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Muskmelon borers at the south. (Country gentleman. Oct. 4, 1894. 

 59:72126) 



General account of the two melon boring caterpillars iu the southern states, 

 Eudioptis IJUaryaronia'] nitidalis Cram, and E. IMargaronia^ liyalinata Linn. 



Pear ru^^t. (Country gentleman. Oct. 4, 1894. 59:722'^'') 



Pear shows a rust which may have been caused by a oiit<', possibly 

 Phytoptus pyri. 



' Pear rust ' — cause unknown. (Country gentleman. Oct. 25, 1894. 



59:773'') 

 The above is probably but an unusual development of its mitnral rust. 



Indian Celonia. (Gardening. Nov. i, 1894. 3:55-56, col. 3, i) 



Gives the hdh\ts of Eiiryomia lEii2)1io)ia] in da and states that the reported 

 injury to the bark of young pear trees is confirmatory of an earlier state- 

 men N 



Injurious beetles. (Gardening. Nov. i, 1894. 3:56, col. 1-2) 



Brief notice of Eiuyom'ia \_Eiq)]ior'ia'] iiida, Cylletic rohiniae Forster and 

 Glycoh'ms \_riagio}iotas'] 8peclo>iU>i Say. 



Maple tree borer. (Gardening. Nov. i, 1894. 3:56, col. 2) 



Identities the pupal case of Aegeria [^Sesia] acenil Clem and gives remedies. 



Squash bug. (Gardening. November i, 1894. 3:56, col. 2, 3) 

 Gives several remedies for the squash bug, Anasa tristis De Geer. 



Report of the state entomologist to the regents of the University of 

 the State of New York, for the year 1893. Albany. November 1894. 

 26 p. 



Contents 



PAGE 



Transmittal 177 



Increasing interest in the work of 



the departmeut 178 



Publications of the entomologist. 178 

 Additions to the state collection.. 179 

 Collections made in the Adiron- 

 dack mountains 179 



Operations against the gypsy moth 

 in Massachusetts 180 



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The destructive wheat midge in 



western New York 183 



Remarkable abundance of ajjliids 



or i>lant lice 183 



Grasshopper plague in western 



New York 186 



Insect defoliators of shade and 



fruit trees-. 188 



Appendix 

 Index to report for 1886 193 



San Jose scale. (Albany evening journal. Nov. 7, 1894, p. 6, col. 5) 

 Notes the finding of AspidioiuH pcrniciosaa iu a pear orchard at Kinderhook 

 N. Y., and gives its distribution. 



