REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST 1901 835 



Treatment: Spray beetles with whale oil soap. | pound to 

 1 gallon water, dust plants with plaster, ashes, etc.; hand picking. 



Chief accessible articles: Lintner, J. A., state ent. 1st rep't, '82. 

 p. 227-32; Chittenden, F. H. U. S. dep't agric. div. ent. Circ. 11, 

 2d s. '95. p. 1-4; Marlatt, C. L. U. S. dep't agric. Yearbook. '95. 

 p. 396-98. 



10 Appletree tent-caterpillar, C 1 i s i o c a m p a a m e r i c a n a 

 Fabr. Principal food plants: wild cherry, appletrees. 



Treatment: Collect and destroy egg belts, kill young while 

 in nests, spray with poison iji early spring. 



Chief accessible articles: Felt, E. P., state ent. 14th rep't (X. Y. 

 state nius. Bui. 23). '98. p. 177-90; X. Y. state mus. Bui. 27. 

 '99. p. 46-48; Lowe, V. H. X. Y. agric. exp. sta. Bui. 1.52. '98. 

 p. 281-93; Beach, Lowe and Stewart. X. Y. tigric. exp. sti. Bui. 

 170. *99. p. 389-90; Felt, E. P. X. Y. state agric. soc. Trans. '99. 

 59:271-72. 



11 P i m p la c o n q u i s 1 1 o r Say, a parasite on the above. 



12 Gipsy moth, Porthetria dispar Linn. Principal 

 food plants: fruit, oak, maple and other forest trees. 



Treatment: Collect and destroy eggs, kill clustered larvae, 

 spray with arsenate of lead. 



Chief accessible articles: Fernald, C. H. :\rass. (ITatch) agric. 

 exp. sta. Special bul. Xov. '89. p. 1-8; Forbush, E. H., and 

 Fernald, C. H. Mass. state board agric. Rept's 1892-1900 ; Lintner, 

 J. A., state ent. 9th rep't, '92. p. 420-26; Howard, L. 0. I". S. dep't 

 agric. div. ent. Bul. 11, n. s. '97. p. 1-39; Forbush, E. H. V. S. 

 dep"t agric. div. ent. Bul. 20, n. s. '99. p. 104-7; Felt, E. P., state 

 ent. 16th rep't, '00 (X. Y. state mus. Bul. 36). p. 955-62. 



13 Brown tail moth, E u j) r o c t i s c h r y s o r r h o e a Linn. 

 Principal food plants: pear, apple, quince. 



Treatment: Cut and burn winter nests, spray trees with 

 poison. 



Chief accessible articles: Fernald, C. H., and Kirkland, A. H. 

 Mass. (Hatch) agric. exp. sta. Special bul. July "97. p. 1-15; 

 U. S. dep't agric. div. ent. Bul. 17. u. s. '98. p. 24-32. 



