REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST 1901 815 



71 Punctured clover leaf weevil, Phytonomus puuc- 

 1: a t u s Fabr. Principal food plant : clover. 



Treatment: Plow under badly infested fields. 



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



p. 247-53; 5th rep't, '89. p. 272-73; 7th rep't, '91. p. 



315-16. 



72 P h y t o n o m n s n i g r i r o s t r i s Fabr. Principal food 

 plant: clover; it is not a species of much economic importance. 



73 Army worm, Leucania unipuncta Haw. Principal 

 food plants: grass and grains. 



Treatment: clean culture, debarring from infeeted fields, 

 poisoned bran mash. 



Chief accessible articles: Lintner, J. A., state ent. 11th rep't, 

 '96. p. 190-214; Slingerland, M. V. Cornell agric. exp. sta. Bui. 133. 

 ■97. p. 233-58; Lowe, V. H. N. Y. agric. exp. sta. Bui. 104. '96. 

 p. 122-29; 15th rep't, '96. p. 583-605. 



74 Clover hay caterpillar, Pyralis co stalls Fabr. Prin- 

 cipal food plant: clover. 



Treatment: Keep hay clean and dry, salt lower layers, do not 

 allow old hay to remain over from year to year. 



Chief accessible article: Lintner, J. A., state ent. 11th rep't, '95. 

 p. 145-51. 



75 Hessian fly, C e c i d o m y i a destructor Say. Chief 

 food plant: wheat. 



Treatment : Late planting in connection with early siown decoy 

 strips to be plowed under in late fall; grow resistant varieties, 

 cut straw high in infested districts and burn stubble. 



Chief accessible articles: Fitch, Asa. Noxious, beneficial insects 

 N. Y. 7th rep't, '62. p. 133-44; Marlatt, C. L. U. S. dep't agric. div. 

 ent. Circ. 14, 2d s. '95. p. 1-4; Osborn, Herbert. U. S. dep't agric. 

 div. ent. Bui. 16, n. s. '98. p. 1-57. 



76 Jointworm, Is o soma hordei Ilarr. Principal food 

 plant: barley. 



Treatment: Burn infested straw. 



Chief accessible articles: Fitch, Asa. Noxious, beneficial insects 

 N. Y. 7th rep't, '62. p. 155-59; Lintner, J. A., state ent. 4th rep't, 

 ''S8. p. 27-35. 



