REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST I9OO IOO5 



very numerous since the late rains. May 26. Currant aphids [Myzus 

 ribisj have appeared in large numbers and are doing more damage than 

 the currant worm. Roses are affected with aphids. Cherrytrees and 

 appletrees are freer from these pests than I have known them to be for 

 years. Green fruit worms [Xylina speciesl are doing considerable 

 damage to apples and plums. The curculios [Conotrachelus 

 nenuphar] are attacking the latter to some extent. May 31. There 

 has been a very large crop of striped cucumber beetles [Diabrotica 

 vittata], squash, cucumber and melon vines requiring constant atten- 

 tion to save the young plants. I had one patch of Hubbard squash free 

 one day and completely ruined the next. The curculios have been very 

 bad on plums. Appletree tent-caterpillars have spun their cocoons, but 

 the forest tent-caterpillar is still doing considerable damage to mapletrees 

 and appletrees. June 19. The dry weather has caused a great increase 

 in the number of potato bugs [Doryphora 10-lineata] and they 

 are now more numerous than for some years past. Elm leaf beetles 

 [Galerucella luteola], which were very destructive here four years 

 ago, appear to be on the decrease, and so far this season they have been 

 very scarce. June 21. The fall web worm [Hyphantria c u n e a] has 

 appeared unusually early and in quite large numbers. It looks as if it 

 might prove a serious pest. Squash vine-borers [M el i 1 1 ia satyrini- 

 formis] are doing a great deal of damage. June 28. Four years ago 

 the elm leaf beetle completely defoliated our elms, in 1898 they were less 

 abundant, less so in 1899, and there has been but little injury this season- 

 July 20. 



(F. A. Taber, Poughkeepsie) — Tent-caterpillars [Clisiocampa 

 americana] are very numerous and are just hatching out. Egg 

 clusters are more numerous than I have seen them for many years. 

 The grapevine flea beetle [H altica chalybea] has not appeared 

 this season, and the buds are now too far advanced to suffer much injury. 

 May 4. The cold and rain seem to have had no effect on the tent-caterpil- 

 lars. They appear to be as lively as ever, and were at work this morning, 

 though the thermometer stood at 34 . May 11. Potato beetles [D o r y p h - 

 o r'a 1 o-l i n e at a] are unusually thick and destructive. Currant worms 

 [Pteronus ribesii] are not as plenty as usual. June 27. The city 

 of Poughkeepsie has been severely scourged by the elm leaf beetle for 

 the past few years, but this season there are very few of the pests. 

 July -27. 



Erie county (M. F. Adams, Buffalo) — [The fall army worm, 

 Laphygma frugiperda] is very destructive to lawns in certain 



