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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Army-worm. 
  (Country 
  gentleman. 
  July 
  i, 
  1897. 
  62:506,001.4,8 
  cm) 
  

  

  The 
  fear 
  that 
  Hungarian 
  grass 
  seed 
  may 
  contain 
  the 
  eggs 
  of 
  the 
  

   army-worm 
  is 
  groundless, 
  nor 
  is 
  this 
  grass 
  known 
  to 
  be 
  preferred 
  for 
  

   food 
  by 
  the 
  larvae. 
  A 
  repetition 
  of 
  army- 
  worm 
  attack 
  is 
  not 
  expected 
  

   in 
  the 
  state 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  the 
  present 
  year. 
  No 
  good 
  preventive 
  of 
  

   attack 
  is 
  known. 
  Prompt 
  destruction 
  af 
  the 
  newly 
  hatched 
  larvae 
  is 
  

   the 
  best 
  remedy. 
  

  

  Honeydew. 
  (Country 
  gentleman 
  July 
  8, 
  1897. 
  62 
  : 
  526, 
  col. 
  i, 
  6 
  cm) 
  

  

  Maple 
  leaves 
  are 
  sent 
  from 
  Port 
  Chester, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  ' 
  covered 
  with 
  gum.' 
  

   The 
  substance 
  is 
  identified 
  as 
  honeydew, 
  probably 
  exuded 
  by 
  plant- 
  

   lice 
  infesting 
  the 
  trees. 
  Their 
  unusal 
  abundance 
  is 
  noted 
  and 
  remedies 
  

   given. 
  

  

  Cherry-tree 
  Myzus. 
  (Country 
  gentleman. 
  July 
  8, 
  1897. 
  62 
  : 
  526, 
  col. 
  

  

  2, 
  8 
  cm) 
  

  

  Twigs 
  of 
  cherry-trees 
  from 
  Yonkers, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  show 
  a 
  severe 
  attack 
  of 
  

   the 
  plant-louse, 
  Myzus 
  cerasi. 
  If 
  not 
  speedily 
  arrested 
  by 
  its 
  insect 
  

   enemies, 
  the 
  infested 
  tips 
  should 
  be 
  sprayed 
  upon 
  their 
  under 
  side 
  with 
  

   whale-oil 
  soap 
  solution 
  or 
  tobacco 
  water. 
  

  

  Scurfy 
  bark 
  louse. 
  (Country 
  gentleman. 
  July 
  8, 
  1897. 
  62 
  : 
  526, 
  col. 
  2- 
  

  

  3, 
  10 
  cm) 
  

  

  An 
  infestation 
  of 
  an 
  apple-tree 
  in 
  Newark, 
  N. 
  J., 
  which 
  was 
  supposed 
  

   might 
  possibly 
  be 
  the 
  San 
  Jose 
  scale, 
  is 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  scurfy 
  bark 
  louse, 
  

   Chionaspis 
  furfunis 
  Fitch. 
  Its 
  range 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  is 
  given 
  with 
  

   note 
  of 
  its 
  moderate 
  multiplication. 
  Remedies 
  are: 
  spraying 
  with 
  kero- 
  

   sene 
  emulsion, 
  or 
  with 
  tobacco 
  water, 
  or 
  whale-oil 
  soap 
  solution, 
  prefer- 
  

   ably 
  when 
  the 
  young 
  are 
  hatching, 
  or 
  brushing 
  with 
  a 
  stiff 
  brush 
  or 
  a 
  

   cloth 
  saturated 
  with 
  the 
  soap 
  solution. 
  

  

  Plant 
  lice. 
  (Country 
  gentleman. 
  July 
  8, 
  1897. 
  62 
  : 
  526, 
  col. 
  3, 
  9 
  cm) 
  

  

  Insects 
  reported 
  as 
  injurious 
  to 
  grape-vines 
  and 
  other 
  plants, 
  are 
  

   species 
  of 
  aphids 
  or 
  plant 
  lice. 
  Hellebore, 
  kerosene 
  emulsion 
  or 
  

   tobacco 
  water 
  are 
  recommended 
  for 
  killing 
  them. 
  They 
  will 
  soon, 
  

   probabh 
  , 
  be 
  attacked 
  and 
  destroyed 
  by 
  their 
  natural 
  enemies. 
  

  

  The 
  San 
  Jose 
  scale. 
  (Country 
  gentleman. 
  July 
  8, 
  1897. 
  62 
  : 
  533, 
  

   col. 
  1-3, 
  97 
  cm) 
  

  

  A 
  general 
  article 
  treating 
  of 
  the 
  introduction 
  and 
  spread 
  o{ 
  Aspidiotus 
  

   p^rnidost^s 
  in 
  Qaliforma.; 
  its 
  discovery 
  on 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  coast; 
  the 
  infested 
  

   localities 
  in 
  the 
  eastern 
  states; 
  its 
  distribution 
  in 
  New 
  York; 
  the 
  ap- 
  

   pearance 
  of 
  the 
  scale 
  and 
  its 
  numerous 
  food-plants; 
  methods 
  of 
  distri- 
  

   bution 
  ; 
  the 
  most 
  approved 
  remedies 
  and 
  the 
  fungus, 
  Sphaerostilbe 
  

   coccophila 
  Tul., 
  which 
  destroys 
  it. 
  

  

  Elm 
  leaf 
  beetle. 
  (Argus 
  [Albany]. 
  July 
  10, 
  1897. 
  p. 
  17, 
  39 
  cm) 
  

  

  Replying 
  to 
  a 
  communication 
  to 
  the 
  Argus 
  relating 
  to 
  the 
  destruc- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  elms 
  in 
  Albany 
  by 
  insects, 
  answer 
  is 
  made 
  that 
  the 
  chief 
  

   depredator 
  is 
  the 
  elm-leaf 
  beetle, 
  Galerucella 
  Inteola. 
  Its 
  introduction 
  

  

  