REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST IQOO IO33 



Ash gray blister beetle (Country gentleman, 6 Sep. 1900, 65 : 722 s3 ) 



Remedies are given for the depredations of Epicauta cinerea Forst. 

 on Clematis paniculata. 



Tulip tree scale (Country gentleman, 6 Sep. 1900, 65 : 722 s6 ) 



The treatment is given for Lecanium tulipiferae Cook on tulip trees. 



Cicada-killer (Country gentleman, 6 Sep. 1900, 65: 722 41 ) 



Sphecius speeiosus Drury.is identified from a specimen sent. 



Black blister beetle (Country gentleman, 13 Sep. 1900, 65 : 742 15 ) 

 Identifying Epicauta pennsylvanica DeGeer. 



Mating of potato beetles (Country gentleman, 13 Sep. 1900, 65: 743 17 ) 

 Discusses briefly the sexual relations and prolificacy of the Colorado potato 

 beetle. 



Chinch bug abundant (Country gentleman, 13 Sep. 1900, 65 : 750 21 ) 



Gives directions for coDtrolling Blissus leu cop ter us Say, which was 

 abundant at Peruville (N. Y.) 



Illustrated descriptive catalogue of some of the more important in- 

 jurious and beneficial insects (Bui. N. Y. state mus. [issued 14 Sep. 

 1900] v. 8, no. 37, 54P. 8s fig.) 



Gives the chief characteristics of about 100 of the more important insects. 

 Methods of controlling injurious forms are given, also the formulas of many 

 insecticides. 



Katydid eggs (Country gentleman, 27 Sep. 1900, 65 : 782^) 



Brief, popular account ofMicrocentrum retinervis Burm. 



Infestation by grain moths (Country gentleman, 27 Sep. 1900, 65 : 789 23 ) 

 General accounts of the Angoumois moth, Sitotroga cerealella 

 Oliv., and of the Mediterranean flour moth Ephestia kuehniella Zell. 



White grubs or muckworms (Country gentleman, 4 Oct. 1900, 65: 803 12 ) 



Brief account of Allorhina and Lachnosterna larvae, giving 

 remedies. 



Chrysalis of milkweed butterfly (Country gentleman, n Oct. 1900, 

 65: 829 41 ) 



Describes the chrysalis and gives briefly the life history of A n o si a p 1 e x- 

 i pp us Linn. 



Borer in the smoke tree (American gardening, 13 Oct. 1900, 21: 679 11 ) 

 The effects stated indicate the presence of a borer, possibly the leopard 

 . moth, Zeuzera pyrina Linn. 



