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ravages in some of these localities may have been caused by the forest 
tent caterpillar, Céstocampa disstria Hiibn. 
I have found no record of serious injury to maples by this species, 
though Dr H. G. Dyar, in a recent letter identifying the insect, informs 
me that it is somewhat injurious to soft maples at Bellport, Long Island, 
but that they were less common than usual the present season. ‘This 
insect, or closely allied species, has been known for a number of years 
as injurious to apples and pears, and in 1896 and 1897 it caused con- 
siderable damage in this state to these fruits, but this appears to be the 
first record of serious injury to soft maples by a species of Xydina. 
Anelm-leaf miner. This insect has been unusually destructive in 
Albany and ‘Troy the present season. For the past three years the 
Camperdown elms in Washington park, Albany, have suffered rather 
severely from this species. ‘The present season the miner not only seri- 
ously injured the Camperdown elms but extended its ravages to the 
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Fig. 17 Work of the elm-leaf miner (original). 
English, Scotch and American species. From half to two-thirds of the 
leaves on certain English elms in Troy were nearly destroyed by this 
insect (fig. 17), and many others presented a sorry appearance on account 
of the numerous mines. 
