REPORT OF STATE ENTOMOLOGIST, 1 898 163 



Gillette, C. P. Col. Agricultural experiment station. Bulletin 19. 

 1892. p. 18-20, fig. 9 (brief account). 



Riley, C. V. & Howard, L. O. Insect life. 1892. 4 : 355 

 (mention). 



Snow, W. A. Kansas university quarterly. 1894. 2 : 159 (from 

 Maine, as Epochra). 



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

 1895. 1896. p. 1 1 1-24, fig. 7^;, pi. I, 2 (extended account, as 

 Epochra) ; the same in separate, p. 1-14 ; Me. Agricultural experiment 

 station. 13th Report. 1897. 1898. p. 176 (more abundant than usual). 



Doane, R. W. Entomological news. 1898. 9 : 72 (abundant in 

 Washington state, as Epochra). 



NOTOIiOPHTJS L.EUCOSTIGMA Sm.—Ahl). 



The white -inarJzed tussock moth 

 Ord. Lepidoptera : Fam. Lymantriidae 



The destructiveness of this pest has been so marked and widespread 

 in cities and towns, and inquiries for remedies so numerous, that in spite 

 of the fact that it is, or should be, a well-known insect, it is deemed 

 desirable to notice this species at some length. Though very injurious, 

 it is controlled with comparative ease, and this should be kept before the 

 public, even at the cost of some repetition. 



Ravages in 1898. This insect has proved a serious pest in a 

 number of cities within the state. In Albany, most of the horsechest- 

 nuts would have been completely defoliated had it not been for the 

 spraying undertaken by the municipal authorities. As it was, a large 

 number were seriously injured, owing to the late application of the 

 poison or to inability to throw the spray to the tops of the larger trees. 

 The leaves were nearly stripped from the lindens, and the numerous white 

 egg clusters give promise of greater injury another year, unless protective 

 measures are adopted. In parts of Troy this insect was even more 

 destructive than in Albany. Reports of serious ravages have been 

 received from other localities. Its cocoons were reported by Chester 

 Young, nursery inspector for the state department of agriculture, as 

 abundant on all kinds of trees at Woodside, L. I., which may well be 

 regarded as an indication of extended injuries already sustained and a 

 sign of worse to come. In Buffalo, this insect has become such a pest 

 that the authorities have been stirred to action. A circular has been 

 issued by the board of public works calling upon the citizens to collect 

 and destroy the egg clusters, and giving directions for the same and also 



