REPORT OF THE STATH ENTOMOLOGIST 1901 827 
beetle which has already caused considerable loss in the west- 
ern part of the state and one which threatens to do much injury 
in the future. The grapevine flea beetle is another pest which 
demands special mention in this connection. The grapevine 
plume moth, the currant sawfly and the tarnished plant bug 
are all familiar in a way to many growers, and yet few com- 
prehend fully the actual mischief they cause. Many of those 
included in this and following groups have been figured and 
briefly described in bulletin 37 of the New York state museum. 
Garden insects (nos. 42-68). This group is represented by 27 
species which injuriously affect one or more of the crops com- 
monly grown in gardens. In it are found such notorious pests 
as wireworms, cutworms, cabbage butterfly, blister beetles, 
cucumber beetles, flea beetles, asparagus beetles, squash bugs, 
ete. Many of them are very common, and not a few are exceed- 
ingly destructive, in spite of the fact that in most cases there 
are a number of well-known methods of keeping these pests 
in control. Most of these forms are treated of in the reports 
of the state entomologist, and many of them in the state 
museum bulletin 37, cited above. 
Grass and grain insects (nos. 69-83). This group contains only 
15 species, but in it are represented some exceedingly destructive 
insects. The June beetles, or white grubs, are probably as 
destructive as some of the species feared much more, but, as 
the injury they cause is usually a constant one, it attracts little 
attention as a rule. The army worm outbreak of 1896 is still 
fresh in the minds of many, while the Hessian fly has this year 
caused an estimated loss in New York of $3,000,000, or about 
half the crop. The chinch bug is another of the notorious 
enemies to prosperity, proving most injurious in the southern 
and western states, though in 1882 and 1883 it threatened to 
cause considerable loss in New York state. A very good 
account of this outbreak is given by the late Dr Lintner in his 
second report as state entomologist. A number of species of 
grasshoppers are also included, since they not infrequently 
cause great mischief in various sections of the state. 
