REPORT OP THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST 1903 193 



appletree tent caterpillar, Clisiocampa [Malacosoma] ameri- 

 c a n a Fabr. ; forest tent caterpillar, Clisiocampa [Malacosoma] 

 d i s s t r i a Htibn. and fall webworm, Hyphantria cunea Drm-y 

 [textor Harr.]. 



Observations on Certain Insects Attacking Pine Trees. U. S. Dep't 



Agric. Div. Ent. Bui. 37, n.s. 1902. p.l034 



Records of injuries byTomicus calligraphus Germ., T. p i n i Say 

 and also of M o n o h a m m u s c o n f u s o r Kirby and Dendroctonus 

 terebrans Oliv. 



Potato WireT\^orms. Counti^ Gentleman, Dec. 4, 1902', 57 :992i3 

 General remedial measures for wireworms are briefly discussed. 



Crude Petroleum as an Insecticide. Soc. Promotion Agric. Sci. 



Proc. 23d An. Meeting 1902, p.8G-95; separate p.1-10 received 



Dec. 24, 1902 



A review of experiments with crude petroleum and summary of results in 

 controlling San Jose scale, Aspidiotus pern-iciosus Comst. 



Maggots in Mushrooms. Country Gentleman, Jan. 1, 1903, 68 :Q^^ 



Brief account of species injuring mushrooms and remedies therefor, 

 Phora agarici Lint, and species of Sciara being mentioned in par- 

 ticular. 



Entomology. U. S. N. Y. Handbook 16, revised Dec. 1902, p.1-12, 

 issued Jan. 3, 1903 



PAGE3 



Definition 1 



Systematic entomology 1 



Economic entomology 2 



History of the division 3 



Investigations 4 



Collections 5 



Contents 



PAGH 



Lectures 7 



Voluntary observers 7 



Publications 8 



Educational work. 9 



List of entomologic publications. 10 



Grapevine Root Worm [Fidia viticida Walsh] . N. Y. State 

 Mus. Bui. 59. 10(12. p.49-84, 1 col.pl. 4 halftones 

 Issued Jan. 5, 1903. Republished in great part in issues of Grape Belt 



[Dunkirk N. Y.l for Jan. 9, 13, 20, 27, Feb. 3, 10. 



Contents 



PAGE 



Preface 49 



Introduction 51 



Area infested 51 



Signs of insect's presence 52 



A native species 53 



Allies 54 



Present conditions in Ohio. ... 54 



Early history 57 



PAGH 



Description 58 



Life history 60 



Habits of the beetle 61 



Eggs 63 



Habits of the larvae 66 



Pupa 68 



Food plants 68 



Natural enemies 69 



