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Garman, Harrison. Ky. Agricultural experiment station. 7th 

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Taft, L. R. & Davis, G. C. Mich. Agricultural experiment station. 

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Hopkins, A. D. & Rumsey, W. C. W. Va. Agricultural experi- 

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Lugger, Otto. Minn. Agricultural experiment station. Report 

 1895. 1896. p. 174,240 (mention); — ist Report of entomologist 

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 34. 1896. p. 290 (mention). 



Kirkland, A. H. Mass. (Hatch) agricultural experiment station. 

 Bulletin 46. 1897. p. 23, 25, fig. 25 (larvae eaten by toad). 



Chittenden, F. H. U. S. Dep't agriculture, Division entomology. 

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Barrows, W. B. & Pettit, R. H. Mich. Agricultural experiment 

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Harvey, F. L. Me. Agricultural experiment station. 13th Report. 

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XYLINA ANTENNATA Walker "^ 



Ord. Lepidoptera : Fam. Noctuidae 



The extensive defoliation of soft maples by the larvae of this species 

 at Schenectady and presumably at other places in the state, is another 

 instance of how destructive comparatively unknown species may become, 

 provided conditions are favorable. 



Recent injuries. The numerous soft maples at Schenectady were 

 practically stripped of their foliage by hordes of light green caterpillars. 

 On June 20, many were to be seen on the affected trees, not infrequently 

 50 to 100 on a single trunk. On the sidewalks, along the curbing and in 

 the roadway, larvae were crawling hither and thither. Even were one 



a Determined by Drs H. G. Dyar and J. B. Smith. 



