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hyperparasit., U . b r a c h y . b o u c h e a n u s Ratz. was reared from 

 Serial received from Glens Falls (N . Y.) It probably attacked P m p 1 a 



*"Th"e'Iffec°is'of a wmdstorm at Slingerlands on this insect while it 

 was in the pupa stage is worthy of record. June 29 and 30 there was a 

 on^ with maximum wind velocity of .6 m.les an hour, th.s be.ng the 

 c^d at Albany, only seven miles distant. The wind tore hundreds of 

 cocoons from their fastenings and strewed them over lawn and fieW 

 giving in places almost the effect of a light fall of snow. It :s not Re ly 

 that the wind killed many of the insects within the.r cocoons, but .t 

 brought them within easy reach of natural enemies, and a heavy ram 

 would probably have destroyed many of the pupating msects. Two 

 davs later Jul)- 2, moths, principally males, were very abundant ihey 

 fleTaboutthe'appletrees literally as thick as bees in the late afternoon 

 and early evening. The caterpillars had been somewhat of a nuisance 

 earlier in the season, but the moths were worse, at least for tho- w.sh.ng^ 

 to eniov the shade and coolness of the trees, on account of the ejected 

 pinkish fluid which gummed and stained clothes in a very annoymg 



manner. 



Fall army worm (L a p h y g m a f r u^ i p e r d a Abb. and Sm ). 

 This insect was verv abundant and destructive in Buffalo and v.cmity 

 last fall M. F. Adams of that city reported to me that he found large 

 patches m many lawns entirely destroyed in one secfon of the aty. 

 The grass on one large lawn had all been killed except a httle on the 

 front portion, it having been entirely eaten and nothing remammg but 

 weeds The most serious damage appeared to have been caused by the 

 larvae cutting off the grass just below the crown, thus destroying it. 

 The pest evinces a decided preference for blue grass, and, as that consti- 

 tutes a large proportion of the lawns in Buffalo.they suffered accordingly. 

 Red-banded leaf-roller (Loph Oder us trifer ana Walk.). The 

 depredations -f this insect on green pop-corn were brought to my atten- 

 tion by C. H. Stuart, Newark (N. Y.) in July 1899, when several of the 

 light green caterpillars were sent with the statement that they had 

 attacked about ^^ % of the crop, 37 % of 'he corn on each infested ear 

 being destroyed. A larva was sent to Washington (D. C), but the 

 authorities there were unable to identify the pest till the moth appeared 

 in February 1900. 'ITiis is one of the cranberry worms which cause 

 trouble in Massachusetts. It has been recorded as feeding on elm, soft 

 maple, oak, apple, rose, bean. Gnaphalium poly cephal um, 



