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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  of 
  them 
  can 
  be 
  found 
  are 
  so 
  frequent 
  that 
  it 
  has 
  seemed 
  quite 
  

   desirable 
  that 
  a 
  Hst 
  of 
  these 
  species 
  be 
  given 
  with 
  the 
  places 
  of 
  

   their 
  publication. 
  This 
  has 
  been 
  prepared 
  and 
  will 
  doubtless 
  be 
  

   of 
  aid 
  to 
  all 
  interested 
  in 
  mycology. 
  

  

  IV 
  

  

  REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  ENTOMOLOGIST 
  

   The 
  State 
  Entomologist 
  reports 
  that 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  species 
  of 
  in- 
  

   sects 
  have 
  inflicted 
  serious 
  injuries 
  upon 
  both 
  fruit 
  and 
  shade 
  

   trees. 
  A 
  most 
  interesting 
  phenomenon 
  was 
  the 
  widespread 
  and 
  

   abundant 
  flight 
  of 
  the 
  snow-white 
  linden 
  moth. 
  An 
  unusual 
  

   feature 
  was 
  the 
  capture, 
  within 
  the 
  limits 
  of 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  x^lbany, 
  

   of 
  two 
  specimens 
  of 
  a 
  small, 
  green, 
  subtropical 
  cockroach. 
  

  

  Fruit 
  tree 
  insects. 
  Fruit 
  trees 
  in 
  the 
  western 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  

   were 
  seriously 
  injured 
  in 
  some 
  sections 
  by 
  the 
  cigar 
  case 
  bearer, 
  

   a 
  species 
  which 
  is 
  very 
  rarely 
  abundant 
  enough 
  to 
  cause 
  material 
  

   damage 
  in 
  the 
  Hudson 
  river 
  valley.. 
  Depredations 
  by 
  this 
  case 
  

   bearer 
  were 
  frequently 
  associated 
  with 
  severe 
  damage 
  to 
  a 
  small 
  

   plant 
  mite 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  blister 
  mite. 
  Western 
  fruit 
  growers 
  were 
  

   also 
  greatly 
  exercised 
  by 
  the 
  caterpillars 
  of 
  the 
  white 
  marked 
  tus- 
  

   sock 
  moth 
  eating 
  into 
  the 
  young 
  fruit, 
  a 
  troublesome 
  departure 
  

   from 
  the 
  normal 
  habit. 
  The 
  fall 
  cankerworm 
  was 
  unusually 
  

   abundant 
  and 
  destructive 
  on 
  eastern 
  Long 
  Lsland 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  

   of 
  New 
  York 
  city. 
  The 
  San 
  Jose 
  scale 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  serious 
  

   insect 
  pests 
  of 
  the 
  horticulturist. 
  The 
  warm, 
  dry 
  weather 
  during 
  

   the 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  season 
  was 
  favorable 
  to 
  the 
  unrestricted 
  mul- 
  

   tiplication 
  of 
  this 
  insect, 
  and 
  in 
  some 
  cases 
  orchards 
  have 
  become 
  

   very 
  badly 
  affected. 
  Our 
  observations 
  show 
  that, 
  as 
  a 
  rule, 
  fruit 
  

   growers 
  are 
  experiencing 
  much 
  less 
  trouble 
  in 
  keeping 
  this 
  scale 
  

   insect 
  in 
  check 
  than 
  was 
  the 
  case 
  in 
  earlier 
  years. 
  Early 
  spring 
  

   applications 
  .of 
  a 
  lime-sulfur 
  wash 
  are 
  giving 
  good 
  results. 
  Some 
  

   parties 
  are 
  finding 
  satisfaction 
  from 
  applications 
  of 
  a 
  miscible 
  or 
  

   so 
  called 
  *' 
  soluble 
  " 
  oil. 
  We 
  have 
  preferred, 
  as 
  a 
  rule, 
  to 
  confine 
  

   our 
  recommendations 
  to 
  a 
  material 
  like 
  the 
  lime-sulfur 
  wash, 
  which 
  

   is 
  not 
  only 
  effective 
  but 
  safe 
  and 
  also 
  valuable 
  in 
  controlling 
  

   fungus 
  diseases. 
  Numerous 
  observations 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  on 
  the 
  

   above 
  mentioned 
  and 
  other 
  insects. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  gratifying 
  to 
  state 
  that 
  conditions 
  in 
  the 
  Chautauqua 
  grape 
  

   belt 
  have 
  materially 
  improved, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  injury 
  by 
  the 
  grape 
  root 
  

   worm 
  is 
  concerned. 
  Though 
  this 
  insect 
  is 
  generally 
  distributed 
  

  

  