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mense numbers about the middle of August, and their webs 
were very conspicuous on a great many trees. They are doing 
immense damage in this vicinity. Aug. 29. 
Rensselaer county (W. C. Hitchcock, Pittstown)—Appletree 
tent-caterpillars [Clisiocampa americ an a] are pres- 
ent in immense numbers. May 20. The cold, wet weather 
appears to have kept both the appletree and forest tent-cater- 
pillars: [Clisiocampa disstria]. in check, as they 
seem to have been very scarce. The elm leaf beetle [Gale- 
rucella luteola] is not proving very destructive this sea- 
‘son. July 2 Round-headed appletree borers [Saperda 
candida] are quite injurious in this section. The trees 
receive little attention, and are therefore soon ruined by the 
borers. Grasshoppers are unusually scarce. July 15. 
Rockland county (S. B. Huested, Blauvelt)—Appletree tent- 
caterpillars [Clisiocampa americana] first appeared 
May 4. The season has been cold and backward. May 8. We 
have not seen the June beetle as commonly as last year. Last 
month potato beetles [Doryphora 10-lineata] were 
very troublesome. Aug. 5. | 
St Lawrence county (Mary B. Sherman, Ogdensburg)—Shad or 
May flies appeared as usual June 5 and were very abundant for 
three days. Forest tent-caterpillars [Clisiocampa diss- 
tria] are scarce, only four or five having been seen during 
the summer. Currant worms [Pteronus ribesii] ap- 
peared about a week ago. There are many complaints of 
injury by wireworms. June 22. Caterpillars of the white 
marked tussock moth [Notolophus 1 eucosti gma] 
are abundant. July 8. Complaints of injury by currant worms 
are less frequent than usual. Plant lice are unusually abun- 
dant and destructive. July 12. Cabbage butterflies [Pieris 
rapae] are now quite abundant. A large number of cut- | 
leafed birches have been seriously damaged, without apparent 
cause. [This is possibly the work of the bronze birch borer, 
Agrilus anxius ‘jl All plant lice are unusually abundant. 
Many complaints are made regarding the abundance of fleas 
