﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  ENTOMOLOGIST 
  I908 
  55 
  

  

  above 
  had 
  been 
  deserted 
  by 
  the 
  aphids 
  and 
  many 
  of 
  them 
  con- 
  

   tained 
  numerous 
  cast 
  skins. 
  Some 
  showed 
  evidence 
  of 
  having 
  

   been 
  invaded 
  by 
  parasites, 
  which 
  latter 
  presumably 
  preyed 
  upon 
  

   the 
  young 
  plant 
  lice. 
  

  

  Complaint 
  of 
  this 
  insect's 
  work, 
  accompanied 
  by 
  specimens, 
  was 
  

   received 
  from 
  Mr 
  C. 
  C. 
  Laney, 
  superintendent 
  of 
  parks, 
  Rochester, 
  

   N. 
  Y. 
  This 
  gentleman 
  stated 
  that 
  the 
  galls 
  were 
  more 
  abundant 
  

   on 
  white 
  spruce 
  than 
  upon 
  any 
  other 
  coniferous 
  tree. 
  Serious 
  in- 
  

   juries 
  were 
  reported 
  from 
  Elizabethtown 
  by 
  Mr 
  Seth 
  Sprague 
  

   Terry, 
  who 
  stated 
  that 
  50 
  spruce 
  trees, 
  none 
  over 
  25 
  feet 
  high, 
  

   have 
  practically 
  all 
  the 
  new 
  growth 
  affected 
  by 
  this 
  insect. 
  Mr 
  

   John 
  Nill 
  sent 
  from 
  Star 
  lake, 
  in 
  the 
  southwestern 
  part 
  of 
  St 
  

  

  Fig. 
  18 
  Spruce 
  gall 
  aphid, 
  destroyed 
  buds; 
  a, 
  one 
  en- 
  

   larged. 
  (Original) 
  

  

  Lawrence 
  county, 
  badly 
  infested 
  spruce 
  twigs 
  with 
  an 
  inquiry 
  as 
  

   to 
  the 
  cause 
  of 
  the 
  trouble. 
  

  

  This 
  insect, 
  while 
  rarely 
  causing 
  the 
  death 
  of 
  the 
  trees, 
  fre- 
  

   quently 
  produces 
  serious 
  deformities, 
  because 
  twigs 
  bearing 
  galls 
  

   are 
  very 
  likely 
  to 
  die, 
  thus 
  producing 
  a 
  very 
  unsightly 
  tree. 
  Ex- 
  

   periments 
  conducted 
  by 
  Mr 
  R. 
  A. 
  Cooley 
  showed 
  that 
  thorough 
  

   spraying 
  in 
  April 
  with 
  a 
  whale 
  oil 
  soap 
  solution, 
  i 
  pound 
  to 
  2 
  

   gallons 
  of 
  water, 
  is 
  very 
  effective 
  in 
  checking 
  this 
  insect. 
  A 
  more 
  

   detailed 
  discussion 
  is 
  given 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  State 
  Museum 
  memoir 
  

   8, 
  volume 
  i, 
  pages 
  189-91. 
  

  

  Miscellaneous 
  

  

  Corn 
  worm 
  (Heliothis 
  ar 
  m 
  i 
  g 
  e 
  r 
  Hubn.) 
  . 
  This 
  species 
  

   is 
  much 
  better 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  boll 
  worm 
  of 
  the 
  South, 
  though 
  it 
  is 
  

  

  