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(Ireds of lan'se and adults were seen on individual trees, and there 

 is no sort of doubt that this is a very real check to increase, though 

 not yet sufficient for control. As tliese insects were seen in sprayed 

 as well as unsprayed orchards, there seems to bo a chance that the 

 species will eveaitually prove an effective aid in disposing of those 

 si>ecimens that escape the most thorough winter work. 



The Chinese- Mmiiis has a precarious hold, and occasional speci- 

 mens are taken by collectors. It has certainly not become numer- 

 ous enough to be of any use. Early in December Mr. Phil. Lau- 

 rent again offered to secure egg masses for us, and by the 16th of 

 that month three hundred had been received. Two of these masses 

 were tied out next to the Experiinent Orchard, and one nearly full- 

 grown specimen was observed during the summer. The balance 

 of the eggs were tied out in the Orange mountains by Messrs. 

 Brelime and Dickerson, near South Orange. 



It was detenninod to give these insects every chance that a, large 

 colony would offer to sustain themselves, and to find mates if even 

 a small ^X'rcentage only survived. The place selected was a 

 secluded spot on top of the mountain, perhaps an acre or two in 

 extent, overgrown with rank vegetation and bushes, and almost sur- 

 rounded by woods. It was an ideal place for insects, and there, if 

 anywlicr(^, it was believed, the ]\L^ntids would be al)le to iind a 

 living. The egg masses were tied on the l)uslies and tall plants, 

 usually about a foot or thereabouts from the surface. This low 

 position was chosen because some of the masses in previous years 

 had been apparently picked by birds, but the new location was 

 even worse, because when in early spring an examination was made, 

 it was found that field mice had eaten out the gTcat majority of 

 all the masses. Whether enough have escaped to form a colony 

 cannot be positively determined as yet. 



Misoellaneons. 



Among the other insects that were sent in for determination and 

 which were locally troublesome were, among the beetles, borers of 

 various kinds in maple, in grape buds and in some shade trees, the 

 ''Buffalo moth," the fruit tree bark beetle, a bark beetle on maple 

 and the Indian Cetonia. 



Among the Lepldopiera were the cranberry moths, the peach 



