REPORT OF STATE ENTOMOLOGIST, 1898 249 
[Xylina not Nadata] (Schenectady daily union. July 8, 1898. p. 5, 
col. 4 — 9 cm) 
Corrects the first reference to Vavata of the caterpillars devastating the maples and 
states that they are either Yy/ina laticinerea or X. antennata. Thereis but one brood 
in a season. Spraying with paris green in the early spring is recommended. 
[See pages 207-13 of ths report] 
Cucumber beetle— cabbage worms. (Country gentleman. July 14, 
TSO.) 63): 54.0, COl,-2\-——2'5 (em) 
Gives briefly the habits and life history of the striped cucumber beetle, Diaérotica 
vittuta Fabr., and recommends protecting the young plants with netting. Planting 
of beans between the cucumbers, dusting the vines with land plaster, ashes or even 
road dust are preventives of serious injury. Clean culture is advised. If the roots 
are badly infested with the grubs, carbon bisulfid is the best remedy. 
Fresh hellebore, one ounce to three gallons of water, is recommended for the cab- 
bage worm, Pieris rapae. Paris green may be used if the cabbages have not headed. 
Destructive rose bug. (Country gentleman. July 14.1898. 63:546, 
colys.—— 20, cm) 
This insect, MWacrodactylus subsp:nosus Fabr., is identified and its injuries in New 
England and New Jersey mentioned, Its life history is briefly given. Paris green 
or kerosene emulsion is usually not very satisfactory, owing to the beetle’s resistance 
to insecticides. Collecting the insects by some mechanical contrivance or protecting 
plants by netting are the most satisfactory means of preventing serious injury. 
Hessian fly in Pennsylvania. (Country gentleman. July 14, 1898, 63: 
546, 547, col. 4, 1 — 38 cm) 
In response to an inquiry from Adams county, Pa., where this insect, Cecidomyia 
destructor Say, has been very injurious, a general account of the species is given as 
follows: Immense losses caused by it in New York and Ohio. Its life history. 
Characteristics of an attack. Its parasites and their value. Its abundance another 
season can not be forecast, as it may be injurious for a series of years. As prevent- 
ives of injury, late planting supplemented by the early sowing of narrow strips to act 
as decoys, the burning of stubble and chaff, clean culture, rotation of crops and the 
growing of resistant varieties of wheat, so far as possible, are recommended. 
Work of Xylina. (Country gentleman. July 14,1898. 63:551, col. 2— 
6 cm) 
Corrects the reference of this insect on page 491 of the current volume of the 
Country gentleman, from Nadata to Xylina-—it being either X. laticinerea or X. 
antennata. Its identity with the species seriously injuring apples last year is thus 
rendered probable. A note is given of the defoliated soft maples along the Mohawk 
river, presumably by this species. 
[See pages 207-13 of this report] 
Forest tent caterpillar. (Country gentleman. July 14, 1898. 63: 551, 
Gole2sss— Gem) 
Records serious injuries the present season by Clistocampa disstria Hiibn. in St 
Lawrence, Oneida, Utsego, Delaware and Greene counties. As the cost of spraying 
