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p i c t a Harr.) was found at work on strawberry plants. — June 9. 

 June beetles are exceedingly abundant; more so than we have 

 known for years. — July 3. The stalk borer (Papaipema 

 n i t e 1 a Guen.) is at work in small numbers on various plants, 

 and we have succeeded in detecting a parasite on the same, which 

 proves to be a tachinid. 



Wayne county [C. H. Stuart, Newark]— The first aphffls were 

 observed on roses May 5, and comparatively few plants were 

 infested. No tent caterpillars or cankerworms have been ob- 

 served, and the spotted asparagus beetle (Cri'oce f ris 12- 

 punctata Linn.) has disappeared, though the common species 

 (C. asparagi Linn.) is present in force. House flies are 

 scarce and occur only on the sunny side of buildings. — May 19. 

 Plant lice began to appear the latter part of May, and have been 

 more abundant than we have ever known them to be before. 

 They oblige us to keep a gang of 15 or 20 men and boys at work 

 continuously in the nursery with a whale oil soap solution to 

 keep them in check. Larvae of lady beetles are more than usually 

 abundant and are undoubtedly doing good service. On our 

 lawn the only trees or plants that have escaped plant lice are 

 poppies and evergreens; everything else is literally covered with 

 them, or at least was so a week ago. Now the lady beetles are 

 beginning to get the upper hand of the pests. — July 2 



Westchester county [F. R. Calkins, Ossining] — Elm leaf beetles 

 (Galerucella luteola Mtill.) appeared May 3 and have 

 been increasing rapidly but have caused no serious damage. — 

 May 4- Bumble flower beetles (Euphoria inda Fabr.) 

 were flying about in considerable numbers. Hundreds of them 

 were observed, though there was no evidence of material injury. 

 Grasshoppers were first seen May 6 and have become very numer- 

 ous. Striped cucumber beetles (Diabrotica vittata 

 Fabr.) appeared in large numbers on the 8th. The first Colorado 

 potato beetles (D or y p h 6 r a 10 - 1 i n e a t a Say) were, ob- 

 served on the 15th. Appletree tent caterpillars (Malacosoma 

 americana Fabr.) are causing a great deal of injury in this 

 section, and species of plant lice are curling the leaves of various 

 shrubs in this vicinity. — May IS. The majority of elms in this 



