REPORT OF STATE ENTOMOLOGIST I699 577 



already been asked for by the Oswego county fair. A neat little vest 

 pocket catalogue of 28 pages briefly describes the insects, with treatment, 

 which is worthy of careful preservation and study. — Country gentleman^ 

 14 Sep. p.738 



Another evidence of the value of the collection as an educator is found 

 in the more recent request from F. E. Dawley, director of farmers insti- 

 tutes, that these insects be exhibited at a number of institutes in connec- 

 tion with a lecture. The catalogue is republished below in order to give 

 a fuller idea of the scope and character of the exhibit. 



FRUIT TREE INSECTS 



1 Apple tree tent caterpillar (Clisiocampa americana). 

 Conspicuous web tents in forks of apple and cherry trees contain hairy 

 caterpillars with a white stripe along the back. Cocoons spun the last of 

 May, the light brown moths flying in June. Eggs, in belts encircKng the 

 smaller twigs, remain unhatched till spring. 



Treatment : remove and destroy eggs or young in nests. Spray foliage 

 of infested trees with poison in early spring. 



2 Cigar case bearer (Coleophora fletcherella). Small 

 caterpfllars in cigar shaped cases feeding on buds and foliage of apple. 



Treatment: spray infested trees with poison in early spring. 



3 Pistol case bearer (Coleophora malivorella). Small 

 caterpillars in pistol shaped cases feeding on the young leaves and 

 opening flowers of the apple. 



Treatment : spray infested trees with the poison in early spring. 



4 Apple leaf Bucculatrix (Bucculatrix pomifoliella). 

 White, ribbed cocoons about i^ in. long may be seen in clusters on 

 smaller limbs of infested trees. The small larvae mine the leaves and 

 later feed externally. 



Treatment : spray infested foliage with poison in early June. 



5 Rose beetle (Macrodactylus subspinosus). Greenish 

 yellow beetles about ^ in. long appear in swarms in May and attack 

 the foliage of various trees and vines. 



Treatment : spray beetles with i^^ pound whale oil soap to i gal. 

 water, dust vines with ashes, etc. ; handpicking. 



6 Apple tree borer (Saperda Candida), "Sawdust" or 

 diseased bark and beneath the latter, legless, white, round headed borers. 

 The brown beetles, striped with white, about i in. long, occur from June 

 to August. 



