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Entered as second-class matter August 2, 1913, at the Post Office at Albany, N. Y., under the 



act of August 2^, 19 1 2 



Published fortnightly 



No. 547 



ALBANY, N. Y. 



July 15, 191 3 



New York State Museum 



John M. Clarke, Director 

 Ephraim Porter Felt, State Entomologist 



Museum Bulletin 165 



28TH REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST 



ON 



INJURIOUS AND OTHER INSECTS 



OF THE 



STATE OF NEW YORK 



1912 



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PAGE 



Introduction 5 



Injurious insects 13 



Codling moth 13 



Hessian' fly 31 



Fall army worm 42 



Elm leaf beetle . 47 



White grubs and Jime beetles . . 56 



Hickory bark borer 63 



Pear thrips 70 



Queen blow fly 75 



Georgian flesh fly .- 80 



PAGE 



Use of oil on dormant trees. ..... 83 



Notes for the year 93 



Fruit tree insects 93 



Forest insects 99 



Miscellaneous. 104 



Publications of the entomologist. 113 



Additions to collections 120 



Appendix: a study of gall midges . 127 



Explanation of plates 227 



Index. 255 



ALBANY 



UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK 

 I913 



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