REPORT OF THE STATE EXTO^fOLOCTST Tgj2 IIQ 



White Grubs. Knickerbocker Press, August i6; Kinderhook 

 Courier, August 22, 19 12 



A brief record of severe injury in southern Rensselaer and northern 

 Cohimbia counties, with observations upon their habits and methods of 

 control. 



Scraping Trees. Guide to Nature, August 1912, 5:13 



The common practice of scraping the rough bark from shade trees is 

 considered of practically no benefit. 



Damage By White Grub and the Chinch Bug. Albany Evening 

 Journal, October 2; New York Farmer, October 10, 1912 



A summary account of injury by the white grub, with suggestions for 

 reseeding, and a notice of an outbreak by the chinch bug, B 1 i s s u s 

 leucopterus Say. 



Some Large Problems in Economic Entomology. Cornell Coun- 

 tryman. October 19 12, No. i, pages 3-7 



A general discussion of entomological problems, with special reference 

 to the need of national quarantine and the desirability of protecting 

 shade and forest trees from insect depredations. Data are given regard- 

 ing the number of insects, their varied stages and food habits and the 

 difficulties .ittendant upon the recognition of the numerous forms. 



Observations on Uleella Riibs. Entomological News, 1912, 23: 



353-54 



The characters of the adults of this genus are established and U . 

 p i s o n i f o 1 i a described in both sexes, together with the gall, larva 

 and pupa. 



New Gall Midges or Itonididae. New York Entomological Society 

 Journal, 20:146-56, 1912 



Several midges are recorded from spiders' webs and the following 

 species described : Coccidomyiaerii Oligotrophus betheli, 

 Janetiella coloradensis, Asteromyia grindeliae, 

 Lasioptera verbenae, L. diplaci, Asphondylia di- 

 placi, A. en celiac, Thecodiplosis zauschneriae, 

 Clinodiplosis araneosa, Coquillettomyia knabi 

 and Karschomyia toWnsendi. 



Scientific notes. Economic Entomology Journal, 5:398, 403, 411, 

 1912 



Brief notes on outbreaks by white grubs (Lachnosterna species), fall 

 army worm, Laphygma frugiperda Sm. & Abb. and the locust 

 leaf miner, Chalepus dorsalis Thunb. 



