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Contents 



lutroductory 121 



Injurious insects 129 



Synchlora glaucaria, raspberry 



geometer 129 



Bucculatrix canadensiseUa,, birch 



leiif Bucculatrix 133 



Diplosis pyrivora, pear midge... 140 

 Clastoptera ohtusa, obtuse Clas- 



toptera 152 



Clastoptera pini \^ol)tnsa'], pine 



Clastoptera 153 



Chanlwdes pectiiiicornis, comb 



horned fish fly. 155 



CorydaUs cormita, horned Cory- 



4alis 159 



Notes on various insects 163 



Thalessa hinator, Innate long 



stiDg 163 



Janus fiaviventris [integer'], cur- 

 rant stem glrdler 166 



Nematns [Lygaeonemaius~\ er'icli- 



sonii, larch saw fly 168 



Feniseca tarquinins, little orange 



butterfly 169 



Eudryas [Euthisanoiia'] grata, 



bautifiil wood n_\mph 170 



Scoliopteryx lihatrrx, scailo]> 



wing 171 



ExerJiia species?, a fungus gnat. 172 

 TelepJiorus? hilineatus; occurring 



on snow 172 



Larhnostei'na fusca, white grub of 



the May beetle 174 



Cyllene pictns, hickory bprer 175 



Tenehio molitor, meal worm 176 



Pulvinaria innnmcrahilis, maple 



tree scale iusect 177 



Gryllus luctuosus, common black 



cricket 179 



TromMdmm locustariivi, locust 



mite 179 



Insect attacks — their remedies and 



preventives 181 



Remedies for the peach tree borer 181 

 An lehneumouizecl caterpillar — 



"interesting case of parasitism. 186 

 Agrofis ypsilon Rott ., a new onion 



pest 188 



Gortyna [Hydroecia^ nit da, stalk 



borer, as an external feeder.. 191 



Cow horn fly in New York 192 



Wire worms and remedies for 



them 197 



Rose bug and how to kill it 200 



Glycohms [Plagionotus'] spccio- 



su's Say, maple tree borer 202 



Anasa tristis Ue Geer, squash 



bug 205 



Hop vine aphis and remedies. .. 207 

 Aplns cncumeris Forbes Igossy- 



jyii], melon aphis 210 



Aplus eucumeris [_gossypii'] and 



Cor'nneIaenapuHcaria,iiS melon 



and strawberry pests 212 



Scale insects on camellia and 



oleander 214 



Grape vine scale insect, Lcca- 



ninm sp.? *215 



Apple tree insects of early 



spring 216 



Someinjurious insects of 1890 .. 221 



Appendix 



(A) Entomological addresses 227 



Some injurious insects of Massachusetts 227 



Our insect enemies and how to meet them 258 



(B) Publications of the entomologist during 1891 278 



(C) Publications of the entomologist for 1875 and 1876. 290 



(D) Contributions to the department.. 296 



(E) Classified list of insects noticed in this report 302 



general index... r,- - 304 



