^20 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



Burm. ; Stictocephala inermis Fabr. ; Thelia acumi- 

 nata Fabr. ; Thelia monticola Fabr. ; Telamona godingi 

 Van Duz. ; Archasia galeata Fabr. ; two marked tree hopper, 

 Enchenopa binotata Say ; dog day cicada, Cicada tibicen 

 Linn. ; oak fig gall, Biorhiza forticornis Walsh ; acorn weevil, 

 Balaninus nasicus Say. 

 Lime-Sulfur Washes. Country Gentleman, Dec. 3, 1903* 



68:10542-^ 



Comments on methods of preparing wash without boiling, and criticisms 

 of the so-called "lime-oil" wash. 

 Grapevine Root Worm [Fidia viticida Walsh]. N.Y. 



State Mus. Bui. 72. 1903. p. 1-5 1, 13 pi. 



Issued Dec. 10, 1903. Republished largely in Grape Belt, p. 7, in issues 

 for Feb. 9, 23, Mar. 8, 15, Ap. 5. 12, May 6, 17; also republished in part in 

 Jamestown Journal, Feb. 10, 1904, p. 5- 



Contents 



PAGE PAGE 



Preface 3 Varieties affected 30 



Introduction 5 Grapeberry moth 31 



Area infested 6 Natural enemies 32 



Signs of insect's presence 6 Remedial measures 33 



A native species 7 Destroying the pupae 33 



Allies 8 Collecting beetles 34 



Present conditions in Ohio. . . 9 Arsenical poisons 39 



Early history 11 Destruction of eggs 44 



Description 13 Pulverizing the soil and 



Life history 15 mounding 45 



Habits of the beetle 15 Carbon bisulfid 45 



Eggs 19 Kerosene emulsion 46 



Habits of the grubs or larvae, 23 Crude petroleum 46 



Pupa 25 Calcium carbid 46 



Experimental work in 1903 26 Recommendations 47 



Record of cage experiments. . 27 Bibliography 47 



Insects taken by beetle Explanation of plates 5° 



catcher 29 Index 53 



Food plants 30 Plates 1-6 face 52 



Destroying Bees. Country Gentleman, Feb. 25, 1904, 59:i76'*3 



Carbon bisulfid advised for their destruction in a wall space. 

 Winter Insects in New York. Argus [Albany] Mar. 9, 1904, p. 4 



Records taking a number of insects, beetles, flies, bugs and caterpillars 

 in ice, the capture of Anopheles punctipennis Say on snow, 

 and refers to other records of insects occurring in winter. 

 Insect Pests to Crops and Trees. Troy Record, Mar. 22, 1904, p. 5 



Summary of losses caused by introduced insects, with notice of threaten- 

 ing species, a brief enumeration of injurious forms and reference to several 

 recently introduced beneficial species. 

 Scale Insects. Mass. Fruit Growers Ass'n, 9th An. Meeting 1903, 



p. 24-31 



