﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  ENTOMOLOGIST 
  365 
  

  

  cacy 
  noted. 
  Their 
  source 
  in 
  the 
  above 
  infestation 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  indicated 
  : 
  

   their 
  manner 
  of 
  5, 
  treading 
  is 
  given. 
  CleanUness 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  efficient 
  

   preventive. 
  Fumigation 
  with 
  sulfur 
  and 
  washing 
  with 
  kerosene 
  

   emulsion 
  is 
  recommended 
  for 
  infested 
  rooms. 
  The 
  mites 
  work 
  super- 
  

   ficially 
  and 
  the 
  infested 
  meat 
  may 
  be 
  dijjped 
  in 
  a 
  weak 
  aqueous 
  solu- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  carbolic 
  acid 
  after 
  the 
  mites 
  have 
  been 
  removed 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  

   possible. 
  

  

  Canker 
  worms. 
  (Country-gentleman. 
  April 
  i, 
  1897. 
  62:248,001. 
  i, 
  

  

  2, 
  18 
  cm) 
  

  

  A 
  correspondent 
  from 
  Spencerville, 
  Ind., 
  requests 
  a 
  remedy 
  for 
  an 
  

   insect 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  injurious 
  for 
  the 
  past 
  three 
  years, 
  and 
  causes 
  the 
  

   apple 
  trees 
  to 
  appear 
  as 
  though 
  the 
  tops 
  had 
  been 
  killed 
  by 
  fire. 
  The 
  

   insect 
  is 
  identified 
  as 
  most 
  probably 
  Aiiisopteryx 
  vernata 
  Peck, 
  the 
  

   spring 
  canker 
  worm, 
  although 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  the 
  fall 
  canker 
  worm, 
  Anisop- 
  

   teryx 
  pometaria 
  Harris. 
  The 
  life 
  history 
  is 
  briefly 
  given, 
  and 
  banding 
  

   trees 
  or 
  spraying 
  with 
  paris 
  green 
  is 
  recommended. 
  

  

  Apple-tree 
  borers. 
  (Country 
  gentleman. 
  April 
  22, 
  1897. 
  62:307, 
  col. 
  

  

  3, 
  18 
  cm) 
  

  

  In 
  reply 
  to 
  an 
  inf(uiry 
  from 
  Harrison, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  of 
  proper 
  treatment 
  for 
  

   apple-tree 
  borers, 
  it 
  is 
  stated: 
  the 
  principal 
  apple-tree 
  borers 
  are 
  two 
  — 
  

   the 
  ' 
  round-headed,' 
  Saperda 
  Candida 
  Fabr., 
  and 
  the 
  ' 
  flat-headed,' 
  Chry- 
  

   sobothris 
  femorala 
  Fabr., 
  — 
  the 
  former 
  aitacking 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  tree 
  and 
  

   the 
  latter 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  trunk. 
  Some 
  information 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  

   is 
  given, 
  and 
  the 
  best 
  methods 
  for 
  preventing 
  their 
  injuries 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  

   washes, 
  paper 
  bands 
  about 
  the 
  trunk, 
  and 
  digging 
  out 
  the 
  larvae. 
  

   Where 
  detailed 
  information 
  of 
  habits, 
  remedies, 
  etc., 
  of 
  these 
  pests 
  

   may 
  be 
  found. 
  

  

  Grasshopper. 
  (Country 
  gentleman. 
  April 
  29, 
  1897. 
  62:326, 
  col. 
  3- 
  

  

  4, 
  II 
  cm) 
  

  

  The 
  two 
  raws 
  of 
  eggs 
  touching 
  one 
  another 
  and 
  overlapping 
  in 
  each 
  

   row 
  sent 
  for 
  name 
  from 
  Augusta 
  county, 
  Va., 
  are 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  ' 
  angular- 
  

   winged 
  katydid,' 
  Microcenti'iim 
  retinervis 
  Burm., 
  of 
  the 
  southern 
  states. 
  

   The 
  eggs 
  are 
  described 
  and 
  the 
  manner 
  of 
  their 
  peculiar 
  deposit 
  (over- 
  

   lapping) 
  given. 
  Dr 
  Riley's 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  insect 
  and 
  its 
  oviposition 
  is 
  

   referred 
  to. 
  In 
  one 
  instance 
  the 
  eggs 
  were 
  placed 
  on 
  a 
  shirt 
  collar 
  in 
  a 
  

   laundry 
  instead 
  of 
  their 
  usual 
  place 
  on 
  a 
  small 
  twig 
  of 
  a 
  tree. 
  

  

  Cow-horn 
  fly. 
  (Country 
  gentleman. 
  May 
  6, 
  1897. 
  62:350, 
  col. 
  i- 
  

  

  2, 
  17 
  cm) 
  

  

  To 
  a 
  request 
  for 
  a 
  remedy 
  for 
  the 
  attack 
  of 
  the 
  above-named 
  insect, 
  

   known 
  scientifically 
  as 
  Haeinatobia 
  serrata 
  Rob.-Desv., 
  recommenda- 
  

   tion 
  is 
  made 
  of 
  breaking 
  up 
  the 
  cow 
  droppings 
  to 
  promote 
  their 
  rapid 
  

   drying, 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  eggs 
  are 
  deposited, 
  and 
  treating 
  the 
  manure 
  

   in 
  the 
  stables 
  with 
  lime. 
  Kerosene 
  emulsion 
  applied 
  with 
  a 
  spraying 
  

   machine 
  to 
  the 
  cattle 
  is 
  recommended. 
  Other 
  remedies 
  are 
  the 
  apph- 
  

   cation 
  of 
  coal 
  tar 
  and 
  lard, 
  pine 
  tar 
  and 
  grease, 
  tallow 
  and 
  carbolic 
  

   acid, 
  and 
  dusting 
  the 
  animals 
  with 
  tobacco 
  dust 
  or 
  the 
  X. 
  O. 
  dust. 
  

  

  