes. A dipterous larva (prob- 

 ably the radish miner Anthomyia r a d i c u m Linn.) is at 

 work in radish roots. — May 24. The striped cucumber beetle 

 (Diabrotica vittata Fabr.) is fairly abundant and the fall 

 webworm moth (Hyphantria textor Harr.) is somewhat 

 numerous at lights. The small black flea beetle was so abundant 

 as to nearly destroy some petunias. The radish worms have been 

 somewhat injurious in several localities, in at least one case almost 

 destroying the crop. Rose beetles (Macrodactylus sub- 

 spinosus Fabr.) are exceedingly abundant and destructive. 

 The white marked tussock moth (Hemerocampa leuco- 

 stigma Abb. & Sm.) is reported as causing a great deal of 

 injury in Brooklyn. — July 6. Salt marsh mosquitos (Culicada 

 sollicitans Walk.) were exceedingly abundant last week, 

 though local marshes were well oiled. This is our usual end of 

 the season's invasion from the south side. — August 25 



Sullivan county [J. E. Barkley, Grahamsville] — Potato beetles 

 (Doryphora decim-lineata Say) were observed May 



