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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
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  fieqiiently 
  quite 
  destructive 
  in 
  that 
  section 
  to 
  corn. 
  Occasionally 
  it 
  

   becomes 
  somewhat 
  abundant 
  and 
  injurious 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  State. 
  

   Dr 
  Lintner 
  in 
  his 
  first 
  report 
  records 
  this 
  insect 
  as 
  being 
  quite 
  

   abundant 
  and 
  destructive 
  to 
  corn 
  in 
  Ontario 
  county 
  and 
  its 
  prob- 
  

   able 
  occurrence 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Albany. 
  Six 
  

   years 
  ago 
  this 
  insect 
  was 
  .somewhat 
  abundant 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  

   New 
  York 
  city, 
  complaint 
  of 
  injuries 
  having 
  been 
  received 
  from 
  

   Mt 
  Vernon. 
  

  

  The 
  operations 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  in 
  the 
  North 
  are 
  confined 
  mostly 
  

   to 
  corn 
  and 
  tomatoes, 
  the 
  major 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  damage 
  being 
  

   inflicted 
  in 
  the 
  late 
  summer 
  or 
  fall. 
  This 
  latter 
  was 
  true 
  of 
  in- 
  

   juries 
  reported 
  from 
  Shelter 
  Island, 
  the 
  caterpillars 
  being 
  brought 
  

   to 
  notice 
  about 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  October. 
  The 
  damage 
  at 
  Mt 
  Vernon 
  

   in 
  1902 
  did 
  not 
  occur 
  until 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  August. 
  The 
  cater- 
  

   pillar 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  is 
  extremely 
  variable 
  in 
  color, 
  ranging 
  from 
  

   a 
  light 
  green 
  with 
  reddish 
  brown 
  marks 
  on 
  the 
  side 
  to 
  a 
  darkish 
  

   green, 
  brown 
  or 
  even 
  nearly 
  black 
  caterpillar 
  with 
  a 
  variable 
  

   v/hitish 
  lateral 
  line. 
  It 
  closely 
  resembles 
  in 
  general 
  appearance 
  

   some 
  of 
  our 
  common 
  cutworms, 
  being 
  stout, 
  and 
  when 
  full 
  grown 
  

   is 
  an 
  inch 
  or 
  more 
  in 
  length. 
  The 
  caterpillars 
  begin 
  their 
  opera- 
  

   tions 
  near 
  the 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  ear, 
  eating 
  down 
  between 
  the 
  husks 
  and. 
  

   making 
  irregular 
  frass-filled 
  galleries 
  over 
  the 
  face 
  of 
  the 
  green 
  

   cob, 
  destroying 
  a 
  considerable 
  proportion 
  of 
  the 
  corn 
  and 
  defiling 
  

   most 
  of 
  the 
  remainder. 
  Occasionally 
  this 
  species 
  is 
  quite 
  de- 
  

   structive 
  to 
  tomatoes, 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  its 
  eating 
  rather 
  large 
  holes 
  

   into 
  the 
  ripening 
  fruit. 
  

  

  The 
  pest 
  can 
  be 
  controlled 
  in 
  the 
  North 
  only 
  by 
  recourse 
  to 
  hand 
  

   picking. 
  This 
  measure 
  will 
  be 
  particularly 
  valuable 
  at 
  the 
  incip- 
  

   iency 
  of 
  the 
  attack, 
  since 
  ears 
  wdiich 
  have 
  been 
  injured 
  somewhat 
  

   are 
  more 
  attractive 
  to 
  the 
  insect 
  than 
  those 
  protected 
  by 
  tightly 
  

   folded 
  husks. 
  Care 
  should 
  also 
  be 
  exercised 
  when 
  removing 
  

   caterpillars 
  from 
  recently 
  infested 
  ears 
  to 
  replace 
  the 
  husks 
  so 
  far 
  

   as 
  possible 
  and 
  thus 
  reduce 
  the 
  chances 
  of 
  reinfestation. 
  

  

  White 
  ants 
  (Termes 
  flavipes 
  Koll.). 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  often 
  

   that 
  these 
  insects 
  are 
  recorded 
  as 
  injurious 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  State, 
  

   though 
  they 
  are 
  undoubtedly 
  present 
  in 
  many 
  dwellings, 
  particu- 
  

   larly 
  in 
  the 
  southern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  and 
  occasionally 
  inflict 
  serious 
  

   injury. 
  Our 
  attention 
  was 
  called 
  last 
  winter 
  to 
  the 
  operations 
  of 
  

   white 
  ants 
  in 
  the 
  storage 
  vaults 
  of 
  a 
  New 
  York 
  city 
  printing 
  

   company. 
  The 
  vaults 
  were 
  filled 
  wdth 
  electrotypes 
  and 
  halftones 
  

  

  