REPORT OF STATE ENTOMOLOGIST, 1898 



245 



Bag or basket worm. (Country gentleman. Ap. 21, 1898. 6;^: 307, 

 col. I, 2—17 cm) 



Examples of the- larval cases of this insect, Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis Ha- 



worth, were received from New-Dorp, N. Y., with an inquiry as to their nature. 



The insect is briefly described and its life history given. Hand picking and spraying 



with paris green are the remedies recommended. 



« Twelfth report on the injurious and other insects of the state of New 



York, for the year 1896. Albany. University of the State of New York. 



1897. [Issued Ap. 22, 1898] 242P. i5pl. (In 50th report on the 



New York state museum, for the year 1896. Albany. University of 



the State of New York. 1898) [Issued June, 1898] 



Contents 



Introductory I77 



Injurious insects 181 



* Caviponohis pennsylvanicus ' and ^ 

 ^Formica rufa,' carpenter ant and 



mound-building ant 181 



Ecpantheria scribonia [ociilaria], 



the great white leopard moth .. . 183 

 Leucania iinipuncta, the army 



worm 190 



Steganoptycha claypoliana, a new 



maple-tree insect 214 



Oxyptihis periscelidactylus, the gar- 

 tered plume moth 218 



Additional notes on Sciara, the 



fungus gnats 223 



Piophila casei, the cheese skipper : 



the ham skipper .- 229 



Lebia grandis 235 



Plagionotus speciosns, the sugar 



maple borer 237 



Saperda tridentata, the elm borer.. 243 

 Crioceris 12-piinctatu the twelve- 

 spotted asparagus beetle 248 



Galerucella hiteola, the elm-leaf 



beetle in Albany and Troy 253 



Odontota dorsalis 264 



Balaninus proboscideus : Balanimis 



rectus, the chestnut weevils 267 



Cicada sepiendecim, the periodical 



cicada 272 



Pemphigus rhois, the sumac gall 



aphis 290 



Gossyparia ulmi, the elm-tree bark 

 louse 292 



Injurious insects {continued) page 



Neuronia pardalis 298 



Leptodesmus species 300 



Appendix 305 



(A) Notes on some of the insects of 



the year in the state of New York 307 



Tenth redo rufopectus 308 



Datana integerrima 309 



Army worm 309 



Wheat-head army worm 310 



Eufitchia \Diastictis\ ribearia 3 ID 



Canker worm 311 



Cacoccia rosaceana 312 



Cecidomyid in choke-cherries 313 



Euphoria inda 3^3 



Elaphidion oak pruner 314 



Asparagus beetle 314 



Ash-grey blister beetle 315 



Chinch bug 3^5 



San Jose scale 3^6 



Oak Kermes S^^ 



Elm bark louse 3^7 



Phytoptus pruni 3^8 



(B) Entomological addresses 319 



Mosquito 3^9 



Plea for entomological study 336 



(C) List of publications of the ento- 

 mologist 347 



(D) Contributions to the department 



in 1896 359 



(E) Classified list of insects, etc., 

 noticed in this report 365 



(F) Explanation of plates 369 



General index 373 



a By J. A. Lintner 



