﻿Education 
  Department 
  Bulletin 
  

  

  Published 
  fortnightly 
  by 
  the 
  University 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  

  

  Entered 
  as 
  second-class 
  matter 
  June 
  24, 
  1908. 
  at 
  the 
  Post 
  Office 
  at 
  Albany, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  under 
  

  

  the 
  act 
  of 
  July 
  16, 
  1894 
  

  

  No. 
  455 
  ALBANY, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  September 
  15, 
  1909 
  

  

  New 
  York 
  State 
  Museum 
  

  

  John 
  M. 
  Clarke, 
  Director 
  

   Ephraim 
  Porter 
  Felt, 
  State 
  Entomologist 
  

  

  Museum 
  bulletin 
  134 
  

  

  24th 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  ENTOMOLOCtIST 
  1908 
  

  

  To 
  John 
  M. 
  Clarke, 
  Director 
  of 
  Science 
  Division 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  the 
  honor 
  of 
  presenting 
  herewith 
  my 
  report 
  on 
  the 
  

   injurious 
  and 
  other 
  insects 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  

   ending 
  October 
  15, 
  1908. 
  

  

  A 
  number 
  of 
  species 
  have 
  inflicted 
  serious 
  injuries 
  upon 
  both 
  fruit 
  

   and 
  shade 
  trees. 
  A 
  most 
  interesting 
  phenomenon 
  was 
  the 
  wide- 
  

   spread 
  and 
  abundant 
  flight 
  of 
  the 
  snow-white 
  linden 
  moth. 
  An 
  

   unusual 
  feature 
  was 
  the 
  capture, 
  within 
  the 
  limits 
  of 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  

   Albany, 
  of 
  two 
  specimens 
  of 
  a 
  small, 
  green, 
  subtropical 
  cock- 
  

   roach. 
  

  

  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 
  the 
  above 
  

   mentioned 
  case 
  bearer 
  were 
  frequently 
  associated 
  with 
  severe 
  

   injury 
  by 
  a 
  small 
  plant 
  mite 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  blister 
  mite. 
  Western 
  

   fruit 
  growers 
  were 
  also 
  greatly 
  exercised 
  by 
  the 
  caterpillars 
  of 
  

   the 
  white 
  marked 
  tussock 
  moth 
  eating 
  into 
  the 
  young 
  fruit, 
  a 
  

   troublesome 
  departure 
  from 
  the 
  normal 
  habit. 
  The 
  fall 
  canker 
  

   worm 
  was 
  unusually 
  abundant 
  and 
  destructive 
  on 
  eastern 
  Long 
  

   Island 
  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 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  season 
  has 
  been 
  favor- 
  

   able 
  to 
  the 
  unrestricted 
  multiplication 
  of 
  this 
  insect, 
  and 
  in 
  some 
  

   cases 
  infested 
  orchards 
  have 
  become 
  very 
  badly 
  affected. 
  Our 
  

  

  