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REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST 1901 (87 
dry for the last two or three weeks. Cabbage worms [Pieris 
rapae] are very abundant. Aug. 2. Fall webworms are very 
numerous on maples. Many dead grasshoppers are found fh the 
fields. Sep. 3. 
Livingston county (W. R. Houston, Geneseo)—Appletree tent- 
eaterpillars [Clisiocampa americana] made their ap- 
pearance Ap. 28 almost before the buds began to swell. They 
are just as numerous as last year. I understand that some 
farmers sprayed before the buds opened. The cold weather 
seems to keep them in check, and, though they wander over the 
trees, they do not seem to feed much. May 10. May 17 many 
nests of the appletree tent-caterpillar were seen in cherry and 
thorn trees beside the road, and there were also many unhatched 
eggs. May 24. 
Montgomery county (S. H. French, Amsterdam)—The eggs of 
the European praying mantis [Mantis religiosa] were re- 
ceived in good condition and have been distributed as follows: 
one packet attached to a small rosebush in my back yard; one 
in the yard of a friend of mine who lives in the suburbs of the 
city; and the remainder in the cemetery, where there is plenty of 
small vegetation. Ap.i7. I have discovered no evidence of the 
presence in this section of the elm leaf beetle [Galerucella 
Juteola] or of the forest tent-caterpillar [Clisiocampa 
disstrial, and I find very few nests of the appletree tent-cater- 
pillar [Clisiocampa americana]. The latter are not as 
‘humerous on cherry or apple trees as usual. May 13. 
Niagara county (R. L. Darrison, Lockport)—A large proportion 
of the winter wheat is seriously damaged by the Hessian fly 
[Cecidomyia destructor], and where bui a few weeks 
ago there was every promise of an abundant crop, many fields 
are ruined, and some farmers are now plowing their wheat under. 
The egg casés of the praying mantis [Mantis religiosa] 
were distributed among representative farmers, nurserymen and 
market gardeners, but as yet none have been reported as 
hatched. June13. So far only one of the egg cases of the pray- 
ing mantis has developed satisfactorily. This was placed ma 
