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our climate, at least when conditions are somewhat favorable. The 

 wintering caterpillars were found in soft or punky corn stalks and 

 had evidently entered for shelter. They were about three-fourths 

 of an inch long and though usually distinctly striped, presented a 

 somewhat general resemblance to the larvae of the European corn 

 borer. 



Army worm caterpillars were reported as somewhat abundant to 

 extremely numerous early in August 19 19, especially in the Mohawk 

 valley west to Rome. They were so numerous in some fields as to 

 threaten considerable injury unless they were destroyed by the use 

 of a poisoned bait. In one case they ruined 11 acres of oats. Many 

 of the caterpillars established themselves at the base of the leaves, 

 remaining there some days; in such places they would not be likely 

 to find the poison bait before considerable damage had been caused. 



June beetles (Lachnosterna sp.). May or June beetles 

 were somewhat abundant in southern Rensselaer and northern 

 Columbia counties. According to statements by B. D. Van Buren 

 made June 10, 1920, his red raspberries were seriously injured; 

 many of the leaves of the bushes were eaten off and in some cases 

 the blossoms also, though not infrequently the blossoms were left 

 after most of the leaves had fallen. He estimates his loss from these 

 pests at from $50 to $75 and states that black cap raspberries and 

 purple cane raspberries nearby were not injured by the beetles. 

 He also noted that the work was almost entirely on foliage 2 feet 

 above the ground or higher and that the lower leaves of the plants 

 were practically free from attack. 



Wireworms. These are the yellowish, hard, cylindrical larvae 

 sometimes found in numbers in sodland or recently turned grass. 

 They occasionally cause serious injury to young corn and potatoes 

 and may be easily distinguished from the myriapods sometimes 

 incorrectly called wireworms, by the yellowish color and the pres- 

 ence of but three pairs of legs at the anterior extremity of the 

 body, whereas the millipedes are usually brown or dark brown and 

 invariably have series of legs along the entire under surface of the 

 body. 



Specimens of the wheat wireworm, Agriotes mancus Say, 

 were received under date of July 7, 1920, from James Pringle, 

 acting county agricultural agent, Jamestown, accompanied by the 

 statement that they were injuring corn and, judging from the 

 specimens sent, the infestation was probably somewhat serious. 

 Examples of this species were also submitted for identification 



