144 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



VOLUNTARY ENTOMOLOGIC SERVICE OP NEW YORK 



STATE 



The work of the last three years has been continued, and a 

 number of observations have been added to previous records. The 

 exceedingly unfavorable season, as noted on the preceding page, 

 has interfered with the reception of the usual number of reports. 

 Thirty voluntary observers were appointed during the season, 

 and but 19 of them rendered reports. This is largely due to the 

 general scarcity of injurious insects, which led a number of 

 observers to conclude that there was comparatively little worthy 

 of record. It will be noted that the following reports contain a 

 considerable number of negative statements. These are of value 

 as emphasizing observations on the marked scarcity of different 

 species. The almost universal comments on cold, unseasonable 

 weather seem to warrant the conclusion that the relative absence 

 of insect life was due to adverse climatic conditions. 



Summaries of reports from voluntary observers 



The scientific names, or other matter, inserted in brackets in- 

 dicate determinations or information supplied by the entomol- 

 ogist, and the other names are presumably correct except where 

 questioned. The date given after the record is that of the writing 

 of the record, except in a few instances where this was absent, 

 and the date of reception was inserted. The latter is from one 

 to two days later than that of the original record. 



Cattaraugus county (C. E. Eldredge, Leon) — Appletree tent 

 caterpillars [Olisiocampa americana Fabr.] appeared 

 May 23, and the appletree bark louse [Mytilaspis pomorum 

 Bouch6] is quite abundant on some trees. A few years ago 

 bumblebees were very abundant in this section, but now we 

 seldom see them. May 28. Colorado potato beetles [Dory- 

 p h o r a 10-1 i n e a t a Say] appeared May 31. The looper cater- 

 pillar has been very abundant on beech and mapletrees. A few 

 specimens of the cottony mapletree scale insect [Pulvinaria 

 innumerabilis Rathv.] have appeared on maples, and 

 another scale (Lecanium ?quercitronis) was found on 

 iron wood leaves that had withered on the branch. A specimen 

 of the larva of^otolophus ? antiqua Linn, was found on 



