﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  ENTOMOLOGIST 
  367 
  

  

  The 
  Species 
  is 
  often 
  very 
  destructive 
  in 
  Europe 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  known 
  as 
  

   the 
  American 
  blight. 
  The 
  wide 
  distribution 
  of 
  the 
  insect 
  is 
  briefly- 
  

   stated. 
  Kerosene 
  emulsion, 
  hot 
  water, 
  soap 
  solution, 
  tobacco 
  water 
  

   or 
  dust, 
  or 
  bisulfid 
  of 
  carbon 
  are 
  the 
  remedies 
  advised. 
  

  

  Arsenic 
  and 
  animals. 
  (Country 
  gentleman. 
  June 
  10, 
  1897. 
  62 
  : 
  454, 
  

  

  col. 
  3, 
  5 
  cm) 
  

  

  Inquiry 
  is 
  made 
  from 
  Warren, 
  Va., 
  if 
  the 
  drippings 
  from 
  trees 
  

  

  sprayed 
  with 
  arsenites 
  would 
  injure 
  live 
  stock 
  feeding 
  on 
  the 
  grass 
  

  

  beneath. 
  In 
  reply 
  it 
  is 
  stated 
  that 
  if 
  the 
  spraying 
  is 
  properly 
  done 
  

   neither 
  the 
  grass 
  nor 
  hay 
  from 
  such 
  localities 
  will 
  be 
  injurious. 
  

  

  Apple-tree 
  aphis. 
  (Country 
  gentleman. 
  June 
  17, 
  1897. 
  62 
  : 
  470, 
  col. 
  i, 
  

   5 
  cm) 
  

  

  An 
  aphis 
  attack, 
  sent 
  from 
  Watervliet, 
  Mich., 
  is 
  that 
  of 
  Aphis 
  mali 
  

   Serious 
  injury 
  from 
  this 
  insect 
  is 
  usually 
  prevented 
  if 
  heavy 
  rains 
  

   occur, 
  as 
  have 
  recently 
  fallen 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  and 
  neighboring 
  states. 
  

  

  Carpet 
  beetles. 
  (Country 
  gentleman. 
  June 
  17, 
  1897. 
  62 
  : 
  470, 
  col. 
  

   2, 
  6 
  cm) 
  

  

  Insects 
  sent 
  from 
  Poughkeepsie, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  where 
  they 
  are 
  infesting 
  

   Spiraea, 
  a'-e 
  the 
  carpet 
  beetle, 
  A?ithre7i?is 
  scropJiulariae^ 
  which 
  are 
  often 
  

   found 
  at 
  this 
  season 
  abundantly 
  on 
  the 
  flowers 
  of 
  several 
  of 
  the 
  

   species 
  of 
  Spiraea, 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  one 
  submitted, 
  which 
  is 
  S. 
  ro- 
  

   tundifolia. 
  

  

  Grain 
  weevil. 
  (Country 
  gentleman. 
  June 
  24, 
  1897. 
  62 
  : 
  486, 
  col. 
  2, 
  

   8 
  cm) 
  

  

  A 
  correspondent 
  from 
  Nazareth, 
  Pa., 
  inquiring 
  if 
  any 
  plant 
  could 
  

   be 
  strewn 
  among 
  unthreshed 
  grain 
  to 
  protect 
  it 
  from 
  weevil, 
  is 
  

   answered 
  that 
  no 
  such 
  plant 
  is 
  known, 
  but 
  a 
  French 
  agricultural 
  paper 
  

   has 
  stated 
  that 
  grain 
  weevils 
  could 
  be 
  attracted 
  from 
  a 
  grain 
  bin 
  to 
  d 
  

   tub 
  of 
  aniseed, 
  and 
  soon 
  killed 
  after 
  contact 
  with 
  it. 
  

  

  Wire-worms. 
  (Country 
  gentleman. 
  June 
  24, 
  1897. 
  62 
  : 
  486, 
  col. 
  2-3, 
  

   15 
  cm) 
  

  

  To 
  an 
  inquiry 
  from 
  Elmira, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  for 
  prevention 
  of 
  wire-worms 
  in 
  

   cabbage-roots, 
  recommendation 
  is 
  made 
  of 
  carbon 
  bisulfid 
  poured 
  in 
  

   holes 
  near 
  the 
  plants. 
  Kerosene 
  emulsion 
  might 
  drive 
  them 
  from 
  the 
  

   plants. 
  Reference 
  is 
  made 
  to 
  notices 
  of 
  wire-worms 
  in 
  the 
  Country 
  

   gejitlema7i. 
  

  

  Long-sting. 
  (Country 
  gentleman. 
  July 
  i, 
  1897. 
  62: 
  506, 
  col. 
  3, 
  8 
  cm) 
  

  

  An 
  insect 
  received 
  from 
  Racket 
  River, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  found 
  in 
  a 
  granary, 
  is 
  

   the 
  'black 
  long-sting,' 
  Thalessa 
  atrata 
  Fabr. 
  Some 
  of 
  the 
  characters 
  

   of 
  the 
  insect, 
  its 
  general 
  features, 
  and 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  its 
  long 
  ovipositor 
  are 
  

   given. 
  

  

  