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  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  ENTOMOLOGIST 
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  and 
  are 
  then 
  more 
  easily 
  captured 
  while 
  lying 
  in 
  concealment 
  within 
  the 
  

   folds 
  of 
  the 
  leaves. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  This 
  insect 
  has 
  a 
  very 
  extended 
  distribution, 
  being 
  

   found 
  in 
  all 
  the 
  states, 
  north, 
  south, 
  east 
  and 
  west, 
  and, 
  according 
  to 
  

   Riley, 
  extending 
  south 
  into 
  Mexico. 
  It 
  also 
  ranges 
  north 
  for 
  some 
  dis- 
  

   tance 
  into 
  British 
  America, 
  as 
  Say 
  received 
  it 
  from 
  the 
  ' 
  Northwest 
  

   Territory,' 
  while 
  Saunders, 
  Fletcher 
  and 
  Van 
  Duzee 
  record 
  it 
  from 
  

   various 
  parts 
  of 
  Ontario. 
  

  

  Nursery 
  protection. 
  Owing 
  to 
  the 
  very 
  general 
  feeding 
  habits 
  of 
  

   this 
  insect, 
  it 
  is 
  difficult 
  to 
  indicate 
  a 
  satisfactory 
  method 
  for 
  controlling 
  

   it. 
  In 
  a 
  general 
  way 
  much 
  may 
  be 
  accomplished 
  by 
  burning 
  its 
  shelters 
  

   in 
  weeds 
  and 
  under 
  rubbish 
  late 
  in 
  the 
  autumn 
  or 
  early 
  in 
  the 
  spring. 
  

  

  As 
  a 
  protectionagainst 
  its 
  injuries 
  to 
  young 
  peach-trees, 
  as 
  noticed 
  in 
  

   a 
  preceding 
  page, 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  well 
  if 
  the 
  ground 
  selected 
  for 
  the 
  nur- 
  

   series 
  were 
  not 
  surrounded 
  by 
  uncared-for 
  land 
  which 
  would 
  naturally 
  

   offer 
  shelter 
  to 
  the 
  insect 
  favorable 
  to 
  its 
  multiplication 
  and 
  distribution. 
  

  

  When 
  the 
  insects 
  are 
  seen 
  in 
  the 
  early 
  spring 
  to 
  be 
  unusually 
  abundant 
  

   in 
  a 
  nursery, 
  their 
  injury 
  to 
  the 
  young 
  stock 
  should 
  at 
  once 
  be 
  arrested 
  

   by 
  jarring 
  them 
  from 
  the 
  trees, 
  either 
  into 
  a 
  large 
  insect 
  net 
  or 
  else 
  into 
  

   some 
  modification 
  of 
  the 
  umbrella 
  used 
  by 
  collectors 
  when 
  beating 
  

   insects 
  from 
  trees 
  and 
  shrubbery. 
  A 
  good 
  form 
  would 
  be 
  one 
  similar 
  to 
  

   that 
  recommended 
  by 
  Prof. 
  Smith, 
  reduced 
  in 
  size. 
  Construct 
  a 
  Hght 
  

   wooden 
  frame 
  about 
  2^ 
  feet 
  square, 
  with 
  wires 
  from 
  the 
  corners 
  to 
  a 
  

   small 
  central 
  ring, 
  which 
  should 
  be 
  at 
  least 
  10 
  inches 
  lower 
  than 
  the 
  

   frame. 
  Fasten 
  to 
  the 
  frame 
  and 
  inclose 
  the 
  wires 
  with 
  a 
  light 
  cloth 
  (oil 
  

   cloth 
  would 
  be 
  preferable) 
  in 
  such 
  a 
  manner 
  that 
  insects 
  dropping 
  upon 
  

   it 
  would 
  roll 
  toward 
  the 
  center, 
  and 
  be 
  caught 
  in 
  a 
  small 
  pail 
  or 
  can, 
  con- 
  

   taining 
  a 
  little 
  kerosene 
  and 
  water, 
  fastened 
  to 
  the 
  central 
  ring. 
  A 
  short 
  

   handle 
  should 
  be 
  fastened 
  to 
  the 
  frame 
  for 
  its 
  convenient 
  use 
  in 
  the 
  nur- 
  

   sery 
  rows. 
  The 
  insects 
  could 
  be 
  readily 
  jarred 
  into 
  the 
  bag 
  as 
  the 
  

   operator 
  passes 
  between 
  the 
  trees. 
  This 
  should 
  be 
  done 
  in 
  the 
  cooler 
  

   hours 
  of 
  the 
  day 
  when 
  they 
  are 
  comparatively 
  sluggish 
  and 
  would 
  drop 
  

   at 
  the 
  slightest 
  disturbance. 
  

  

  