36 BULLETIN NO. 1, DIVISION OF ENTOMOLOGY. 
Orange, lemon, lime, pomolo-citron roots.—Termites* do great damage 
at surface, girdling the trees. A black antt infests any bruised spot, 
boring into sound wood. Oiketicus girdles small limbs. Scale attacks 
limbs and foliage; several varieties of grasshoppers eat the tender leaves 
and angular wood. The Metapodius femoratus, Anisoscelis albicinctus, 
and Leptoglossus phyllopus puncture the young stems, which soon wither; 
the larva of the Papilio cresphontes defoliates whole limbs, and a small 
red larva, apparently a web-worm, destroys young trees by pane the 
leaves and buds. 
Mulberry.—I have seen several leaf-rollers, miners, &c., but have no 
notes upon them. 
Oak.—Many valuable shade-trees have been destroyed this season by 
a borer, that at first destroys a large area of ‘‘cambium” around its 
entrance; then a large hole is bored upward and toward the center of 
the tree. I have not obtained it. Another borer attacks the roots, or 
at the collar. The young limbs are infested by a very large scale and 
plant-lice, the leaves by various Tortricids, Geometers, &c. 
Pine.—Scale on the young limbs, Lophyrus on the leaves, and a worm 
that bores the terminal bud and is very destructive to the regular 
growth of young timber. { 
The larvee of Sphine coniferarum are occasionally met with. The lar- 
ve of Buprestris, ‘‘the Sawyer”, destroy many trees. Entering a grow- 
ing tree from a place. bruised or hacked, they soon destroy the ‘cam- 
bium,” and one tree thus infested apparently communicates the insect to 
others not previously harmed. The pine is also injured by many other 
insects not yet examined. 
Persimmon.—Often defoliated by a Clisiocampa (?) and a leaf-roller, 
The Japanese varieties are infested with a white mealy bug or seale.§ 
Peach.—Leaves eaten by a worm; scale || very bad on oldish trees, often 
destroying an orchard; young leaves infested by Aphides, stem injured 
by Wgeria exitiosa, and a Buprestid borer. Lice on roots, and also a 
larva of a beetle. Fruit occasionally harmed by a worm. 
‘Plum.—Early leaves often covered by Aphides. Leaves eaten by 
larva of Papilio cresphontes. 
Artichoke.—Tops infested with Metapodius and Leptoglossus. Tu- 
bers eaten by Termites. 
Beans.—Roots often thickened, spongy, and filled with lice. Stems 
bored out near the ground by asmall, bright green larva, causing rotting 
of the stem. Leaves eaten by Seirarctia larva, Eudamus, and several 
Tortricids. Pods punctured by a gray Lytta. Seeds eaten by a beetle 
and weevil. J 
* Termes 3 flavi ipes Kollar. 
+ Crematogaster lineolata (Say ). 
{| Probably a Retinia. 
§ Dactylopius. 
|| Lecanium persice Bouché. 
§] Silvanus quadricollis Guér. and Calandra oryze (Linn.). 
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