REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST I9OO 999 



clover, strawberry, osage orange and salsify, besides the plants previously 

 named. Its variable food habits render its control more difficult. Prof. 

 Forbes, in his 3d report on the insects of Illinois, records it as a leaf- 

 roller occurring in May and June, evidently in small numbers, on young 

 corn, the adults appearing the last of June. The attack in this state was 

 different and apparently limited largely to the green corn on the ear, 

 a place where it would be very difficult to employ any adequate remedial 

 or preventive measures. There are probably two generations annually, 

 the moths from the earHer larvae appearing the latter part of June and 

 those from the later ones hibernating and disclosing the adult in the 

 spring. 



Harlequin cabbage bug (Murgantia histrionica Stal.). 

 Through Dr Howard I received records of the presence of this species 

 at Jamaica (L. I.), New York, and Oswego. The occurrence of the 

 pest at the last place is believed by Dr Howard to be largely 

 accidental, that is, that it was probably brought in from some other point 

 by shipments of its food plant, and that it could hardly exist there for a 

 series of years. This insect 'has recently been taken in small numbers at 

 Elmira (N. Y.) by Prof. M. H. Beckwith. This record is of considerable 

 interest as indicating the existence of this bug at other points in the state 

 and in some measure justifying the expectation that this species may be 

 able to sustain itself in limited numbers, at least, in parts of western 

 New York. It is a serious pest of the cabbage crop farther south ; and 

 it is to be hoped that the severity of our climate will always prevent this 

 species from becoming abundant enough to cause material damage. 



Juniper plant bug. (Pentatoma j unip erin a Linn.) Several 

 living examples of this insect were received June 28 from Miss E. A. 

 Blunt, of New Russia (N. Y.) One oviposited in transit ; and the eggs 

 are herewith described. They are deposited upright in regular rows and 

 are subcylindric with rounded ends. The ground color is a hght choco- 

 late brown, with a central, rather broad apical ring of a white, finely granu- 

 lated matter; a thinner, larger ring of the same material, ornamented 

 with minute, irregularly placed spinules, defines the cap pushed off when 

 the young emerges. The sides of the eggs are also more or less covered 

 with this white substance, which appears to peel irregularly to some ex- 

 tent. The egg shell is finely punctured. The eggs are a trifle over i mm 

 high and a httle less in diameter. 



Elm bark louse (Gossyparia ulmi GeolT.). This pest holds 

 its own in Albany, Troy and vicinity and it occurs on a large proportion 



