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Contents 



Introductory 121 



Injurious insects 129 



Synchlora glaucaria, raspberry 

 geometer 129 



Bucculatrix canatfensisella, birch 



leaf Bucculatrix 133 



Diplosis pyrivora, pear midge... 140 

 Clastoptera obtusa, obtuse Clas- 



toptera 152 



Clastoptera pini [obtnsa], pine 



Clastoptera , 153 



Chauliodes pectinicornis, comb 



horned fish fly 155 



Corydalis cornuta, horned Cory- 

 dalis 159 



Notes on various insects 163 



Thalessa lunator, lunate long 



sting ...- 163 



Janus flaviventris [integer], cnr- 



r.ant stem girdler 166 



Nematm [Lygaeoncmatus~\ erich- 



sonil, lareh saw fly 168 



Feniseca tarquinius, little orange 



butterfly : 169 



Eudryas [EutMsanotia] grata, 



beautiful wood nymph 170 



Scoliopteryx libatrix. scallop 



wing 171 



Exechia species!, a fungus gnat. 172 

 Telephorusf bilineatus, occurring 



on snow 172 



Lachnosterna fusca, white grubof 



the May beetle 174 



Cyllene pictus, hickory borer 175 



Tenebrio molitor, mealworm 176 



Pulvinaria innnmerabilis, maple' 



tree scale insect 177 



Gryllus hictnosus, common black 



cricket . . . " 179 



Trombidinm locustarum, locust 



mite 179 



Insect attacks their remedies and 



preventives - 181 



Remedies for the peach tree borer 181 

 An ichueurnomzed caterpillar 



interesting case of parasitism. 186 

 Agrotls ypsilon Rott., anew onion 



pest 188 



G-wtyna [Hydroecia] nitcla, stalk 



borer, as an external feeder.. 191 



Cow horn fly in New York 192 



Wire worms and remedies for 



them 197 



Rose bug and how to kill it 200 



Glycobius [Flag Ion otus] specio- 



8us Say, maple tree borer 202 



Anasa tristis Ue Geer, squash 



bug 205 



Hop vine aphis and remedies. .. 207 

 Aphis cucumcris Forbes [gossy- 



pii], melon aphis 210 



Aphis cucumeris [gowypii] and 



Corhnclaenapiilicaria,as melon 



and strawberry pesfs 212 



Scale insects on camellia and 



oleander 214 



Grape vine scale insect, Leca- 



nium sp.? 215 



Apple tree insects of early 



spring." 216 



Some injurious insects of 1890 .. 221 



Appendix 



(A) Entomological addresses 227 



Some injurious insects of Massachusetts 227 



Our insect enemies and how to meet them 258 



(B) Publications of the entomologist during 1891 278 



(C) Publications of the entomologist for 1875 and 1876 290 



(D) Contributions to the department., 296 



(E) Classified list of insects noticed in this report 302 



General index.. . 304 



