REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST 1901 863 
SHADE TREE INSECTS (252-67) 
252 Mapletree borer, Plagionotus speciosus Say. 
Principal food plant: sugar mapletrees. 
Treatment: Dig out the young borers. 
Chief accessible articles: Lintner, J. A., state ent. 12th rep’t, 
96. p. 237-48; Felt, E. P. Fisheries, game and forest com. 4th - 
rept, sep. 98. p. 22-28; ——_N. Y. state agric. soc. Trans. ’99. 
59 :277-78. 
253 Leopard moth, Zeuzera pyrina Fabr. Chief food 
plants: attacks a large number of trees. | 
Treatment: Destroy females, dig out young borers, kill larger 
enes in burrows with carbon bisulfid. : 
Chief accessible articles: Lintner, J. A. state ent. 9th rep’t, 
793. p. 426-27; Felt, E. P. Fisheries, game and forest com. 4th 
rep’t, sep. 98. p. 16-20. 
254 Elm bark-borer, Saperda tridentata Oliv. Prin- 
cipal food plant: American elm. 
Treatment: Cut and burn badly infested trees or limbs. 
Chief accessible articles: Lintner, J. A., state ent. 12th rep’t, 
OG fa245-45; Felt, E. P. N. Y. state agric. soc. Trans. 799. 59: 
218-79; —— Fisheries, game and forest com. 5th rep’t, ‘99. 
Po cicet. 
255 Elm snout beetle, Magdalis barbita Say. Prin- 
cipal food plant: American elm. 
Treatment: Cut and burn badly infested limbs. 
Chief accessible notices: Felt, E. P. N. Y. state mus. Bul. 37. 
es so Fisheries, game and forest com. 5th rep’t, ’99. 
pp. 374. 
206 Pigeon tremex, Tremex columba Linn. Principal 
food plants: diseased maples and elms. 
Chief accessible notices: Felt, E. P. N. Y. state mus. Bul. 20. 
98. p. 18-19; ——— Fisheries, game and forest com. 4th rep’t, ’98. 
p. 25-26. 
257 Lunate long sting, Thalessa lunator Fabr. A par- 
asite of 256. 
