250 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



or collecting the eggs would be too great in woods, it is advisable to burn over the 

 ground soon after the insects have pupated, provided there is not so much fuel on 

 the surface as to produce a fire injurious to the trees. 



[See pages 191-201 of this report] 



[Periodical Cicada] (Argus [Albany]. July 15, 1898. p. 4, col. 

 6 — 10 cm) 



A brief review of Bulletin 14, U. S. Dep't agriculture, Division of entomology, 

 commending a few of the many excellent features of this work. 



Elm-leaf beetle in New York state. (Bulletin New York state museum. 

 V. 5, no. 20, 1898 [Issued July 15]. 43 p. 6 pi. 



CONTENTS 



PAGE 



Preface 4 



Elm-leaf beetle in New York state.. 5 



Bad reputation of its family 5 



Inaction means death to the elms.. 5 



Distribution 6 



Description 8 



Life history 9 



Number of generations 13 



Habits of beetle and larvae 13 



Species of elms attacked 15 



An associated insect 16 



Injuries and characteristics 16 



An associated insect {continued') page 



Description and life history 17 



Means of distribution 18 



Secondary attacks by insects 18 



Natural enemies of elm-leaf beetle. .. 20 



Remedies 21 



Cost of spraying elms . 21 



Proper apparatus 22 



Time and manner of spraying 24 



A palliative measure 26 



Useless measures 27 



Remedies for associated insects 28 



Bibliography 29 



Explanation of plates 34 



Forest tent caterpillar. (Country gentleman. July 21, 1898. 63:567, 

 col. 2 — 6 cm) 



Caterpillars from Exeter, N. Y. are identified as those of Clisiocampa dissiria 

 Hiibn., and reference is given to an earlier notice of the insect. 



Work of the oak pruner. (Country gentleman. July 21, 1898. 63:573, 

 col. 4 — 16 cm) 



Larvae boring in oak from Ulster county, N. Y., are those o{ Elaphidion villosum 

 Fabr. Notes on their habits, injuries along Lake George and transformations are 

 given. Collecting and burning the fallen twigs is recommended. 



Molting of a tarantula. (Argus [Albany]. July 23, 1898. p.3 — 15 

 cm; also m Country gentleman. Aug. 4, 1898. Gt^ : 616, col. 3 — 

 16 cm; Worcester [Mass.] telegram. Aug. 14, 1898) 



States why molting is necessary for sjiiders and insects and describes briefly the 

 process in this instance. This female spider, Eurypclma hentzii Girard, was under 

 the care of Dr J. M. Bigelow for two years. Its previous molt was about the latter 

 part of 1896. 



[See pages 219, 220 of this report] 



