REPORT OF STATE ENTOMOLOGIST, 1898 



245 



Bag or basket worm. (Country gentleman. Ap. 21, 1898. 6;^: 307, 



col. I, 2 — 17 cm) 



Examples of the larval cases of this insect, Thyridopteryx ephemera efor77iis Ha- 

 worth, were received from New-Dorp, N. Y., with an inquiry as to their nature. 

 The insect is briefly described and its life history given. Hand picking and spraying 

 with paris green are the remedies recommended. 



^Twelfth report on the injurious and other insects of the state of New 

 York, for the year 1896. Albany. University of the State of New York. 

 1897. [Issued Ap. 22, 1898] 242p. i5pl. • (In 50th report on the 

 New York state museum, for the year 1896. Albany. University of 

 the State of New York. 1898) [Issued June, 1898] 



Contents 



Introductory 177 



Injurious insects 181 



' Camponotiis pennsylvaniais ' and 



'■Formica rufa,'' carpenter ant and 



mound-building ant 181 



Ecpantheria scribonia \ociilarid\, 



the great white leopard moth 183 



Leiicania iiniptiucia, the army 



worm 190 



Steganoptycha claypoliana^ a new 



maple- tree insect 214 



Oxyptilus periscehdaciyhis, the gar- 

 tered plume moth 218 



Additional notes on Sciara, the 



fungus gnats 223 



Piophila casei, the cheese skipper : 



the ham skipper 229 



Lebia grandis 235 



Plagionotiis speciosics, the sugar 



maple borer 237 



Saperda trideniata, the elm borer.. 243 

 Crioceris i2-pimctata, the twelve - 



spotted asparagus beetle 248 



Galerucella hiteola, the elm-leaf 



beetle in Albany and Troy 253 



Odontota dorsalis 264 



Balani?ius proboscideus : Balaninus 



rectus J the chestnut weevils 267 



Cicada seplendecim, the periodical 



cicada 272 



Pemphigus rhois, the sumac gall 



aphis 290 



Gossyparia ulmi, the elm-tree bark 



louse 292 



Injurious insects {continued) pagb 



Neitronia pardalis 298 



Leptodesmus species 300 



Appendix 305 



(A) Notes on some of the insects of 

 the year in the state of New York 307 



Tenthredo ricfopectiis 308 



Datana integerrima 309 



Army worm 309 



Wheat-head army worm 310 



Eiifitchia \_Diastictis\ ribearia . 310 



Canker worm 311 



Cacoccia rosaceana 312 



Cecidomyid in choke-cherries 313 



Euphoria inda 313 



Elaphidion oak pruner 314 



Asparagus beetle 314 



Ash-grey blister beetle 315 



Chinch bug. .. .: 315 



San Jose scale 316 



Oak Kermes 316 



Elm bark louse 317 



Phyioptiis pruni 318 



(B) Entomological addresses 319 



Mosquito 319 



Plea for entomological study 336 



(C) List of publications of the ento- 

 mologist 347 



(D) Contributions to the department 



in 1896 359 



(E) Classified list of insects, etc., 

 noticed in this report 365 



(F) Explanation of plates 369 



General index 373 



a By J. A. Lintner 



