REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST 1902 1G5 



Forest Tent Caterpillar (Country Gentleman, Mar. 6, 1902, 

 G7:19G-97 2 ) 



Remedial measures against Clisiocampa disstria Hiibn. 

 Spraying for Cicada (Country Gentleman, Mar. 13, 1902, 67 :219 16 } 



Spraying recently emerged cicadas, Cicada septendecim Linn., with 

 a contact insecticide is advisable only in limited areas. 



San Jose' Scale Investigations (Country Gentleman, Mar. 13, 1902, 



67:221 21 ) 



Criticism of results on Aspidiotus perniciosus Comst., obtained 

 by Professors Lowe and Parrott. See N.Y. Agric. Exp. Sta. Bui. 202. 



Fumigation (Country Gentleman, Mar. 27, 1902, G7:2G2 25 ) 



Value of hydrocyanic acid gas against bedbugs, Acanthia lectularia 

 Linn., and hen lice. 



Report on Insects for 1901, read before Eastern New York Horti- 

 cultural Society Feb. 12, 1902 (Country Gentleman, Mar. 27, 

 1902, 67:265 21 , 290 1 -91 9 , 308 21 ) 



The following insects were noticed : giant swallowtail, Heraclides 

 cresphontes Cram., cicada-killer, Sphecius speciosus Drmy, 

 Hessian fly, Cecidomyia destructor Say, squash bug, A n a s a 

 t r i s t i s DeGeer. The value of trap lanterns was commented on, and the results 

 obtained by the use of various insecticides against the San Jose scale were given. 

 The fruit tree bark beetle, Scolytus rugulosus Eatz., the hickory bark 

 borer, Scolytus 4-spinosus Say, the roundheaded appletree borer, 

 Saperda Candida Fabr., the elm leaf beetle, Galerucella luteola 

 Mull., the grapevine Fidia, Fidia viticida Walsh, the peach twig moth, 

 Anarsia lineatella Zell., Cenopis diluticostana Wlsm., 

 and the carrot rust fly, P s i 1 a r o s a e Linn., were also noticed. 



Bark Louse (Country Gentlemen, Ap. 10, 1902, 67:306 44 ) 



Remedies for Mytilaspis pomorum Bouchc. 

 White Scale (Country Gentleman, Ap. 17, 1902, 67:329 15 ) 



Remedies for Aspidiotus hederae Vail. 

 Insect Enemies to Shade Trees (Col. State Board Hortic. Bep't, 



1901. 1902 [rec'd Ap. 22] 13:lG4-70) 



Some general considerations in preventing insect depredations with brief 

 notices of the following species : Cipsy moth, Porthetria dispar Linn., 

 leopard moth, Zeuzera pyrina Linn., white marked tussock moth, Noto- 

 lophus leucostigma Abb. & Sm., spiny elm caterpillar, Euvanessa 

 a n t i o p a Linn., locust borer, Prionoxystus robiniae Peck, poplar 

 borer, Saperda calcarata Say, cottonwood leaf beetle, Lina script a 

 Fabr. and cottony mapletree scale insect, Pulvinaria innumera- 

 b i 1 i s Rathv. 



Tussock Moth (Country Gentleman, Ap. 24, 1902, 67:351 24 ) 



Remedial measures are given for the white marked tussock moth, Notolo- 

 phus leucostigma Abb. & Sm 



