REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST IQI2 109 
Genesee county. Press dispatches record the appearance of mil- 
lions of these moths at Batavia before daylight on October 12th. 
They were so numerous that merchants were credited with having 
“swept them from the sidewalks and sides of their stores in basket- 
fuls.” 
Chenango county. Mr Harry J. Mosher, New Berlin, October 
11th, forwarded specimens which appeared in great numbers. Mr 
Miller states that they were seen about five o’clock in the morning, 
as near as he could ascertain. ‘‘ Earlier risers found underneath 
an arc light at the very center of the village, on the ground, a solid 
mass of these millers or moths, several inches in depth and cover- 
ing a space at least a rod across. The adjoining buildings and 
trees were also literally brown with them.” 
Wyoming county. Mr M. S. Baxter reports the presence of the 
moths at Warsaw. 
Livingston county. Prof. G. W. Bailey of the State Normal 
School, Geneseo, forwarded a moth under date of October gth, with 
the statement that he saw from fifteen to twenty under an are lamp. 
He reports that on October rith thousands of the insects were 
found on Main street, they were being swept from windows and 
walks, and a great number were observed resting on trees, windows 
and even in the street. He adds that they were practically limited 
to two lights at the south end of the town, only a few occurring 
at four other lights farther up town. The specimens seemed to be 
in perfect condition. 
Erie county. The first cotton moths observed in Buffalo were 
seen by Mr E. P. Van Duzee on September 18th. .They were most 
abundant October 11th, when many windows of the down-town 
stores were well covered with the insects. Mr Van Duzee had 
never seen so many of this species before. Mr M. S. Baxter, 
75, State street, Rochester, also reported an abundance of this moth 
in Buffalo on October roth. Prof. I. P. Bishop of the State Normal 
School, Buffalo, reported the appearance of this moth at Buffalo 
October 11th, stating that as many as one hundred could be counted 
upon a window. Mr Bishop found the flight limited in considerable 
measure to certain sections of the city, namely, Main street from 
the harbor to North street with stray individuals farther north and 
for two blocks either side of Main street for the greater part of 
the same distance; near the harbor, west of Main street and on 
Exchange street near the New York Central and Erie stations; in 
the vicinity of Niagara street and the city line, and also in the north- 
west part of the city. A few, he states, were reported from Depew. 
