92 MAINE STATE COLLEGE 



The Chinch Bug -was found last August in a pasture in Moose 

 Eiver township about a mile from Jackman. The location was a 

 sandy hillside. Quite large sports were infested. This species has 

 been reported from Bethel about twenty -five miles north of Fryeburg*. 

 The new locality is fully 100 miles to the northeast. 



The Yellow Woolly Bear was reported as feeding upon iaspber- 

 ries. It has not been reported to the station before and therefore 

 will be considered in this report. 



The Apple-tree Tent Caterpillar was received. This common 

 insect should give no trouble as it is so easy to remove the egg clus- 

 ters from the branches during the -winter when the trees are leafless. 



The Clothes Moth, (Tinea Pelionella, L.,)was found eating holes 

 in carpets and shawls at Augusta. 



The Mourning Cloak: Butterfly did considerable damage to the 

 foliage of elm trees about Waterville the past season. 



The Currant Fly, (Trypeta (Epochra) Canadensis) is doing con- 

 siderable damage to currants in Maine. The fly stings the fruit and 

 deposits an egg. The habits are much like those of the apple trypeta. 

 This speces is considered, and illustrated in the body of the report. 



Paoria Gilvipes, a small black beetle appearing' the last of April or 

 early in May, was reported as doing great damage by eating the buds 

 on raspberry canes. Attention was called to this fact through the 

 public print. In the body of the report the life history is given. 

 This beetle is capable of doing much damage and has been a great 

 nuisance to strawberry growers. 



The Cucumber Flea Beetle was reported as eating holes in 

 petunia leaA-es. This is a common insect in early gardens feeding 

 upon the leaves of radishes, cucumbers, squashes and potatoes. It 

 is a small black beetle that has the power of jumping. There is a 

 species of spring tail (Smyntlninis) very common in Maine that has 

 about the same habits as this beetle, and is liable to be mistaken for 

 it.- It is about the same size, jumps and eats small holes in the leaves. 

 It should be called a garden flea, and may be distinguished by hav- 

 ing long antennae and a forked jumping organ. It has never been 

 described in the books. 



The Larder or Bacon Beetle is very abundant in Maine. The 

 disgusting- hairy larvae are well known to most house keepers. The 

 insect is considered in the body of the report. 



The Pear Tree Slug continues to do some damage to the foliag'e 

 of plum, pear and cherry trees. This insect was considered and fig~- 

 ured in Station Report 1888, page 176. 



The Gall Fly (Rhodites sp.) In 1891 we found quite a number of 

 moss like galls upon roses in the garden of Eben Webster, Orono, and 

 reared from them the flies. Some of these were sent to Prof. Eiley, 

 who made the following reply: 



