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REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST 1901 
NOTES FOR THE YEAR 
The following records include some of the more important 
observations made during 1901. Special attention has been 
given to forest and shade tree insects throughout the summer. 
Systematic collecting was pursued at Karner, 7 miles west of 
Albany, where there is an admirable growth of scrub oaks and 
small hard pines. These conditions were excellent for securing 
all the insects affecting these trees, 
and the results of the season’s work, 
together with that of previous years, 
will be incorporated in a special bul- 
letin on forest insects now in prepara- 
tion. The notes relating to the vari- 
ous species mentioned below have been 
grouped under convenient heads, so 
that they may be of greater service 
to the parties interested in the prac- 
tical aspect of the work. 
Fruit tree pests 
Fruit tree bark beetle, Scolytus 
rugulosus Ratz. This insect ap- 
Pedeato-be on the increase iM Various seg work of woodpeckers on 
parts of the state, as several com- beetle (orginal) 
plaints and personal experience seem to indicate. Our re- 
poueoron, 1900; p. 989 (N. Y. state mus. bul. 36) records an 
attack by large numbers of the beetles on a_peachtree 
Sep. 7. May 22, 1901, in the same locality our attention was 
attracted to some young plumtrees, from which a large propor- 
tion of the bark had been stripped, and investigation showed 
that the bark and sapwood of these trees were almost alive with 
pupae of this insect. The woodpeckers had found them out, and 
had literally stripped the bark from the infested trees and splint- 
ered the surface of the wood in their efforts to get at the pupae. 
A hairy woodpecker, Dryobates villosus Linn. was 
