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beetle which has already caused considerable loss in the west- 

 ern part of the state and one w^hich threatens to do much injury 

 in the future. The grapevine flea beetle is another pest which 

 demands special mention in this connection. The grapevine 

 plume moth, the currant sawfly and the tarnished plant bug- 

 are all familiar in a way to many growers, and yet few com- 

 prehend fully the actual mischief they cause. Many of those 

 included in this and following groups have been figured and 

 briefly described in bulletin 37 of the New York state museum. 



Garden insects (nos. 42-68). This group is represented by 27 

 species w-hich injuriously aifect one or more of the crops com- 

 monly grown in gardens. In it are found such notorious pests 

 as wireworms, cutworms, cabbage butterfly, blister beetles, 

 cucumber beetles, flea beetles, asparagus beetles, squash bugs, 

 etc. Many of them are very common, and not a few are exceed- 

 ingly destructive, in spite of the fact that in most cases there 

 are a number of well-known methods of keeping these pests 

 in control. Most of these forms are treated of in the reports 

 of the state entomologist, and many of them in the state 

 museum bulletin 37, cited above. 



Grass and grain insects (nos. 69-83). This group contains only 

 15 species, but in it are represented some exceedingly destructive 

 insects. The June beetles, or white grubs, are probably as 

 destructive as some of the species feared much more, but, as 

 the injury they cause is usually a constant one, it attracts little 

 attention as a rule. The army worm outbreak of 1896 is still 

 fresh in the minds of many, while the Hessian fly has this year 

 caused an estimated loss in Niew York of 13,000,000, or about 

 half the crop. The chinch bug is another of the notorious 

 enemies to prosperity, proving most injurious in the southern 

 and western states, though in 1882 and 1883 it threatened to 

 cause considerable loss in New York state. A very good 

 account of this outbreak is given by the late Dr Lintner in his 

 second report as state entomologist. A number of species of 

 grasshoppers are also included, since they not infrequently 

 cause great mischief in various sections of the state. 



