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-Zebra caterpillar. (Country gentleman. July 28, 1898. 63 : 586, col. 2, 

 3 — 26 cm) 



Caterpillars swarming on recently gathered timothy hay from a 20-acre lot at Alex- 

 andria Bay, N. Y., are identified as those of Alamestra picta Harris. The larva is 

 briefly described, figured and the life history of the insect given. As oats on the 

 field were destroyed the previous year by caterpillars, the larvae were probably 

 abundant in the field this year and were accidentally gathered up with the hay. The 

 destruction of those in the barn is recommended. 



[ See pages 201-7 o^ this report] 



[Suggestions in regard to nursery inspection] (Country gentleman. 



July 28, 1898. 63 : 586, col. 3 — 12 cm) 



In compliance with a request from the commissioner of agriculture, it was recom- 

 mended that nursery stock infested with San Jose scale, Aspidiotus perniciosiis Comst. 

 and closely allied forms, the black peach aphis. Aphis primicola Kalt. , or badly 

 infested with the more common destructive scale insects be destroyed or adequately 

 treated. Those slightly infested with scale insects, badly infested with the pear 

 psylla or aphids, or bearing cocoons of Bucciclatrix ponilfoliella Clem, should be 

 fumigated before shipment. Plants showing injury from insects should not be pro- 

 nounced clean till the cause has been ascertained. 



.[A plea for the elms] (Troy daily times. July 29, 1898 — 17 cm) 



Excessive ravages of the elm-leaf beetle, Galericcella luteola Miiller, are described 

 and a plea made for the proper protection of the elms. If no action is taken, it is 

 stated that most of the European and many American elms in the city will be ruined 

 within three years, 



[Remedies for the white-marked tussock moth] (Buffalo news. July 30, 

 1898. 36 : 5 — 22 cm ; also in Commercial, times and inquirer [Buffalo], 

 July 30, 1898. 55:5; Buffalo commercial. July 30, 1898. p. 11 j 

 and part in Buffalo daily times. July 30, 1898. 39 : 5) 



Gives objections to spraying with paris green, recommends collecting the egg 

 clusters, and states the advantages of delaying the work till winter or early spring. 

 Several methods of collection are briefly considered. 



[Brown patches on the lawn] (American gardening. July 30, 1898. 

 19 : 549, col. I — 8 cm) 



Brown patches on a lawn are identified as most probably the work of white grubs 

 and directions for spraying with kerosene emulsion given. 



Asparagus beetle in Albany county. (Country gentleman. Aug. 4, 1898. 

 d^i : 614, col. 2 — 18 cm) 



Notes the occurrence of the beetle at Menands. The insect is figured and briefly 

 described in its different stages. Land plaster or paris green is given as the best 

 remedy. 



:Sulfur not a remedy. (Chnton [Mass.] courant. Aug. 6, 1898. 50:5, 

 col. 3 — 6 cm) 



Replying to an earlier notice, it is stated that plugging trees with sulfur is not a 

 remedy for caterpillars. 



