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not be necessary after the trees reach 6 inches in diameter or such a 

 size that they are immune from attack. Isolated trees, however, are 

 sometimes exceptions to this and should be watched. 



Many spray solutions have been tried by the writer, but by far the 

 most successful has been the combination of a soluble arsenate with 

 an oil emulsion. This provides a penetrative poison which enters 

 the exudation pores made by the larvse through the bark and poisons 

 the inner bark on which the young larvae feed. Insoluble arsenates 

 are not so effective, as the exudation pore is usually plugged with a 

 wad of fine granular frass from which the arsenate in suspension 

 filters out. Kerosene emulsion can be used to carry the arsenical, but 

 it has been found that the miscible oils are just as satisfactory and 

 require much less time in preparation. 



The formula and preparation are as follows: 



Dissolve i pound of sodium arsenite or arsenate in 5 gallons of water. Add 

 1 quart of miscible oil and agitate thoroughly. 



With kerosene emulsion, dissolve i pound of the arsenical in 4 gallons of 

 water and add 1 gallon of stock solution of kerosene emulsion, agitating 

 thoroughly. 



LITERATURE CITED.^ 



(1) DeaPvBOEn, H. a. S. 1821. Locust trees. In Mass. Agric. Repos. and 



Journ., V. 6, p. 270-275. 



(2) PiCKEEiNG, T. 1821. Colonel Pickering on the locust tree. In Mass. 



Agric. Eepos. and Journ., v. 6, p. 360-362. 



(3) ScHWABz, E. A. 1891. Coleoptera on black locust (Robinia pseudacacia ) . 



In Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., v. 2, p. 75. 



(4) Kellogg, R. S. 1904. Forest planting in western Kansas. U. S. Dept. 



Agr., Bur. Forestry Bui. 52, p. 43. 



(5) Cotton, E. C. 1906. The insects affecting the black locust and hardy 



catalpa. Ohio Dept. Agr., Div. Nursery and Orchard Inspection Bui. 

 No. 7, p. 8-12. 



(6) Hopkins, A. D. 1907. Some insects injurious to forests: Additional 



data>on the locust borer. U. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Ent. Bui. 58, Part III. 



(7) Gabman, H. 1915. The locust borer (Cyllene robinise) and other insect 



enemies of the black locust. In Second Biennial Report of the State 

 Forester of Kentucky, p. 32-63. 



1 other papers dealing with the locust borer will be found in the bibliography given by 

 Dr. A. D. Hopkins in the bulletin entitled " Some insects injurious to forests : The locust 

 borer." (U. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Ent. Bui. 58, pt. I.) 



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