Ninth Be port of the State Entomologist 44^ 



Pear-eating Beetle. (Countr}^ Gentleman, for September 8, 1892, 



Ivii, p. 667, c. 2, 3—8 cm.) 



A beetle, from Buffalo, N. Y., eating into pears, is the Indian Cetonian,. 

 Euphoria Inda (Linn.). Its habits are given, as also its injuries to fruit and 

 vegetables, and means of protection from it. 



Roseleaf Caterpillar. (Country Gentleman, for September 8, 

 1892, Ivii, p. 667, c. 3—5 cm.) 



A caterpillar feeding on roseleaves at Cos Cob, Conn., the prominent fea- 

 tures of which are given, is one of the Cochliopodce, but can not be identified 

 at present. 



[It was subsequently identified as Parasa chloris H.-S.] 



Strawberry Root Grub. (Country Gentleman, for September 8, 

 1892, Ivii, p. 667, c. 3—1 cm.) 



For the white grub infesting strawberry roots, remedies named are digging 

 out, and pouring kerosene emulsion over the roots. 



The Black Blister Beetle. (Country Gentleman, for September 

 15, 1892, Ivii, p. 689, c. 3 — 7 cm.) 



In reply to complaint from Meriden, Conn., cf this beetle, Epicauta Penn- 

 sylvanica (De Geer), several of the food-plants of the insect are given, and 

 remedies for it, as beating into a vessel of water with kerosene, dusting with 

 pyrethrum powder, and inclosing the blossoms in gauze during the preva- 

 lence of the beetles. 



The Hag-Moth Caterpillar. (Country Gentleman, for September 

 22, 1892, Ivii, p. 709, c. 3 — 8 cm.) 



A caterpillar from East Greenwich, R. I., is the Phohetron pithecium (Sm.- 

 Abb.). Its peculiar features are given. It is often received for name in 

 August and September. Its food-plants and stinging powers. 



Remedy for the Army "Worm. (Country Gentleman, for October 

 6, 1892, Ivii, p. 750, c. ^ — 7 cm.) 



The best remedy for the army worm in its migrations is ditching with walls 

 sloping inward and deep holes at intervals. Other remedies are barriers of 

 boards coated with tar, rolling the ground when smooth to crush the worms, 

 and poisoning with Paris green, strips of the threatened crop in advance of 

 attack. 



Weevil in a Granary. (Country Gentleman, for October 6, 1892, 

 Ivii, p. 750, c. 3 — 5 cm.) 



Bisulphide of carbon — about one pound to a ton cf grain, in an open ves- 

 sel on top of the grain will kill the weevils in a tight granary, without injury 

 to the grain, or affecting it for food purposes. 



