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seasons. Later the same kind of hornet was found on fallen 

 fruit at the Station, and it proved to be the giant hornet of 

 England and Europe (Vespa crahro, L.). It was accidentally 

 introduced into this country many years ago, and established 

 itself near New York. It has since multiplied slowly and 

 has not spread very far from the spot where it was first dis- 

 covered, but has been seen occasionally on Long Island and in 

 New Jersey. 



Fruit Injured by the Bumble Flozcer Beetle. Peaches and 

 plums suffered some slight injury by the Bumble flower beetle 

 (Euphoria inda, L.), which attacks the largest and ripest speci- 

 mens of fruit and eats holes in them. 



Snoivy Tree Cricket. The snowy tree cricket {Qicanthus 

 nivens, DeG.) has been rather abundant in some portions of 

 the State. It injures raspberry and blackberry plants by 

 depositing eggs in the canes, which usually break off at the 

 incision. Young peach trees in nursery rows are also attacked, 

 and twigs containing eggs were quite common in some nurseries 

 during the fall. It will probably not become serious, but these 

 twigs should be gathered and burned. 



Yellow-Necked Caterpillar. Many trees including fruit trees 

 were defoliated in September by colonies of yellow and black 

 striped caterpillars. These caterpillars have the curious habit 

 of elevating both head and tail when disturbed. The adult 

 insect is a moth (Dataiia minis tra, Drury.), and the larva is 

 called the yellow-necked caterpillar. On account of the gre- 

 garious habits of this insect it can be best combated by gather- 

 ing the caterpillars when they occur and destroying them. 

 Paris green on the foliage will forestall any injury. 



Red-Httmped Caterpillar. The red-humped caterpillar 

 {CEdemasia concinna, S. & A.) was fairly common on apple 

 trees and allied plants during late summer and early autumn. 

 This caterpillar has a peculiar appearance with tail elevated 

 and a red hump on the back of the body near the head. The 

 color of the head is also red, and the body is marked longi- 

 tudinally with yellow, black and white lines. The remedy is 

 the same as for all leaf-eating insects. 



Hag-Moth Caterpillar. An occasional enemy of fruit trees 

 was rather common in August and September, devouring the 

 foliage of the pear trees. The caterpillar is a very curious one, 

 and would scarcely be taken for a caterpillar at all. It belongs 



