INSECTS AFFECTING PARK AND WOODLAND TRF.ES 



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detcrniinL-J tliroui^li the courtesy of Dr llownnl, 1)\- 1 )i- W. II. Ashmciul, 

 as ioUows : A ]> h \- c us a n n u 1 i j) c s Ashui., 1' a c li y u <■ u r o 11 a 1 t i s c u t a 

 How., C t) c c o ]) h a >.;■ us 1 c c a n i i 

 Fitch and H 1 a s t o t li r i x s e r i c e a 

 Dalm. The tirst named, represented 

 at fiy;ure t,^ is a very stroni^ly marked 

 though minute insect with remark- 

 able antennae shown in side \iew at 

 figure 34. It will be noticed that the 

 second .segment isenormoush- dilated 

 and that it and the terminal one are 



jet black. All of these species were Fia.33 Apliycns annuUpes. cnlarce.l (.,ric:":.l) 



reared in some numbers and are presumably of nc^arly 

 ecjual \alue as natural checks upon this pest. 



Remedial measures. This species can probably 



be controlled most easily by thorough spraying in 



Fig. 34 Lateral view of tiieT.- iiiidsummer wlth either a whale oil soap solution or 



iT'pM much ""enlarged kcroseue cmulsiou, care being taken to apply the 



(""B'"^'* insecticide in such a wa\' as to drench all of the 



delicate young. 



Bibliography 



1894 Murtfeldt, Mary E. U. S. Dep't Agric. Div. Knt. lUiI. 32, p. 42-43 

 1S98 Pergande, Theo. V. S. Dep'i .\gric. Div. Ent. Bui. 18, n. s. \>. 26-29 



Elm bark louse 



Gossypan'a spuria INIodeer 

 Underside of elm limbs may be thickly crowded in summer, with reddish, woolly 

 bordered bark lice, about "',„ inch long, and the stones beneath infested trees are 

 frequently moistened with the excreted honeydew. 



The elms of New York State are unfortunate in suffering from the 

 attacks of two imported insects. The elm bark louse has proved itself a 

 ^\•orthy second of its predecessor, the elm leaf beetle, and though it may not 

 of itself be cjuite so injurious as this pernicious leaf feeder, still its constant 



