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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Elm 
  and 
  apple-tree 
  pests. 
  (Country 
  gentleman. 
  May 
  20, 
  1897. 
  62 
  : 
  390, 
  

   col. 
  1-2, 
  13 
  cm) 
  

  

  Protection 
  from 
  the 
  elm-leaf 
  beetle 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  early 
  spraying 
  with 
  

   paris 
  green, 
  while 
  the 
  larvae 
  are 
  young, 
  or 
  by 
  killing 
  them 
  with 
  hot 
  

   water 
  or 
  otherwise 
  as 
  they 
  come 
  to 
  the 
  ground 
  for 
  pupation. 
  

  

  For 
  preventing 
  injury 
  by 
  the 
  apple-tree 
  borer, 
  apply 
  soft 
  soap 
  and 
  

   soda 
  to 
  the 
  trunk 
  in 
  June 
  and 
  July, 
  or 
  cut 
  out 
  the 
  young 
  grubs 
  from 
  

   beneath 
  the 
  bark. 
  

  

  Tent 
  caterpillar. 
  (Country 
  gentleman. 
  May 
  20, 
  1897. 
  62 
  : 
  390, 
  col. 
  

  

  2, 
  9 
  cm) 
  

  

  Caterpillars 
  inhabiting 
  a 
  web 
  on 
  an 
  apple-tree 
  received 
  from 
  a 
  

   Monroe 
  county 
  correspondent 
  are 
  identified 
  as 
  Clisiocampa 
  americana 
  

   Harris. 
  

  

  May 
  beetle. 
  (Country 
  gentleman. 
  May 
  20, 
  1897. 
  62 
  : 
  390, 
  col. 
  2, 
  10 
  cm) 
  

  

  The 
  dying 
  of 
  the 
  grass 
  in 
  spots 
  on 
  a 
  lawn 
  reported 
  from 
  Staten 
  

   Island, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  probably 
  indicates 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  white 
  grubs. 
  Their 
  

   habits 
  are 
  given 
  and 
  kerosene 
  emulsion 
  recommended, 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  

   used 
  very 
  successfully 
  at 
  Washington. 
  

  

  Strawberries 
  and 
  Indian 
  corn. 
  (Country 
  gentleman. 
  May 
  20, 
  1897. 
  

  

  62 
  : 
  394, 
  col. 
  1-2, 
  20 
  cm) 
  

  

  Report 
  is 
  made 
  of 
  a 
  worm 
  feeding 
  on 
  the 
  leaves, 
  blossoms 
  and 
  fruit 
  

   of 
  the 
  strawberry, 
  and 
  that 
  another 
  feeds 
  on 
  ears 
  of 
  green 
  corn. 
  The 
  

   insect 
  attacking 
  the 
  strawberries 
  is 
  most 
  probably 
  a 
  cut-worm, 
  and 
  can 
  

   be 
  be^-t 
  fought 
  by 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  poisoned 
  baits. 
  For 
  the 
  other, 
  which 
  is 
  

   probably 
  the 
  cotton 
  boll-worm, 
  Heliothis 
  armiger 
  Hiibn., 
  hand 
  picking 
  

   is 
  recommended. 
  

  

  Elm-tree 
  beetle. 
  (Country 
  gentleman. 
  May 
  27, 
  1897. 
  62 
  : 
  406, 
  col. 
  

  

  3. 
  4 
  cm) 
  

  

  A 
  Brooklyn, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  correspondent 
  is 
  answered 
  that 
  the 
  largest 
  elms 
  

   can 
  be 
  protected 
  from 
  the 
  beetle 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  a 
  suitable 
  force 
  pump 
  

   and 
  a 
  sufficient 
  length 
  of 
  hose 
  carried 
  up 
  into 
  the 
  tree. 
  The 
  inquirer 
  

   is 
  directed 
  to 
  the 
  park 
  commissioners 
  of 
  Brooklyn, 
  for 
  the 
  spraying 
  

   desired, 
  or 
  for 
  further 
  information 
  to 
  the 
  entomologist 
  of 
  Central 
  park, 
  

   New 
  York. 
  

  

  Grasshoppers. 
  (Country 
  gentleman. 
  June 
  10, 
  1897. 
  62 
  : 
  446, 
  col. 
  i- 
  

  

  2, 
  II 
  cm) 
  

  

  In 
  reply 
  to 
  an 
  inquiry 
  how 
  to 
  protect 
  a 
  garden 
  from 
  grasshoppers 
  at 
  

   Highland 
  Lake, 
  Col., 
  allowing 
  domestic 
  fowls 
  to 
  run 
  in 
  the 
  garden 
  is 
  

   recommended. 
  The 
  value 
  of 
  a 
  poisoned 
  bran 
  mash 
  is 
  stated 
  and 
  

   directions 
  given 
  for 
  its 
  preparation 
  and 
  use. 
  

  

  Apple 
  woolly 
  louse. 
  (Country 
  gentleman. 
  June 
  10, 
  1897. 
  62 
  : 
  454, 
  col. 
  

  

  2, 
  3—21 
  cm) 
  

  

  Examples 
  of 
  an 
  insect 
  from 
  Ruxton, 
  Md., 
  are 
  identified 
  as 
  the 
  

   woolly 
  louse 
  of 
  the 
  apple, 
  Schizoneura 
  latiigei^a 
  Hausm. 
  The 
  two 
  

   forms 
  of 
  the 
  insect 
  are 
  referred 
  to, 
  and 
  their 
  characteristics 
  given. 
  

  

  