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this season. Many of our maples are affected by borers [probably 

 Plagionotus speciosus]. May 14. I inclose a piece of bark 

 from a Siberian willow which was killed by a scale insect [appletree bark 

 louse, My til asp is pomorum]. Aug. 8. 



Orleans county (Virgil Bogue, Albion) — I am unable to find any 

 evidence of the cold seriously affecting the tent-caterpillars [Clisio- 

 campa americana]. They are not abundant in this vicinity. May 

 12. The foliage of fruit trees in this section is the most perfect I have 

 known it to be for years. The palmer worm [Ypsolophus pome- 

 tellus] is not present here. July 17. I recently took the inclosed 

 specimen [Polystochoetes punctatus]. I have never seen one 

 like it. Honeybees have done better than last year, but even this is not 

 very good. Aug. 20. 



Oswego county (C. B. Cook, Oswego Center) — Appletree tent-cater- 

 pillars [Clisiocampa americana] are numerous in this section, 

 but forest tent-caterpillars [Clisiocampa disstria] are compara- 

 tively scarce. The cold weather does not appear to have harmed the 

 tent-caterpillars. Bud moth [Tmetocera ocellana] has com- 

 menced work to a considerable extent in some orchards. A borer is 

 operating in tomato stalks under glass. [It may be the stalk-borer, 

 Hydroecia nitela.] May 17. Cabbage worms [P i er is rapae] 

 and potato beetles [Doryphora 10-lineata] are appearing in con- 

 siderable numbers. Appletree tent-caterpillars are very numerous, but 

 t here are very few of the forest tent-caterpillars. May 30. Appletree tent- 

 caterpillar is very bad in many orchards, the worst I have ever seen. As- 

 paragus beetles [C r i o c e r i s] are destructive in this section. The com- 

 mon currant worm [Pteronus ribesii] is doing some damage. 

 June 12. During the past week white grubs have been doing consider- 

 able harm in recently set strawberry beds. There have also been a few 

 bad cases of cankerworms on appletrees. The appletree tent-caterpillar 

 has done more damage than was anticipated, denuding many orchards. 

 The plum curculio [Conotrachelus nenuphar] is quite numerous 

 on my place. The insect, which eats holes in the sides of apples and 

 pears, has injured considerable fruit, but, owing to the exceptionally full 

 set, the damage will not be very great. [This may be X ylina anten- 

 nata or Ypsolophus pometellus.] Potato beetles have been 

 abundant this spring. June 29. The first brood of codling-moth [Car- 

 pocapsa pomonella] is doing much damage to apples and less 

 to pears. Potato beetles [Doryphora 10-lineata], striped 



