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THE INSECT RECORD FOR I9OI 



An unusual injury to a recently planted orchard was 

 reported from Contoocook by Mr. G. M. Putnam, who sent 

 in September some green caterpillars with the report that 

 young apple trees had been defoliated by them. The larvae 

 were identified at the United States department of agriculture 

 as a kind known as Green Fruit Worms. ^ These insects are 



Fig. 3. Apple Leaves Eaten by Cankerworms. 



often troublesome in spring by biting holes in voung apples, 

 but this injury to foliage in autumn seems not to have before 

 been noticed. Spraying the leaves with arsenate of lead as 

 soon as the injur}^ is seen would doubtless kill the caterpillars. 

 The Bean Weevil- continues to do a noticeable injury in 

 many parts of the state. It does not seem to be generally 

 known that these pests will develop brood after brood in stored 

 beans, so that while only a few beans may be affected when 

 the crop is stored away in fall, by the next summer, especially 

 if the beans are kept in a warm room, they may practically all 

 be injured. To prevent this the best method seems to be the 

 enclosing of the beans in a tight vessel in which a little bisul- 

 phide of carbon, benzine or gasoline is placed, taking care ol 



^Some species of Xylina. 

 ^ Bruchus fabcB Fitch. 



