REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST 1903 



107 



18th Report of the State Entomologist on Injurious and Oilier In- 

 sects of the State of New York L902. N. V. Sjate Mus. Bui. G4. 

 190:;. p.89-193, 1 lith. 5 halftones 

 Issued June 2. 



Contents 



PAGE 



Introduction 89 



General entomologic features. 89 



Office work 90 



Special investigations 91 



Publications 91 



Collections of insects 92 



New quarters 93 



Voluntary observers 93 



Acknowledgments 93 



Injurious insects 

 E u p r o c t i s chrysor- 



r b o e a , brown tail moth. . 94 

 Psila rosae, carrot rust 

 fly 99 



Notes for the year 103 



Fruit tree pests 104 



Small fruit insects 105 



Grass and grain insects 100 



Shade tree insects 108 



Forest insects 110 



Household insects 113 



Beneficial insects 114 



Injurious insects from abroad. . 116 



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Injurious insects, etc. (continued) 

 Species of primary economic 



importance 120 



Species which may become 



very destructive 122 



Other species 122 



Experimental work against San 



Jose scale insect 126 



Fall applications 126 



Spring applications 131 



Summary 143 



Voluntary entomologic service . . 144 



Summaries of reports 144 



Faunal studies .". 153 



Coleoptera taken at Newport, 



Herkimer co. N.Y 153 



List of publications of the ento- 

 mologist 161 



Contributions to collection 170 



Explanation of plates 178 



Plates 1-6 face 179 



Index 181 



New York Entomologic Service. Country Gentleman, June 4, 

 1903, 68 :498 14 

 Summary of reports from voluntary observers. 



Remedies for Grapevine Root Worms. Grape Belt, June 16, 

 1903, p.2 

 Brief statement of remedial measures for Fidia viticida Walsh. 



New York Entomologic Service. Country Gentleman, June 18, 

 1903, 68 :530 38 

 Summary of reports from voluntary observers. 



Hints to Fruit Growers and Truckers. Am. Agric. June 20, 1903, 

 71:648 24 



Briefly discusses the grapevine root worm, Fidia viticida Walsh, 

 injuries in Chautauqua grape belt and remedies for same, and also the 

 plum curculio, asparagus beetles, and insect enemies of squash. 



