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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  our 
  previous 
  report. 
  Points 
  where 
  this 
  insect 
  was 
  hkely 
  to 
  become 
  

   estabHshed 
  have 
  been 
  closely 
  watched 
  and 
  as 
  yet 
  it 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  

   found 
  in 
  this 
  State. 
  A 
  warning 
  placard, 
  illustrating 
  this 
  species 
  

   and 
  the 
  brown 
  tail 
  moth, 
  has 
  been 
  conspicuously 
  posted 
  in 
  many 
  

   post 
  offices 
  and 
  other 
  public 
  places 
  in 
  the 
  State. 
  Prompt 
  and 
  

   efficient 
  treatment 
  of 
  isolated 
  colonies, 
  should 
  they 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  this 
  

   State, 
  is 
  of 
  utmost 
  importance 
  if 
  extended 
  injury 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  avoided. 
  

   The 
  work 
  against 
  the 
  gipsy 
  moth 
  in 
  Massachusetts, 
  as 
  revealed 
  

   by 
  a 
  personal 
  examination 
  the 
  past 
  summer, 
  is 
  being 
  prosecuted 
  

   with 
  great 
  vigor. 
  The 
  residential 
  sections 
  are 
  in 
  excellent 
  condi- 
  

   tion, 
  though 
  large 
  woodland 
  areas 
  have 
  been 
  seriously 
  damaged. 
  

   The 
  work 
  with 
  parasites, 
  conducted 
  by 
  that 
  state 
  in 
  cooperation 
  

   with 
  the 
  federal 
  government, 
  is 
  most 
  encouraging. 
  The 
  staff 
  in 
  

   charge 
  of 
  this 
  work 
  has 
  been 
  materially 
  strengthened 
  during 
  the 
  

   past 
  year, 
  and 
  its 
  efficiency 
  increased 
  by 
  the 
  dispatch 
  of 
  a 
  special 
  

   agent 
  to 
  Japan, 
  who 
  secured 
  some 
  promising 
  parasites 
  which 
  al- 
  

   ready 
  have 
  been 
  bred 
  through 
  one 
  generation 
  in 
  this 
  country, 
  and 
  

   lead 
  to 
  the 
  hope 
  that 
  they 
  may 
  soon 
  become 
  important 
  factors 
  in 
  

   controlling 
  this 
  species. 
  The 
  control 
  of 
  the 
  gipsy 
  and 
  brown 
  tail 
  

   moths 
  should 
  be 
  encouraged 
  in 
  every 
  possible 
  manner, 
  since 
  it 
  is 
  

   much 
  more 
  economical 
  to 
  check 
  them 
  in 
  a 
  restricted 
  area 
  than 
  to 
  

   allow 
  the 
  struggle 
  to 
  extend 
  over 
  a 
  wide 
  territory. 
  

  

  Forest 
  insects. 
  The 
  extensive 
  outbreaks 
  by 
  the 
  green 
  striped 
  

   maple 
  worm, 
  recorded 
  in 
  our 
  previous 
  report, 
  have 
  been 
  continued 
  

   in 
  southern 
  Rensselaer 
  county, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  probable 
  that 
  this 
  species 
  

   was 
  associated, 
  as 
  last 
  year, 
  with 
  the 
  antlered 
  maple 
  caterpillar. 
  

   The 
  depredations 
  by 
  the 
  snow-white 
  linden 
  moth, 
  also 
  noticed 
  in 
  

   our 
  preceding 
  report, 
  were 
  continued 
  in 
  the 
  Catskills 
  and 
  extensive 
  

   injuries 
  in 
  the 
  Adirondacks 
  were 
  also 
  brought 
  to 
  our 
  attention. 
  

   The 
  only 
  hope 
  of 
  preventing 
  damage 
  of 
  this 
  character 
  is 
  by 
  the 
  

   encouragement 
  of 
  natural 
  agents, 
  prominent 
  among 
  which 
  may 
  be 
  

   m.entioned 
  native 
  birds. 
  The 
  efficiency 
  of 
  insectivorous 
  birds 
  has 
  

   been 
  repeatedly 
  emphasized 
  by 
  the 
  Entomologist. 
  

  

  The 
  bark 
  borers 
  or 
  Scolytidae 
  comprise 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  very 
  

   destructive 
  species. 
  The 
  literature 
  relating 
  to 
  this 
  group 
  is 
  greatly 
  

   scattered 
  and 
  comparatively 
  inaccessible, 
  hence 
  a 
  bibliographic 
  cata- 
  

   logue 
  is 
  a 
  necessary 
  preliminary 
  to 
  further 
  work 
  upon 
  these 
  insects. 
  

   We 
  have 
  submitted, 
  as 
  an 
  appendix 
  to 
  the 
  Entomologist's 
  report, 
  

   a 
  catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  described 
  Scolytidae 
  of 
  America 
  north 
  of 
  Mexico 
  

   by 
  Mr 
  J. 
  M. 
  Swaine. 
  

  

  