REPORT OF THE STATE BNTOMOLOGIST 1901 T07 
1900. The Hessian fly is in the vicinity of East Amherst in 
great numbers and the white wheat throughout this section is 
nearly all down flat. One field of 8 acres in this vicinity is 
almost totally destroyed. It was sown August 27. (John U. 
Metz, Erie co.) 
The wheat in the vicinity of Warner, Onondaga co. was dam- 
aged more:than last season. Fully one third of it lodged and 
the injury is more general than last year. I have found the 
flies in late sown wheat. One piece sown September 10 was 
very thoroughly infested, not a single plant being free from the 
pest. (Mrs A. M. A. Jackson) 
The Hessian fly has done a great deal of damage to some 
pieces in this section of the country. (J. F. Hunt, Kendaia, 
Seneca CO.) 
The Hessian fly has been very bad in some wheat, some pieces 
being so very severely injured that they have not been har- 
vested. (C. E. Chapman, Peruville, Tompkins co.) 
The Hessian fly has been working very badly indeed in early 
sown wheat. The later sowings are not nearly so badly in- 
fested. Perhaps one fourth of the entire crop has been 
destroyed. (C. H. Stuart, Newark, Wayne co.) 
1901. Damage from Hessian fly work is very evident in sev- 
eral pieces of wheat examined. Probably 10¢ of the stalks 
have lodged as a result of the work of this fly. (M. H. Beck- 
with, Elmira, Chemung co.) 
Mr M. F. Adams of Buffalo, after making an examination of 
a number of fields in the vicinity of that city finds that the dam- 
age as arule runs from 6% to 8%. Very little wheat, however, is 
grown in the immediate vicinity of Buffalo and it is not surpris- 
ing that the few fields sown should escape serious injury. 
The Hessian fly is present in overwhelming abundance. Many 
fields of white wheat are not worth cutting. There seems to be 
no difference between the early and late sown wheat. One field 
was sown September 15, another September 21 and another Sep- 
tember 29 and yet 90¢ of each one of these fields is on the 
ground. Red Russian and red Mediterranean wheats seem to 
