﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  ENTOMOLOGIST 
  359 
  

  

  Cecidomyia 
  leguminicola 
  Lintn, 
  

  

  Clover-seed 
  midge 
  

  

  In 
  August 
  my 
  attention 
  was 
  called 
  to 
  the 
  ravages 
  of 
  the 
  above-named 
  

   pest 
  by 
  Mr 
  C. 
  W. 
  Stuart, 
  of 
  Newark, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  He 
  informed 
  me 
  that 
  the 
  

   crop 
  of 
  clover 
  seed 
  on 
  25 
  acres 
  of 
  land 
  was 
  completely 
  ruined 
  by 
  the 
  

   larvae 
  of 
  this 
  insect. 
  The 
  presence 
  of 
  this 
  midge 
  renders 
  the 
  growing 
  

   of 
  clover 
  seed 
  in 
  that 
  vicinity 
  extremely 
  hazardous, 
  and 
  in 
  many 
  seasons 
  

   none 
  can 
  be 
  obtained. 
  It 
  has 
  also 
  been 
  injurious 
  m 
  many 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  

   state 
  of 
  Ohio. 
  

  

  Anthrenus 
  scrophulariae 
  Fabr, 
  

  

  Carpet 
  beetle 
  

  

  In 
  my 
  nth 
  report, 
  p. 
  172-73, 
  the 
  attractiveness 
  of 
  the 
  blossoms 
  of 
  

   rhubarb 
  [Rheum 
  rhapontictini) 
  was 
  placed 
  on 
  record. 
  The 
  flowers 
  of 
  a 
  

   number 
  of 
  other 
  plants 
  which 
  bloom 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  

   the 
  beetles 
  are 
  abroad 
  also 
  draw 
  them, 
  and 
  in 
  some 
  

   cases 
  the 
  more 
  attractive 
  ones 
  might 
  be 
  used 
  as 
  lures 
  

   to 
  prevent 
  their 
  entering 
  houses, 
  or 
  for 
  their 
  con" 
  

   venient 
  destruction 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  instance 
  given 
  below. 
  

  

  Mr 
  M. 
  B. 
  Coombs, 
  of 
  Utica, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  writes 
  of 
  the 
  

   attractiveness 
  of 
  the 
  tulip 
  for 
  the 
  carpet 
  beetle, 
  as 
  

   follows 
  : 
  ' 
  My 
  sister 
  has 
  for 
  several 
  years 
  kept 
  a 
  bed 
  

   of 
  single 
  tulips 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  drawing 
  the 
  

   beetles 
  for 
  conveniently 
  destroying 
  them. 
  They 
  ^^^- 
  ^ 
  carpet 
  beetle, 
  an. 
  

  

  J 
  J 
  ^ 
  J 
  THRENUS 
  SCROPHULARIAE 
  

  

  seem 
  to 
  congregate 
  almost 
  entirely 
  on 
  the 
  hght- 
  (after 
  Riiey). 
  

   colored 
  blossoms, 
  the 
  creamy 
  or 
  yellow 
  shades 
  specially. 
  For 
  about 
  

   two 
  weeks, 
  with 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  tweezers, 
  she 
  picked 
  out 
  from 
  them 
  from 
  two 
  

   to 
  three 
  dozen 
  on 
  windy 
  or 
  otherwise 
  unfavorable 
  days, 
  and 
  hundreds 
  

   on 
  quiet 
  sunny 
  days.' 
  

  

  Elaphidion 
  villosum 
  Fabr, 
  

  

  Oak 
  pruner 
  * 
  

  

  Mr 
  G: 
  T. 
  Lyman, 
  of 
  Bellport, 
  Suffolk 
  co., 
  N. 
  Y., 
  informs 
  me 
  that 
  

   this 
  species 
  was 
  quite 
  abundant 
  in 
  1896, 
  and 
  that 
  it 
  attacked 
  the 
  English 
  

   oak 
  and 
  Norway 
  maple 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  native 
  species. 
  Thomas 
  Matthews 
  

   & 
  Sons, 
  of 
  Baltimore, 
  Md., 
  also 
  made 
  complaint 
  of 
  its 
  working 
  in 
  

   recently 
  transplanted 
  trees 
  about 
  five 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter. 
  It 
  was 
  observed 
  

   as 
  very 
  abundant 
  on 
  Gov. 
  Morton's 
  farm 
  at 
  Ellerslie, 
  on 
  July 
  8, 
  in 
  the 
  

   maples, 
  almost 
  every 
  tree 
  passed 
  in 
  the 
  driveway 
  having 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  

   pruned 
  twigs 
  lying 
  beneath 
  it. 
  

  

  