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growers in this section used the paris green spray, as they seem to have 

 little faith in its effectiveness. The beetles made their appearance about 

 April 23 or 24. Both the apple tree and the forest tent caterpillars 

 [Clisiocampa americana, C. disstria] are much more 

 common than last year. In a peach orchard of 500 trees I counted 

 more than two nests to each tree. The caterpillars of the gartered plume 

 moth [Oxyptilus periscelidactylus] are webbing together 

 the leaves of the terminal shoots. Leaves of some varieties of currants 

 are badly curled by plant lice [Myzus ribisj. Currant worm 

 [Pteronus ribesii] is very abundant on gooseberry. [Pyrausta 

 f u t i 1 a 1 i s Led.] was very abundant last year on dogbane [A p o c - 

 ynum a n d r o s a e ra i f o 1 i um] and almost destroyed the weed. 

 May 24. Click beetles numerous in quince blossoms. Many trees 

 in a grove of maples are partly girdled by borers [Plagionotus 

 speciosus], though they appear perfectly healthy in other respects. 

 Lygus pratensis is very numerous on grape vines. Larvae of 

 the grape vine flea beetle are beginning to appear. One house was over- 

 run with the grain weevil [Calandra granariaj. Nymphs of 

 [Leptoterna dolobrata] are abundant in grass. June 2. 

 Crambids have become common. June beetles are a great nuisance at 

 all kinds of evening meetings. On June 7 an adult of the round headed 

 borer [Saperda Candida] came to ligTit. There is great com- 

 plaint about squash beetles. June 9. Larch saw fly larvae [L y g a e - 

 onematus erichsoniij are doing considerable damage to larch 

 trees. The same insect was injurious about four years ago. Caterpillars 

 of the willow butterfly [Euvanessa antiopa] have nearly stripped 

 some elms in the neighborhood. The 17 year cicada [Cicada sep- 

 t e n d e c i mj is reported to be present in great numbers near Dresden. 

 June 16. The 12 spotted asparagus beetle [Crioceris 12-punc- 

 t a t a] is by far the most numerous on wild plants. June 17 a visit to 

 the farm of Calvin Haston near Dresden showed that the 17 year cicadas 

 were apparently doing considerable damage in vineyards and young apple 

 orchards, and more than half the branches of the vines were dead. On 

 one small apple tree I counted eight females ovipositing at one time on 

 three feet of branch. On one leaf of witch hazel 18 and on another 20 

 pupal skins were found. The adults were thickest in the orchard, where 

 I gathered a pint without moving. The first chambers found were under 

 a rail fence, while one was found in grass in the orchard. They were 

 most abundant in the woods under dead leaves; many were built through 

 the leaves and were four or five inches long. Some were capped and 



