REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST 1903 



193 



appletree tent caterpillar, Clisiocampa [Malacosoma] ameri- 

 c a n a Fabr. ; forest tent caterpillar. Clisiocampa [Malacosoma] 

 disstria Hiibn. and fall webworm, Hypbantria cnnea Drnry 

 [textor Harr.]. 



Observations on Certain Insects Attacking Pine Trees. U. S. Dep't 



Agric. Div. Ent. Bui. 37, n.s. 1902. p.103-4 



Records of injuries by T o m i c u s c a 1 1 i g r a p b u s Germ., T. p i n i Say 

 and also of Mono b a m m u s confuso r Kirby and Dendroctonus 

 terebrans Oliv. 



Potato Wireworms. Country Gentleman, Dec. 4, 1902, 57 :992 13 

 General remedial measures for wireworms are briefly discussed. 



Crude Petroleum as an Insecticide. Soc. Promotion Agric. Sci. 

 Proc. 23d An. Meeting 1902, p.86-95; separate p.1-10 received 

 Dec. 21, 1902 



A review of experiments with crude petroleum and summary of results in 

 controlling San Jose scale, Aspidiotus perniciosus Comst. 



Maggots in Mushrooms. Country Gentleman, Jan. 1, 1903, 68 :6 15 



Brief account of species injuring mushrooms and remedies therefor, 

 Phora agarici Lint, and species of Sciara being mentioned in par- 

 ticular. 



Entomology. U. S. N. Y. Handbook 16, revised Dec. 1902, p.1-12, 



issued Jan. 3, 1903 



Contents 



PAGE 



Definition 1 



Systematic entomology 1 



Economic entomology 2 



History of the division 3 



Investigations 4 



Collections 5 



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Lectures 7 



Voluntary observers 7 



Publications . 8 



Educational work 9 



List of entomologic publications. 10 



Grapevine Root Worm [F i d i a viticida Walsh] . N. Y. State 

 Mus. Bui. 59. 1902. p.49-84, 1 col.pl. 1 halftones 

 Issued Jan. 5, 1903. Republished in great part in issues of Grape Belt 



[Dunkirk N. Y.] for Jan. 9, 13, 20, 27, Feb. 3, 10. 



Contents 



PAGE PAGE 



Preface \ 49 



Introduction 51 



Area infested 51 



Signs of insect's presence 52 



A native species 53 



Allies . 54 



Present conditions in Ohio .... 54 



Early history 57 



Description 58 



Life history 60 



Habits of the beetle 61 



Eggs 63 



Habits of the larvae 66 



Pupa 68 



Food plants 68 



Natural enemies 69 



