REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST IQI2 95 
needless to add that thorough and early spraying with a poison, 
such as arsenate of lead, for the control of the codling moth will 
prevent serious injury by the apple tent caterpillar. 
Resplendent shield bearer (Coptodiscasplend orifer- 
ella Clem.). Oval, whitish or yellowish, flattened objects less 
than 4% an inch long, may frequently be observed in midsummer, 
during the winter or in early spring upon the branches and trunks 
of apple trees. These are the cases of this insect, a species which 
is widely distributed and occasionally abundant though rarely in- 
jurious. It was commonly present last August in the orchard of 
Mr J. P. Van Ness, East Greenbush. The small caterpillars of this 
insect mine the apple leaves and form an irregular, dark colored 
blotch upon the foliage. The full-grown caterpillar cuts away the 
upper and lower walls of its mine, fastens them together to form a 
secure retreat and then crawls slowly to branch or trunk, the 
affected leaf having a somewhat characteristic oval hole, both ex- 
tremities of which are usually pointed. The adult is about three 
thirty-seconds of an inch long. The head is nearly concealed by a 
dense tuft of golden scales, while the brown antennae are trimmed 
with silvery white scales. The latter are also numerous on the 
thorax and the base of the wings, though here they have a golden re- 
flection. The distal part of the wing is remarkable for its striking 
coloration, there being irregular areas covered with golden yellow 
scales, a transverse band broken near the middle of silvery white 
scales and margined on either side with dark brown scales. On the 
posterior margin of the wing and extending nearly to its tip as well 
as near the apical middle part of the wing there are relatively 
large areas covered with rich dark brown scales. The posterior 
margin of the wing and the extremity are fringed with long, pearly 
gray scales. The hind wings are a rich deep gray margined with a 
long, yellowish brown fringe. The legs are clothed with silvery 
and light brown scales. There are two broods yearly, the moths 
appearing in May and again in July and August. This insect, 
though small, is preyed upon by a parasite. We have yet to observe 
a case where this species was sufficiently numerous to cause mate- 
rial injury and remedial measures are therefore inadvisable. 
Apple leaf miner (Tischeria malifoliella Clem.). 
The trumpet-shaped mines of this common apple insect were ex- 
ceedingly abundant in mid-August in the orchard of Mr J. P. Van 
Ness of East Greenbush. This insect is common though rarely 
numerous enough to cause material injury. The owner informs us 
