"jd NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM ' 



Cucumber Insects. Country Gentleman, Aug. 2, 1906, 71 7 15^^ 



Remedial measures are given for cutworms and the striped cucumber 

 beetle, Diabrotica vittata Fabr. 



New York Entomologic Service. Country Gentleman, Aug. 2, 1906, 



71 722'^^; New York Farmer, Aug. 2, p.8 



Summary of conditions. 



As to the Gipsy Moth. Providence (R. I.) Journal, Aug. 4, 1906 



Statements respecting the gipsy moth, Porthetria dispar Linn, 

 and observations on the necessity of protecting trees from insect pests. 



Protecting the City's Shade Trees. Albany Argus, Aug. 8, 1906 



A brief statement emphasizing the value of individual action against the 

 white marked tussock moth, Hemerocampa leucostigma Abb. & 

 Sm. and the elm leaf beetle, Galerucella luteola Miiil. 



Tulip Tree Scale. Country Gentleman, Aug. 16, 1906, 71 1754*^ 



Eulecanium tulipiferae Cook is described and repressive meas- 

 ures advised. 



Currant Aphis-Asparagus. Country Gentleman, Aug. 23, 1906, 



71 :775ii 



Remedies for currant aphis, Myzus cerasi Fabr. are briefly discussed. 

 Squash and Cucumber Pests. Country Gentleman, Aug. 30, 1906, 



71 :8oo^ 



Brief economic accounts of the squash borer, Melittia satyrini- 

 f o r m i s Hiibn. and the striped cucumber beetle, Diabrotica vittata 

 Fabr. 



Protect the Birds. Cattaraugus Republican, Aug. 31, 1906 



A brief plea for the protection of birds as one of the best methods of 

 controlling certain destructive forest insects. 



2 1 St Report of the State Entomologist 1905. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 

 104, Entomology 26, p.47-186, 48 fig. 10 pi. 

 Issued Sept. 4, 1906. 



Contents 



PAGE 



Nursery certificates 54 



Voluntary observers 55 



PAGE 



Introduction 49 



General entomologic features. 49 



San Jose scale 50 



Grape root worm 50 



Gipsy and brown tail moths . . 50 



Shade and forest tree insects. 51 



Mosquitos 51 



Aquatic insects 52 



Publications 53 



Collections 54 



Office work 54 



Historical 55 



Acknowledgments 57 



Injurious insects 58 



Notes for the year 91 



Fruit tree insects 91 



Grass and grain insects 93 



Shade tree insects 95 



Forest tree insects 98 



Miscellaneous 102 



