REPORT OF STATE ENTOMOLOGIST 1 899 597 



[Voluntary entomologic service of New York] (Country gentleman, 29 

 June, 1899, 64: 506*^-7^*; New York farmer, 29 June 1899, p. 4) 

 Summary of reports from voluntary observers. 



Blister beetles. (Country gentleman, 6 July 1899, 64: 526^^) 



Ash gray blister beetle, Macrobasis unicolor Kirby, from Aiken 

 S. C. and the striped blister beetle, Epicauta vittata Fabr. are briefly 

 characterized and remedies are given. 



[Voluntary entomologic service of New York] (Country gentleman, 6 

 July 1899, 64: 526^*; New York farmer, 6 July 1899, p. 4) 

 Abstract of reports from voluntary observers. 



Cockscomb elm gall. (Rural New Yorker, 18 July 1899, 58 : 497^^) 

 Colo p ha ulmicola Fitch identified and described. 



[Voluntary entomologic service of New York] (Country gentleman, 13 

 July 1899, 64: 547^^; New York farmer, 20 July 1899, p. 4) 

 Summary of reports from voluntary observers. 



Kissing bugs. (Argus [Albany] 17 July 1899, p. 8; republished in part 

 in Troy daily times, 18 July 1899) 



States that many of the stories are exaggerations. The black corsair, 

 Melanolestes picipes Her.-Sch. and the masked bed bug hunter, 

 Opsicoetus personatus Linn, are briefly noticed as authors of some 

 of the injuries reported. 



[Voluntary entomologic service of New York] (Country gentleman, 20 

 July 1899, 64: 567^^; New York farmer, 20 July 1899, p. 4) 

 Abstract of reports from voluntary observers. 



[Voluntary entomologic service of New York] (Country gentleman, 27 

 July 1899, 64: 5872s ; New York farmer, 27 July 1899, p. 4) 

 Abstract of reports from voluntary observers. 



Fall web worm. (Country gentleman, 27 July 1899, 64 : 593^^) 

 Gives life history and remedies for Hyphantria cunea Drury. 



Elm tree spraying. (Troy record, 29 July 1899) 



Refutes the imputation that elms in New Haven Ct. and vicinity have not 

 been sprayed, refers to the destructive work of the elm leaf beetle, G a 1 e ru - 

 cella luteola MtiU. in Albany and Troy, and states that thorough spraying 

 is the only way of controlling the pest. 



[Voluntary entomologic service of New York]. (Country gentleman, 

 3 Aug. 1899, 64: 606*7-713) 



Summary of reports from voluntary observers. 



Striped blister beetle. (Country gentleman, 10 Aug. 1899, 64:626") 

 Epieauta vittata Fabr. is identified and remedies are given. 



