(SG) 
into greenhouses they occasionally damage the growing plants in the 
winter time. They are most frequently sent to economic entomologists 
with accounts of their fall congregating and also with tales of congre- 
gating in houses which they have entered. They are said even to have 
entered the beds, and one or two accounts have been sent in to the 
effect that they bite human beings like bedbugs. 
REMEDIES. 
Spraying the trees in the early part of the season with kerosene 
emulsion will result in the death of the majority of the immature indi- 
viduals. When they crowd together in the autumn upon the trunks of 
the trees they can be readily destroyed with hot water or may be swept 
en masse into kerosene pans. A little industrious work at this time of 
the year will reduce the numbers of the insect so greatly that little 
damage need be feared from them the following season. 
L. O. HOWARD, 
Hntomologist. 
Approved : 
JAMES WILSON, 
Secretary. 
WASHINGTON, D. C., January 8, 1898. 
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NoTE.—Since 1898 the insect has been received from many additional localities 
in the States mentioned on page 2, but no new States appear to have been 
invaded.—L. O. H., October 21, 1903. 
