REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST I9OO 1021 



beetle [Epitrix cucumeris] has worked on beans and potatoes to 

 some extent. Aug. 6. 



Schuyler county (H. W. Smith, North Hector) — Appletree tent- 

 caterpillar [Clisiocampa americana] has appeared on wild cherry- 

 trees. The appletrees are quite generally infested with [the apple aphis, 

 Aphis mali], the insect being very numerous on the buds. Ap. 26. 

 The apple aphis is still present on unsprayed trees ; and in several instances 

 a small brown worm was found eating into the buds. [It is the bud moth 

 larva, Tmetocera ocellana.] Tent-cater pillars are hatching on 

 appletrees and peachtrees in great abundance. May 4. The tent-cater- 

 pillars have been killed to some extent by the cold, but those on trees in 

 sheltered places are as lively as ever. May 12. The common asparagus 

 beetle [Crioceris asparagi] was found for the first time this spring. 

 Tent-caterpillars have begun feeding again with the return of warm 

 weather. May 1 7. Currant worms [Pteronus ribesii] are work- 

 ing to some extent on unsprayed currant bushes. May 24. 



Seneca county (J. F. Hunt, Kendaia) — Tent-caterpillars [Clisio- 

 campa americana] commenced hatching about Ap. 22-25, an< ^ 

 now they are very abundant. Forest tent-caterpillars [Clisiocampa 

 d is s tri a] hatched from Ap. 28 to 30, and they seem to be nearly as 

 numerous as the other species. Last spring was the first time that I saw 

 the forest tent-caterpillar in this section. I found today where they had 

 eaten holes through the sides of peach buds to get at the flower within. 

 May 3. The hard freeze of May 6 and 7 did little damage to the cater- 

 pillars, it only checked their feeding. There are plenty of curculios 

 [Conotrachelus nenuphar] waiting on the plum and apricot 

 trees for the fruit. May 15. Both species of tent-caterpillars are abun- 

 dant, though there are few of the appletree species within their tents. The 

 curculios are more abundant on the plums and apricots than for many 

 years. I have taken as many as 50 in jarring one tree, and obtain an 

 average of 40 from large trees. There are very few plums stung yet. 

 Our greatest trouble is the forest teat-caterpillar, which is numerous on 

 almost every tree. May 29. Curculios are so abundant that it would 

 be impossible to save our plums, were there only an average setting of 

 fruit; as it is, after three fourths have been stung, there will be plenty 

 left. We have caught over 5000 from less than 200 trees, and we never 

 had anything like it before. Reports from all over the county confirm 

 the statement that the forest tent-caterpillar is abundant in places 

 where but few were seen last year. June 6. The cherry aphis [M y z u s 



