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Muskmelon borers at the south. (Country gentleman. Oct. 4, 1894. 

 59: 72 1 2 ') 



General account of the two melon boring caterpillars in the southern states, 

 Eudioptis [Margaronia] nitidaUs Cram, aud E. [Margaronia] hyalinata Linn. 



Pear rust. (Country gentleman. 0^.4,1894. 59:722") 



Pear shows a rust which may have been caused by a mite, possibly 

 Phytoptus pyri. 



'Pear rust' cause unknown. (Country gentleman. Oct. 25, 1894. 



59:?73 31 ) 



The above is probably but an unusual development of its natural rust. 



Indian Cetonia. (Gardening. Nov. i, 1894. 3:55-56, col. 3, i) 



Gives the habits of Euryomia [Euphoria] in da and states that the reported 

 injury to the bark of young pear trees is confirmatory of an earlier state- 

 ment. 



Injurious beetles. (Gardening. Nov. i, 1894. 3:56, col. 1-2) 



Brief notice of Euryomia [Euphoria] inda, Cyllene robin iae Forster and 

 Glycolius [Plagionotus] specionus Say. 



Maple tree borer. (Gardening. Nov. i, 1894. 3:56, col. 2) 



Identifies the pupal case of Aegeria [Sesia~\ acerni Clem and gives remedies. 



Squash bug. (Gardening. November i, 1894. 3:56, col. 2, 3) 

 Gives several remedies for the squash bug, Anasa tristis De Geer. 



Report of the state entomologist to the regents of the University of 

 the State of New York, for the year 1893. Albany. November 1894. 

 26 p. 



Contents 



PAGE 

 Transmittal 177 



Increasing interest in the work of 

 the department 178 



Publications of the entomologist. 178 

 Additions to the state collection.. 179 

 Collections made in the Adiron- 

 dack mountains 179 



Operations against the gypsy moth 

 in Massachusetts... . 180 



PAGK 



The destructive wheat midge in 



western New York 183 



Remarkable abundance of aphids 



or plant lice 183 



Grasshopper plague in western 



New York 186 



Insect defoliators of shade and 



fruit trees.. . 188 



Appendix 

 Index to report for 1886 193 



San Jose scale. (Albany evening journal. Nov. 7, 1894. p. 6, col. 5) 

 Notes the finding of Aspidiotus perniciosus in a pear orchard at Kiuderhook 

 N. Y., and gives its distribution. 



