REPORT IOP DHE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST 1O12Z [19 
White Grubs. Knickerbocker Press, August 16; Kinderhook 
Courier, August 22, 1912 
A brief record of severe injury in southern Rensselaer and northern 
Columbia counties, with observations upon their habits and methods of 
control. 
Seraping Trees. Guide to Nature, August 1912, 5:13 
The common practice of scraping the rough bark from shade trees is 
considered of practically no benefit. 
Damage By White Grub and the Chinch Bug. Albany Evening 
Journal, October 2; New York Farmer, October 10, 1912 
A summary account of injury by the white grub, with suggestions for 
reseeding, and a notice of an outbreak by the chinch bug, Blissus 
leucopterus Say. 
Some Large Problems in Economic Entomology. Cornell Coun- 
tryman, October 1912, No. I, pages 3-7 
A general discussion of entomological problems, with special reference 
to the need of national quarantine and the desirability of protecting 
shade and forest trees from insect depredations. Data are given regard- 
ing the number of insects, their varied stages and food habits and the 
difficulties attendant upon the recognition of the numerous forms. 
Observations on Uleella Riibs. Entomological News, 1912, 23: 
353-54 
The characters of the adults of this genus are established and U. 
pisonifolia described in both sexes, together with the gall, larva 
and pupa. 
New Gall Midges or Itonididae. New York Entomological Society 
Journal, 20:146-56, 1912 
Several midges are recorded from spiders’ webs and the following 
species described: Coccidomyiaerii Oligotrophus betheli, 
Janetvella scoloradensis; Asteromyia grindeliae, 
Wasioptera verbenae, L. diplaci, Asphondylia di- 
plac on semocliac, Lhecodip losis zauschneriae, 
Clinodiplosis. araneosa, Coquillettomyia knabi 
and Karsehomyia townsend. 
Scientific notes. Economic Entomology Journal, 5:398, 403, 411, 
IQI2 
Brief notes on outbreaks by white grubs (Lachnosterna species), fall 
army worm, Laphygma frugiperda Sm. & Abb. and the locust 
leaf miner, Chalepus dorsalis Thunb. 
