790 >EW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



Appletree tent-caterpillars are not abundant where tliey were 

 persistently fought last year. Forest tent-caterpillars and can- 

 ker worms are very abundant in orchards in the vicinity of Kush- 

 ville N. Y. Pistol case-bearers [C o 1 e o p h o r a m a 1 i v o r - 

 e 1 1 a] and bud moths [T m e t o c e r a o c e 1 1 a n a] are very 

 abundant in this section. The cold weather through April has 

 retarded the appearance of many species. The currant stem 

 girdler [? J a n u s integer] has been more abundant than 

 ever before, and it is doing much damage. The work of the 

 larvae is showing very plainly at present ou account of the 

 lack of foliage on the infected stems. May 10. 



Orange county (J. M. Dolph, Tort Jervis) — Willow^ and cabbage 

 butterflies [Euvanessa antiopa and Pieris rapae] 

 were observed May 1, and on the 6th June beetles were seen for 

 the first time. Many maples in this vicinity show effects of the 

 work of the sugar maple borer [P 1 a g i o n o t u s specie- 

 s u s]. May 9. Currant worms [P t e r o n u s r i b e s i i] 

 were first observed May 14, and nests of the appletree tent-cater- 

 pillar [Clisiocampa americana] May 15. The apple- 

 tree bark louse [M y t i 1 a s p i s p o m o r u m] is apparently 

 less abundant than it was last year. Reports of the prevalence 

 of appletree tent-caterpillars in orchards have come in from 

 various places in this section, though they do not appear to be 

 unusually abundant in this immediate neighborhood. Cutworms 

 are very abundant in gardens. May 27. Fall webworms 

 [H y p h a u t r i a c u n e a] have appeared in great numbers 

 in and about Port Jervis. They seem to have developed sud- 

 denly, and they attack a great variety of trees. Aug. 30. 



Orleans county (Virgil Bogue, Albion)— Caterpillars of the 

 giant swallowtail [II e r a c 1 i d e s c r e s p h o n t e s] were 

 found on my orange tree. Plant lice are somewhat abundant on 

 I)hii!i and chcri'v trees in this section. My crop of cherries w^as 

 nearly all woiiuy. ]n-()bal)ly the work of the cherry fruit fly 

 [R h a g o 1 e t i s c i n g u 1 a t a] . The wheat in this vicinity is ' 

 in bad condition froui attacks by the Hessian fly [C e c i d o - 

 m y i a d e s t r u c t o i-] . J'otato beetles [D o r y p h o r a 10 - 



