REPORT OF TUK STATE ENTOMOLOGIST \i)oC) 73 



A s p i d i o 1 11 s p c r n i c i o s u s Conisl. ; j^rape root worm, I-' i d i a v i t i - 

 c i d a Walsh and the hcrr}^ moth, P o 1 y c h r o s i s v i t c a n a Clciii. 



New York Entomologic Service. Country Gentleman, May 17, 

 1906, 71 :4724^'^-73" ; New York Farmer, May 17, p. 5 

 Suniniary of reports and a warning notiee. 



Fighting- Garden Pests. Suburban Life, June 1906, 2:293 



Control nieasnres for eutworms, black flea beetles, Epitrix c u c n ni - 

 e r i s Harr. ; currant worms, Pteroniis ribesii Scop. ; rose beetles, 

 M a c r o d a c t y 1 n s s u b s p i n o s u s Fabr. ; oyster and scurfy scales, 

 Lepidosaphes ulmi Linn, and Chionaspis furfura Fitch. 



Red Ants. Suburban Life, June 1906, 2:301-2 



Directions are given for fighting this tiny pest, M o n o m o r i u m 

 p h a r a o n i s Linn. 



Grape Root Worm Found to be Very Abundant. Grape Belt, May 

 29, 1906, p. I 



General observations on the work of the grape root worm, F i d i a v i t i - 

 c i d a Walsh. 



New York Entomologic Service. Country Gentleman, June 7, 1906, 

 71:54523; New York Farmer, June 7, p.4 



Summary of reports'. 



New York Entomologic Service. Country Gentleman, June 14, 

 1906, 71 1569^^; New York Farmer, June 14, p.4 



Summary of reports. 



Melon Pests. Country Gentleman, June 21, 1906, 71 :592*^ 



Covering young plants with netting is advised for striped cucumber beetle, 

 Diabrotica vittata Fabr. or land plaster, ashes etc. may be applied 

 when the dew is on. 



Cherry Borers. Country Gentleman, June 21, 1906, 71 :593-^^ 



Cut away diseased bark and kill the borers either with a wire or by inject- 

 ing carbon bisulfid. Then cover the wounds with paint or fill the cavity with 

 cement. 



New York Entomologic Service. Country Gentleman, June 21, 

 1906, 71:593^^; New York Farmer, June 21, p.8 

 Summary of reports. 



Ravages of Tussock Caterpillars. Troy Times, June 22, 1906; 

 Argus [Albany], June 23; Lockport Journal, June 23; Syracuse 

 Post-Standard, June 2^ ; Utica Press, June 23 ; Ogdensburg 

 News, June 24 ; Cohoes Dispatch, June 25 ; Middletown Argus, 

 June 25 ; Hudson Republican, June 28 ; Albany Press-Knicker- 



