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Codling moth. (Country gentleman. Mar. 24, 1898. 63: 226, col. 1, 2— 
14 cm) 
A correspondent from Beaver Creek, Col., communicates a larva of the codling 
moth, Carpocapsa pomonella Linn., and inquires if it is the insect causing patches of 
dead bark on his apple-trees. It is stated that this species is not a wood borer and 
farther search for the cause of the trouble is recommended. 
Bees injuring grapes. (Country gentleman. Mar. 24,1898. 63: 226, col. 
23a) 
Complaint is made from Dutchess county that bees injure sound fruit and inquiry 
is made of their habits in this respect In reply, it is stated, that there is no reliable 
evidence of bees attacking uninjured fruit, but that species of Vespa, ‘ yellow jackets,’ 
are known not only to attack sound fruit but even kill honey-bees. The exposure of 
a mixture of honey and sugar or glucose is advised as a palliative of the evil. 
Not San José. (Country gentleman. Mar. 24,1898. 63: 226, col. 3—5 
cm) 
Limbs of an apple-tree from Ulster co., believed to be infested with the San José 
scale, show no traces of that insect, only a few examples of the woolly aphis of the 
apple, Schizoneura lanigera Hausm., being found on the twigs. 
Aphids in greenhouse. (Country gentleman. Mar. 31, 1898. 63: 247, col. 
t——8 em) 
In response to a brief inquiry of how to rid a house of the green-fly, the method of 
smoking for aphids with moistened tobacco stems is described. Pyrethrum, helle- 
bore, kerosene emulsion or a whale oil soap solution is also recommended. 
Eel worms in clover. (Country gentleman. Ap. 7,1898. 63: 266, col. 
ieee =—33)cin) 
Dead clover roots, received from Seal, Pa., showing a spongy texture and with the 
interstices filled with a pale brownish powder, have most probably suffered from the 
attack of eel-worms. Their general characteristics and life history are given, and 
the work in England of 7ylenchus devastatrix Kuhn. is briefly described. 
[The elm-leaf beetle] (Troy daily times. Ap. 7, 1898.—13 cm) 
Responding to an inquiry, it is stated that the ravages of the elm-leaf beetle in Troy 
will probably be greater the coming season than last year. Spraying the trees with 
arsenites and destroying the larvae and pupae on the trunks and about the infested 
trees are recommended. 
It is San José. (Country gentleman. Ap. 14, 1898. 63: 286, col. 
3—5 cm) 
Scales abounding on pieces of Japan plum bark received from Woodstown, N. J., 
are identified as the San José scale, Asfidiotus perniciosus Comst. Destroying the 
infested tree and watching others in the vicinity is recommended. 
Probably not efficient. (Country gentleman. Ap. 14, 1898. 63: 286, 
287, col. 4, 1—14 cm) 
In response to an inquiry froma Long Island correspondent, the manner of pre- 
paring and using the lime, sulfur and salt wash for the San José scale is given, 
though it has little or no value in the eastern states. 
