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of the elms in these places. Pseudimagos were very abundant on infested 

 limbs May 10, and on the 21st perfect winged males appeared in large 

 numbers. There was an interval of several days between these two dates 

 when no males could be found. 



This pest is evidently making its way over the state, as its reception 

 from Flushing (L. I.), and Ogdensburg, St Lawrence co., and its de- 

 tection at Greenwich, Washington co., would imply. It has probably 

 established itself in many cities and villages in New York state. 



Grasshoppers. These insects are always present in some numbers, 

 but in the summer of 1900 certain species were abnormally abundant and 

 destructive. Two species, the red-legged grasshopper, Melanoplus 

 femur-rubrum De Geer, and the Carolina locust, Dissosteira 

 Carolina Linn., were specially abundant in a section of Rensselaer 

 county extending from Castleton through Schodack, Sandlake, Poesten- 

 kill, Brunswick and Pittstown townships. They occured in countless mil- 

 lions, as stated by Mr Hitchcock, voluntary observer in that county. So 

 serious was the evil that many farmers cut their oats in order to save them, 

 and even then found that most of the grain lay on the ground. In two 

 instances fields of buckwheat were entirely destroyed. The lesser migra- 

 tory locust, Melanoplus atlanis Riley, was a very abundant 

 species at Karner last July. Grasshoppers occurred in immense swarms 

 at Mayfield, Fulton co. They were so abundant as soon to devour a 

 piece of oats, as reported by voluntary observer Childs. They were also 

 reported as very numerous at Ogdensburg, St Lawrence co., by Miss 

 Sherman ; and I found certain species excessively abundant at Saranac 

 Inn and vicinity, Franklin co. 



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The work of last year has been continued, and a large number of val- 

 uable observations have been put on record. The two tent-caterpillars 

 have been very abundant in a part of the state during the past season, 

 and most of the observers have given considerable attention to these 

 pests. The report, started early last spring, that the unseasonable, cold, 

 wet weather had destroyed large numbers of the forest tent-caterpillars, 

 was brought to the attention of each observer, and special observations 

 were requested. The entomologist was in a few days in possession of a 

 mass of facts bearing on this question. These records were made by con- 

 servative, trustworthy persons located in all sections of the state ; and, 



