Education Department Bulletin 
Published fortnightly by the University of the State of New York 
Entered as second-class matter June 24, 1908, at the Post Office at Albany, N. Y., under 
the act of July 16, 1894 ; 



No. 455 ALBANY, N. Y. SEPTEMBER I5, 1909 

New York State Museum 
Joun M. CiarkeE, Director 
EpHRAIM Porter Fett, State Entomologist 
Museum bulletin 134 
24th REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST 1908 
To John M. Clarke, Director of Science Division 
I have the honor of presenting herewith my report on the 
injurious and other insects of the State of New York for the year 
ending October 15, 1908. 
A number of species have inflicted serious injuries upon both fruit 
and shade trees. A most interesting phenomenon was the wide- 
spread and abundant flight of the snow-white linden moth. An 
unusual feature was the capture, within the limits of the city of 
Albany, of two specimens of a small, green, subtropical cock- 
roach, 
Fruit tree insects. Fruit trees in the western part of the State 
were seriously injured in some sections by the cigar case bearer, 
a species which is very rarely abundant enough to cause material 
damage in the Hudson river valley. Depredations by the above 
mentioned case bearer were frequently associated with severe 
injury by a small plant mite known as the blister mite. Western 
fruit growers were also greatly exercised by the caterpillars of 
the white marked tussock moth eating into the young fruit, a 
troublesome departure from the normal habit. The fall canker 
worm was unusually abundant and destructive on eastern Long 
Island and in the vicinity of New York city. The San José scale 
is one of the most serious insect pests of the horticulturist. The 
warm, dry weather the latter part of the season has been favor- 
able to the unrestricted multiplication of this insect, and in some 
cases infested orchards have become very badly affected. Our 
