REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST 1901 803 



Household insects (X. .Y. state agric. soc. Rep't, 1S91». 1900. pt 

 2 Bureau of farmers institutes. Rep't [issued 15 Ap. 1901] 

 p. 294-303. Also Dep't agric. 7tli rep't. 1900. v. 3, pt 2, 

 p. 86-95) 



A general paper treating of the following: mosqnitos, C u 1 e x, house fly, 

 Musca domestica Linn., fleas, C e r a t o p s y 1 1 u s s e r r a t i c e p s 

 Gerv.. carpet' beetles, A d t h r e u u s s c r o p h u 1 a r i a e Linn, and A t - 

 t a g e n n s p i e e u s Oliv. and clothes moths. Tinea peUionella 

 Linn, and others, house ants, M o u o m o r i u m p h a r a o n i s Linn, and 

 others, cockroaches, P h y 1 1 o d r o m 1 a g e r m a n i c a Fabr. and P e r i - 

 p 1 a n e t a o r i e n t a 1 i s Linn., bedbug, A c a n t h i a 1 e c t u i a r i a 

 Linn., larder beetle, D e r m e s t e s 1 a r d a r i u s Linn., cheese or ham 

 skipper, P i o p h i 1 a c a s e i Linn., fruit flies, Drosophila ampe- 

 1 o p h i 1 a Loew, bristle tail or fish moth, T h e r m o b i a f u r n o r u m 

 Rov. 



16tb report of the state entomologist on injurious and other 

 insects of the state of New York (K Y. state mus. Bui. 36. 

 1901. [issued 25 Ap.] p. 919-1063) 



Contents page 



Introduction 951 



General entomologic features 951 



Office work 951 



Special investigations. 952 



Entomologic field station 952 



Publications 953 



Extension work 953 



Collection of insects 954 



Voluntary observers 954 



Acknowledgments 954 



Injurious insects ^ 9.55 



P o r t h e t r i a d i s p a r, gipsy moth 955 



Ypsolophus pometellus, palmer worm 962 



Experimental work with insecticides 967 



Conclusions 985 



Notes for the year - 988 



Fruit tree bark beetle ( S c o 1 y t u s r u g u 1 o s u s ) 989 



Plum curculio ( C o n o t r a c h e 1 u s nenuphar) 9S9 



Pale striped flea beetle ( S y s t e n a t a e n i a t a ) 989 



Elm leaf beetle ( G a 1 e r u c e 1 1 a 1 u t e o 1 a i 990 



Gold gilt beetle ( C h r y s o c h u s a u r a t u s i 991 



12 spotted asparagus beetle ( C r i o c e r i s 12-p u u c t a t a i . . . . 991 



1 General account of each, giving life history and babtts. 



a Brief records of some of the more Interesting facts brought to notice in lyCO. 



