242 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 
since 1895. This is evidently near the limit where climatic conditions 
are too severe to permit of its becoming a very injurious pest. The 
known distribution of this scale in the state is very interesting, since it 
has been found in localities here and there throughout most of the area 
lying within the limits of the upper austral life zone. It has been reported 
from localities in every county in the state east of the Hudson river, 
except Westchester/and Washington and from those on its west bank 
south of Warren county, except Greene and Rockland. The following 
are the localities: Rensselaer county, East Greenbush ; Columbia county, 
Lebanon Springs, Kinderhook and Germantown; Dutchess county, 
Poughkeepsie ; Putnam county, Brewster; New York county, New 
York; Saratoga county, Burnt Hills; Albany county, Loudonville; Ulster 
county, Boiceville; Orange county, Middletown. Besides localities on 
Long Island, it has been found in Tompkins county at Ithaca; in Seneca 
county at Farmer and in Cayuga county at Union Springs. 
