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Bu iCOUUGHGE sence as vac~ tee oe 5 | Brown tail moth, Euproctis 
Gipsy moth, Porthetria chrysorrhoea Linn.... 14 
GS playhy ain a cee we 7 Destructiveness......... See I4 
Mes PuCHVeENESS. «kaa eco as 7 Dishahwhiont ns. ~. qos cee es I5 
Danger of spreading into New PRPSERORNIR och oe kc nies wr 16 
Weigel Lee heey, ete Pee ak ee Oo 8 Phe histony rae s ee oe oe oe oe 17 
BISeriptiOn).. 2.2 oe... cxoh ak ws GQ) |e" Rood -plantss-.chw has 18. 
History in America ........<. 10 | Irritation caused by the hairs. 18 
Pe RISLOEY cick see bet oe Natural enemies ............. 18 
POO PAADES os i alos sade dea ay te | Remedial measures........... eto 
Nattiral enemies... io... 2. se. oc 12 Bibliosraphy-cs csc emo Uses 20 
Recommendations............. 12'| Explanation of plates.......... 21 
PBNOPEADNY <..5 5.. 205... kee Ler EAP REAL OION c Sotc = << ce ce eters Ra 
The Moth Situation. Country Gentleman, July 19, 1906, 71 :68114 
Summary account of the work against the gipsy moth, Porthetria 
dispar Linn. and the brown tail moth, Euproctis chrysorrhoea 
Linn. in the vicinity of Boston, Mass. 
Grape Root Worm. Grape Belt (Dunkirk, N. Y.) July 24, 1906, 
p-5; Jamestown Journal, July 25 
Summary of present conditions. Serious injury is anticipated in some of 
the vineyards most infested by Fidia viticida Walsh and good cul- 
ture is urged. 
New York Entomologic Service. Country Gentleman, July 26, 1906, 
71 :694*°; New York Farmer, July 26, p.4 
Summary of reports. 
Ants in Lawn. Suburban Life, Aug. 1906, 3 :90% 
Carbon bisulfid treatment recommended. 
Currant Aphids. Suburban Life, Aug. 1906, 3 :90™ 
Spraying with contact insecticides advised for currant aphids, Myzus 
eerasi Fabr. 
Albany’s Trees. Albany Evening Journal, July 26, 1906, p.12 
Summarized account of the local injuries by the elm leaf beetle, Galeru- 
cella luteola Mull. and the white marked tussock moth, Hemero- 
campa leucostigma Abb. & Sm. with discussion of control methods. 
The employment of a forester is advocated. 
Save the Trees. Mechanicville Mercury, July 28, 1906 
A brief notice calling attention to the work of the elm leaf beetle, 
Galerucella luteola Mill. and urging concerted action for its 
suppression. 
Cornstalk Borers. Country Gentleman, Aug. 2, 1906, 71 :714* 
Crambids, Crambus sp.; stalk borer, Papaipema nitela Guen. 
and billbugs, Sphenosphorus sp. are briefly discussed as_ possible 
zuthors of the mischief, 
