590 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



Bean weevil. (Country gentleman, 8 Dec. 1898, 63 : 966^^) 



Planting uninf ested seed on fresh soil is recommended and the treatment 

 the entire crop in infested localities with carbon bisulfid is advised. 



Carbon bisulfid. (Country gentleman, 8 Dec. 1898, 6^ : 966^^) 

 Directions are given for treatiog grain with carbon bisulfid. 



Insects firom lily pond. (American gardening, 10 Dec. 1898, 19: 8422^) 

 The dragon fly nymphs submitted with the inquiry are predaceous. More 

 probably the depredator on the lily buds was a caddice fly. 



Controlling city pests. (Albany evening journal, 10 Dec. 1898, p. 6; 

 also in Troy daily times, 10 Dec. 1898; Argus [Albany] 11 Dec. 1898, 

 p. 7; Sunday press [Albany] 11 Dec, 1898, p. 9; Troy budget, 11 

 Dec. 1898, p. 9) 



A general notice recommending the collection of the egg masses of the 

 white-marked tussock moth, No tol o ph us leucostigma Abb. & Sm, 



A destructive borer. (Country gentleman, 15 Dec. 1898, 63 : 993^^) 



Notices a very destructive borer, Agrilus anxius Gory, which has 

 seriously injured birches at Buffalo N. Y. The European Agrilus betu- 

 1 e t i Ratz. is mentioned. 



Everlasting San Jose scale. (Country gentleman, 15 Dec. 1898, 



63 • 993'') 



The recent prohibition of the importation of American nursery stock into 

 France is probably the outcome of resolutions adopted by the Society of agri- 

 culturists in France. Mention is made of the interest excited by Aspidio- 

 tus perniciosus Comst. in this country and abroad. • 



Spray barrel on wheels. (Country gentleman, 12 Jan. 1899, 64 : 26^"^) 



Gives directions for mounting a barrel on wheels and suggests the use of a 

 stone-boat or drag. 



14th report on the injurious and other insects of the state of New York 

 for the year 1898. Albany, University of the State of New York, Dec. 

 1898 [issued 12 Jan. 1899] 150 p. 9 pi. Also as Report of the state 

 entomologist for 1898 (New York state museum 52d report, for 1898. 

 Bulletin, v. 5, no. 23. Dec. 1898 [issued 12 Jan. 1899]) 



Contents 



PAOB 



Introductory 153 



Transmittal 153 



General entomologic features.. 153 



Elm leaf beetle 154 



San Jos<5 scale 154 



Office publications 154 



Office work 155 



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Collection of insects. 155 



Division library 156 



J. A. Lintner 156 



Acknowledgments 156 



Injurious insects 1 158 



Byturus unicolor Say, 

 the pale brown Byturus 158 



1 A general account and bibliography is given of each. 



