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americana] are quite numerous. The pear psylla [P. p y r i c o 1 a] 

 is doing much damage. Colorado potato beetles [Doryphora lo- 

 1 i n e a t a] are awaiting the appearance of the plants. May 31. Green 

 aphis has been quite bad on fruit trees, specially apple. Cucumber flea 

 beetle [Epitrix cucumeris] has been very destructive to tomatoes 

 and is doing some injury to potatoes. June 7. Attacks of currant saw 

 fly [Pteronus ribesii] have been comparatively light. Green 

 fruit worms [X y li n a species] cause considerable complaint. Plum 

 curculio [Conotrachelus nenuphar] is unusually bad. Forest 

 tent caterpillar [Clisiocampa disstria] has been inflicting some 

 injury on both fruit and forest trees. June 14..* Green aphis is very bad 

 in places Striped cucumber beetles [Diabrotica vittata] have 

 made their appearance the past week for the first time this season. 

 June 21. Potato beetle, inflicting little injury. June 27. White grubs 

 are doing considerable harm in newly set strawberry beds. Stalk borer 

 [Hydroecia nitela] occurs in small numbers in potato vines. 

 Both codUng moth [Carpocapsa pomonella] and plum cur- 

 culio are unusually abundant. July 22. Fall web. worms [H y p h a n - 

 tria cunea] are very scarce, cabbage worms are rather bad. Tomato 

 worms [Phlegethontius celeus] are found occasionally, but 

 are not causing much damage. Aug. 9. Considerable damage has been 

 done by the second brood of the codling moth. Found a few asparagus 

 .beetle [Crioceris asparagi] larvae. White grubs are still 

 destructive to young strawberry plants. Potato beetle remaining in 

 numbers unusually late. Peach tree borer [Sanninoidea exit- 

 i o s a] doing considerable damage. Sep. 20. 



Queens county (C. L. Allen, Floral Park) — Colorado potato beetles 

 [Doryphora lo-lineata] are just beginning to appear, all of 

 two weeks later than usual ; the vines were fully eight inches high before 

 the first beetle was noticed. Cabbage butterfly, Pieris rapae, is 

 now plentiful. The cabbage looper, Plusia brassicae, has not 

 appeared. The asparagus beetle [Crioceris asparagi] is a 

 most serious pest and never before was so plentiful. May 31. Apple 

 tree aphis [A. mali] is very bad in young orchard's. June 5. 

 Potatoes badly infested with the cucumber flea beetle [Epitrix 

 cucumeris] and unless we have rain at once the crop will be ruined. 

 June 8. Potato beetle is now very troublesom'j. June 22. An aphis 

 [Nectarophora destructor Johns.] has destroyed the pea 

 crop in this section. One market gardener lost 20 acres, another 14, 

 not a pea was picked from either. Potato beetle was never before so 



