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t r i t i c i] and the Hessian fly [Cecidomyia destructor] are 

 working in the wheat. June 16. The cicadas about Syracuse have done 

 some damage, causing the tips of twigs to wilt and die. 10% of the 

 wheat stalks are infested with Hessian fly, and 4.% with the wheat midge. 

 Grape vine flea beetle larvae have disappeared. June 23. Potato beetle 

 still numerous. Wheat midge and Hessian fly are at work yet. Apple 

 tree tent caterpillar moths have nearly all emerged. Hundreds of small, 

 whitish butterflies [Pieris rapae] are flying about. Green-headed 

 horseflies and the large black fly [Tabanus atratus] are abundant. 

 House flies are not so numerous as usual. July i. Wheat midge and 

 Hessian fly are still found in wheat fields. Horseflies have appeared in 

 large numbers and are very annoying to stock. July 7. Colorado potato 

 beetle [Doryphora lo-lineata] is abundant and destructive. 

 Golden tortoise beetles are present on morning-glory vines. White- 

 marked tussock caterpillars [Notolophus leucostigma] are 

 on horse-chestnut trees, but not abundant. July 15. Cabbage worms 

 appearing, but not abundant. White-marked tussock caterpillars have 

 spun their cocoons. July 22. Dog day cicadas [Cicada tibicen] 

 are more numerous than usual. Egg belts of apple tree tent caterpillar 

 are quite abundant. Codling moth is possibly a little more abundant 

 than in former years. Spined soldier bugs are destroying many potato 

 beetles. Fall web worms [Hyphantria cunea] are more 

 numerous than usual. Aug. 1 2. Milkweed butterfly fAnosia plexip- 

 p u s] was quite numerous for a few days, more so than usual. The 

 harvest fly [Cicada tibicen] was more abundant than I have 

 known it to be before. Grape vine leaf hopper [Typhlocyba 

 Pvitis] very plentiful. Oct. 2. • 



Ontario county (J. Jay Barden, Stanley) — Apple tree tent caterpillars 

 [Clisiocampa americana] appeared April 13 on crab-apple 

 buds,^ and bud moths [Tmetocera ocellana] were found at 

 work on April 2 2 and cigar case bearers [Coleophora fletcher- 

 ella] had begun to move. The bud moth has been very bad in un- 

 sprayed orchards, but seems to have been controlled by spraying before 

 the buds opened. Forest tent caterpillars [Clisiocampa dis- 

 stria] are more numerous than ever before, their work being plainly 

 apparent in the tops of sugar maples. An orchard of about 50 trees 

 looks as if swept by fire, the result of canker worm attack. May 31. 

 Very little has been seen of the potato beetle. Many complain of the 

 work of the four lined leaf bug [Poecilocapsus lineatus]. 

 Larvae of the eight spotted forester [ A 1 y p i a o c t o m a c u 1 a t a ] 



