44 BULLETIN NO. 4, DIVISION OF ENTOMOLOGY. 
Jranberry insects now demanded my attention, and my notes cease 
until— 
September 4.—Went to Mr. Risley’s yard; find-them picking ; lice not 
over abundant; plenty everywhere, but not doing any serious injury to 
the hops; in a few places only the hops are beginning to show traces of 
mold; winged forms are scarce, but there are a few. ‘ 
p. m.—With Mr. Cutter went to the Hannover farm; picking is going 
on, full blast; lice are not over abundant, less than they have been be- 
fore the cold snap (the night of the 3d and 4th the temperature fell to 
the freezing point); winged forms in small numbers. Saw Mr. Sylves- 
ter Gridley and his yard ; lice plenty; hops fair, but in some spots badly 
damaged by the mold caused by lice. This is the worst so far. Mr. 
Gridley says he has seen the lice when grubbing; he has cultivated 
hops for many years, has always had more or less trouble with lice, and 
knows them perfectly; he was superiptending grubbing, and was called 
by some of the men to look at some hills they were at work upon; found 
that the young shoots were completely covered with lice; whether winged 
or not he cannot say; saw this on several hills; the lice were of full 
size. Mr. Gridley’s men claim that they have found the lice on the 
poles when setting them in spring. 
September 5.—Hop Extract yard. Lice here very abundant, especially 
in the low, “blighted” yard; in some vlaces they form double layers; to- 
ward the tips and on joints they are especially plentiful, often forming 
balls half an inch in diameter; many leaves are sucked dry; they 
shrivel up, become brown, and die, and the inhabiting lice with them; 
many vines were entirely brown and dry; the hops were covered inside 
and out, and wereall moldy and rotting. There are many winged forms 
and many with rudimentary wings—pupe. I noticed none of these 
yesterday. The night has been cold; this day, warm. 
September 6.—The night has been cold; at the Extract yards the lice 
are not more numerous, but pupwe and winged forms are largely on the 
increase. Went to Deansville and called at all yards on my way. 
Everywhere the lice are fearfully abundant, and the hops are molding 
fast. The entire crop this way is tainted and lessened in value. On a 
bag of hops picked yesterday and left out over night the lice cover the 
outside in a layer fully an inch thick. Where the vines have been piled 
up clumps of lice, 4 to 6 inches in diameter, aggregated into a globular 
mass of living matter, are seen. The number is incredible, and the 
thing must be seen to be believed or appreciated. Toward evening it 
became warmer and I noticed swarms of the aphids on the wing. 
Though I watched long and carefully I could not find that they mated. 
September-7.—The night has been warm. To-day itis warm and show- 
ery. At the Extract yards lice are, if possible, more numerous than 
yesterday. A notable fact is that while yesterday there seemed to be 
no very small forms and a large number of pupze, to-day there are many 
winged specimens, there are very few pups and a new batch of very 
