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Codling moth. (Country gentleman. Mar. 24, 1898. 6^ : 226, col. i, 2 — 

 14 cm) 



A correspondent from Beaver Creek, Col., communicates a larva of the codling 

 moth, Carpocapsa pomonella Linn., and inquires if it is the insect causing patches of 

 dead bark on his apple-trees. It is stated that this species is not a wood borer and 

 farther search for the cause of the trouble is recommended. 



Bees injuring grapes. (Country gentleman. Mar. 24, 1898. 6t^ : 226, col. 



2, 3— 14 cm) 



Complaint is made from Dutchess county that bees injure sound fruit and inquiry 

 is made of their habits in this respect In reply, it is stated, that there is no reliable 

 evidence of bees attacking uninjured fruit, but that species of Vespa, * yellow jackets,' 

 are known not only to attack sound fruit but even kill honey-bees. The exposure of 

 a mixture of honey and sugar or glucose is advised as a palliative of the evil. 



Not San Jose. (Country gentleman. Mar. 24, 1898. ^t^ : 226, col. 3 — 5 

 cm) 



Limbs of an apple-tree from Ulster co., believed to be infested with the San Jos6 

 scale, show no traces of that insect, only a few examples of the woolly aphis of the 

 apple, Schizoneiira lanigera Hausm,, being found on the twigs. 



Aphids in greenhouse. (Country gentleman. Mar. 31, 1898. (i^t ' 247, col. 

 I — 8 cm) 



In response to a brief inquiry of how to rid a house of the green-fly, the method of 

 smoking for aphids with moistened tobacco stems is described. Pyrethrum, helle- 

 bore, kerosene emulsion or a whale oil soap solution is also recommended. 



Eel worms in clover. (Country gentleman. Ap. 7, 1898. 6^: 266, col. 

 I, 2—33 cm) 



Dead clover roots, received from Seal, Pa., showing a spongy texture and with the 

 interstices filled with a pale brownish powder, have most probably suffered from the 

 attack of eel- worms. Their general characteristics and life history are given, and 

 the work in England of Tyleiichiis devastatrix Kuhn. is briefly described. 



[The elm-leaf beetle] (Troy daily times. Ap. 7, 1898. — 13 cm) 



Responding to an inquiry, it is stated that the ravages of the elm-leaf beetle in Troy 

 will probably be greater the coming season than last year. Spraying the trees with 

 arsenites and destroying the larvae and pupae on the trunks and about the infested 

 trees are recommended. 



It is San Jose. (Country gentleman. Ap. 14, 1898. 63: 286, col. 

 3—5 cm) 



Scales abounding on pieces of Japan plum bark received from Woodstown, N. J., 

 are identified as the San Jos^ scale, Aspidiohis perniciosus Comst. Destroying the 

 infested tree and watching others in the vicinity is recommended. 



Probably not efficient. (Country gentleman. Ap. 14, 1898. d^ : 286, 

 287, col. 4, I — 14 cm) 



In response to an inquiry from a Long Island correspondent, the manner of pre- 

 paring and using the lime, sulfur and salt wash for the San Jos^ scale is given, 

 though it has little or no value in the eastern states. 



