REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST I9OO IOI5 



pillars [Clisiocampa americana] in this section. They remained 

 in the web during the cold spell. They appear to have been a little late 

 in hatching, as no webs were observed till after May 1, while along the 

 highway in the valley webs were numerous Ap. 26. Lady beetles were 

 found in the vicinity of egg clusters which had been eaten out by some 

 insect. A large spined soldier bug [PPodisus spinosus] was seen 

 with a small tent-caterpillar on its extended beak. May 11. Can- 

 kerworms made their appearance about May 10, and on the 28th, as we 

 drove from Warner to Syracuse, I did not see a tree but that was badly 

 eaten by them. They were on elm, maple, basswood, apple, cherry, etc. 

 They are by far the worst pest in this section. There do not appear to 

 be as many appletree tent-caterpillars as usual. A few forest tent-cater- 

 pillars [Clisiocampa disstria] have been seen, but they are not 

 doing much damage. June 6. Wheat was damaged more than last 

 season by the Hessian fly [Cecidomyia destructor], as fully 

 one third was down. The damage was confined to a few fields of early 

 sown grain. July 24. 



Ontario county (J. J. Barden, Stanley) — The orchards about Union 

 Springs, Cayuga co., are badly infested with [Lecanium Pcerasi- 

 'fex]. Dec. 14. The freezing of the past week does not seem to have 

 decreased the numbers of tent-caterpillars [Clisiocampa ameri- 

 cana]. I have found thousands of nests, and in none of them were 

 there dead caterpillars. The forest tent-caterpillar [Clisiocampa 

 disstria] appears to be ten times as abundant as last year. They 

 seem to be unaffected by the cold. The fruit tree bark beetle [S c o 1 y- 

 tus rugulosus] is doing great damage in commercial orchards near 

 Geneva. May 14. The pale striped flea beetle [Systena taeniata] 

 is working serious mischief on seedling appletrees, and it is also very 

 abundant on sugar beets. The 12 spotted asparagus beetle [Crioc- 

 eris 12-punctata] has appeared at Stanley and also at Newark. 

 July 2. Colorado potato beetle [Doryphora 10- line at a] has 

 done little damage the present season. The 12 spotted asparagus 

 beetle is very abundant at Fredonia, Chautauqua co. and at Almond, 

 Allegany co. The common asparagus beetle is also abundant at these 

 places. Aug. 16. 



Orange county (J. M. Dolph, Port Jervis) — The scurfy bark louse 

 [Chi on as pis fur fur a] is bad on currant bushes in some places. 

 Ap. 23. The tent-caterpillar [Clisiocampa americana] has 

 never been very abundant in this region, and I have seen but one nest 



