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 eating the 
leaves and buds. 
Mulberry.—I have seen several leaf-rollers, miners, &c., but have no 
notes upon them. 
Oak.—Many valuable shane. trees have been destroyed this season by 
a borer, that at first destroys a large area of “cambium” around its 
parece ; 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, &e. 
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 larve of Sphinx coniferarum are occasionally met with. The lar- 
ve of Buprestis, “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 scale.§ 
Peach.—Leaves eaten by a worm; scale|| very bad on oldish trees, 
often destroying an orchard; young leaves infested by Aphides, stem 
injured by Ageria exitiosa, Pal 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 a small, bright green larva, causing rot- 
ting 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. 
* Termes flavipes Kollar. 
+ Crematogaster lineolata (Say). 
{ Probably a Retinia. 
§ Dactylopius. 
|| Lecanium persice Bouché. 
4] Silvanus quadricollis Guér. and Calandra oryz@ (Linn.). 
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