148 NEW YORK STATE ^rUSE^TM 



Spiraea salicifolia (American meadow-sweet) 



140 Arrested development of the flower buds. The mite is an 

 Eriophyes. 



Specimens from Kinistino, Saskatchewan, sent by Dr James 

 Fletcher. Can. 



Spiraea sp.? (spiraea) 



141 " Probably Cephaloneon on the leaves " 



Hagen '85, no. 72 Mass. 



Statice armeria (?) (sea pink) 

 (Plumbago sp. : Hagen) 



142 An erineum ( ?) of very small black spots on the upper side 

 of the leaves, similar to our no. 145. 



Hagen '85, no. 52 Cal. 



This may be a fungus. Statice seems to be the only west coast 

 form to which Hagen's " Plumbago " can refer. 



Thuja occidentalis (arbor-vitae) 



143 A leaf deformation, covered with the eggs and skins. The 

 mite, Eriophyes thujae (Garman) lives in the buds and 

 under the leaves in winter, and on the leaves in summer, but may 

 not often occasion serious damage or noticeable deformations. 



Garman '83, p. 138, fig. 30 (Phytoptus thujae) 



111. 

 Hagen '85, no. 74 Mass. 



Parrott '07. N.Y. Agric. Exp. Sta. Bui. 283, no. i 



Tilia americana (basswood) 

 *I44 Lobed or serrated green pouch-galls on the upper or rarely 

 the lower side of the leaf. The mite is Eriophyes abnormis 

 (Garman). 



Garman '83, p. 134 (Phytoptus abnormis) 111. 



Hagen '85, no. 73 U.S. 



Cook '04, p.86o, fig. 51 Ind. 



Felt '07. Park & Woodland Trees, 11:631 N.Y. 



Parrott '07. N.Y. Agric. Exp. Sta. Bui. 283. no. 6. 



Jarvis 07, p. 59, pl.C, fig. 6 Ont. 



Specimens from Churchville, IMonroe co., Rensselaer, Catskill, 



Normansville. and from Pownal (Mr Burnham). N.Y., Vt. 



Recorded above from Albany, and is abundant in &,11 parts of 



the State according to Professor Parrott (in litt). 



