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woods June 16. Moths of the carpenter worm emerged from ash 
and poplar June 14. June 19. The cool weather of the spring 
has apparently kept the white marked tussock moth in check, 
as the caterpillars are now not over + of an inch in length, while 
last year on this date many of them were full grown and had 
commenced to spin their cocoons. June 28. July 4 white 
marked tussock moth caterpillars were spinning their cocoons 
in the down town districts. A few have been destroyed by a | 
bacterial disease. July 5. June 28 the last locust borer moth 
emerged from the the wood. July 17 the female white marked 
tussock moths were depositing their eggs, and on the same date 
I obtained examples of the willow snout beetle from the balm 
of Gilead in the adult larval and pupal stages. The 15 spotted 
ladybug [Hippodamia 15-punctata] has been excep- 
tionally abundant this season and has proved itself a valuable 
ally in destroying plant lice. The white marked tussock moth 
has been quite injurious in many localities in the city, and in 
some places it was as destructive as in 1895 or in 1898. Para- 
sites appear to be rather scarce. The willow snout beetle is 
still causing a great deal of injury to poplars and willows in 
this vicinity. I have taken it from the following varieties: 
balsam poplar, balm of Gilead, Carolina poplar, Lombardy pop- 
lar, Babylonian willow, heart-leafed willow, Kilmarnock willow . 
and from the trunk of the new American weeping willow. I 
- have never taken it from the golden-barked willow, laurel-leaved 
willow, the silver poplar, the bollean poplar, though a great 
many of these varieties are growing in the vicinity of the in- 
fested trees. July 26. 
(J. U. Metz, East Amherst)—The common asparagus beetle 
[Crioceris asparagi] has appeared for the first time 
this year. May 20. Hessian fly [Cecidomyia destruc- 
tor] is present in great abundance, and many fields of white 
wheat are not worth cutting. I have counted as many as 20 
“flaxseeds”” in a single stalk. There is apparently no differ- 
ence between early or late sown wheat. Red Russian and red 
Mediterranean seem to be exempt thus far from attack. A few 
