﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  ENTOMOLOGIST 
  369 
  

  

  and 
  spread 
  in 
  Albany 
  is 
  stated. 
  Its 
  ravages 
  are 
  mainly 
  limited 
  to 
  the 
  

   English 
  elms. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  largely 
  controlled 
  by 
  proper 
  spraying. 
  

   - 
  The 
  city 
  authorities 
  should 
  undertake 
  the 
  work, 
  and 
  the 
  proper 
  spray- 
  

   ing 
  machine 
  to 
  be 
  used 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  is 
  indicated. 
  The 
  destruction 
  

   of 
  the 
  European 
  elms 
  will 
  inevitably 
  follow 
  unless 
  this 
  is 
  promptly 
  done. 
  

  

  Not 
  the 
  gypsy 
  moth. 
  (Country 
  gentleman. 
  July 
  15, 
  1897. 
  62:558, 
  

  

  col. 
  I, 
  10 
  cm) 
  

  

  The 
  presence 
  of 
  the 
  gypsy 
  moth 
  in 
  Delaware 
  co., 
  N. 
  Y., 
  and 
  its 
  

   serious 
  ravages, 
  have 
  been 
  reported 
  by 
  recent 
  New 
  York 
  papers. 
  

   From 
  exarhples 
  of 
  the 
  caterpillars 
  received, 
  they 
  are 
  found 
  to 
  be, 
  as 
  

   was 
  suspected, 
  the 
  apple-tree 
  tent 
  caterpillar 
  and 
  the 
  forest 
  tent 
  cater- 
  

   pillar. 
  

  

  Cbinchbug. 
  (Country 
  gentleman. 
  July 
  15, 
  1897. 
  62 
  : 
  558, 
  col. 
  i- 
  

  

  2, 
  30 
  cm) 
  

  

  Replying 
  to 
  inquiry 
  from 
  Salem, 
  N. 
  C, 
  the 
  following 
  directions 
  are 
  

   given 
  for 
  preventing 
  serious 
  injury 
  from 
  the 
  chinch 
  bug; 
  arresting 
  

   marches 
  by 
  trenching 
  or 
  ditching; 
  application 
  of 
  kerosene 
  emulsion; 
  

   burning 
  over 
  infested 
  portions 
  of 
  fields, 
  or 
  the 
  introduction 
  of 
  the 
  chinch 
  

   bug 
  fungus, 
  Sporotrichum 
  globiiUferum. 
  

  

  Subterranean 
  grubs. 
  (Country 
  gentleman. 
  Aug. 
  26, 
  1897. 
  62 
  : 
  ddd^ 
  

  

  col. 
  4, 
  12 
  cm) 
  

  

  Gru})S, 
  represented 
  as 
  having 
  destroyed 
  hundreds 
  of 
  California 
  privet 
  

   plants 
  in 
  a 
  hedge 
  at 
  Ruxton, 
  Md., 
  are 
  probably 
  Lach7iosterna 
  sp. 
  or 
  

   Allorhina 
  nitida. 
  They 
  should 
  be 
  treated 
  with 
  kerosene 
  emulsion 
  after 
  

   the 
  method 
  employed 
  in 
  the 
  capitol 
  gr6unds 
  in 
  Washington 
  some 
  

   years 
  ago. 
  

  

  San 
  Jose 
  scale. 
  (Country 
  gentleman. 
  Aug. 
  26, 
  1897. 
  62 
  : 
  667, 
  col. 
  

  

  1, 
  5 
  cm) 
  

  

  For 
  the 
  method 
  of 
  destroying 
  this 
  insect, 
  reference 
  is 
  made 
  to 
  an 
  

   article 
  in 
  the 
  Coufitry 
  gentleman 
  for 
  July 
  8 
  of 
  this 
  year, 
  p. 
  533. 
  

  

  Tussock 
  moth. 
  (Country 
  gentleman. 
  Sep. 
  2, 
  1897. 
  62 
  : 
  686, 
  col. 
  

  

  2, 
  7 
  cm) 
  

  

  Caterpillars 
  feeding 
  on 
  plum-trees 
  at 
  Moreton 
  Farm, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  are 
  the 
  

   hickory 
  tussock 
  moth, 
  Halisidota 
  caryae 
  Harris. 
  Their 
  appearance 
  and 
  

   habits 
  are 
  given, 
  and 
  arsenical 
  spraying 
  recommended 
  for 
  their 
  

   destruction. 
  

  

  Insects 
  and 
  fruit. 
  (Country 
  gentleman. 
  Sep. 
  2, 
  1897. 
  62:686, 
  col. 
  

  

  2, 
  8 
  cm) 
  

  

  Inquiry 
  from 
  Cohasset, 
  Mass., 
  for 
  means 
  of 
  protecting 
  peaches 
  from 
  

   injury 
  by 
  wasps 
  and 
  bees, 
  is 
  answered 
  by 
  suggesting 
  their 
  early 
  pick- 
  

   ing 
  for 
  subsequent 
  ripening, 
  or 
  inclosure 
  of 
  the 
  trees 
  by 
  netting. 
  A 
  

   sweetened 
  mixture 
  for 
  attracting 
  the 
  insects 
  is 
  suggested. 
  Possibly 
  the- 
  

   insects 
  attack 
  the 
  fruit 
  only 
  after 
  the 
  skin 
  has 
  been 
  broken 
  by 
  birds. 
  

  

  