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quantity; they alone, are efficient against the codling-moth worm; for 

 many other insects, kerosene emulsion and pyrethrum water will 

 answer. Eemarks on use of cold water for spraying. 



Eggs in Plum Twig. (Country Gentleman, for May 22, 1890, Iv, 



p. 407, c. 4 — 6 cm.) 



A deposit of eggs, received from Dey's Landing, N. Y., inserted in a 

 row about a half-inch long, and disclosed to view by the splitting of the 

 bark, are doubtless those of some " tree-hopper," allied to Ceresa 

 hubalus, but are not recognized. No description of them is found. 

 Have been tied to a plum tree in the hope that they may be reared. 

 [They failed to develop.] 



Tlie Australian Lady Bug. (New York Times, for May 23, 1890.) 



Examples of Vedalia cardinalis, the Icerya scale parasite, added to the 

 State collection. Its extermination of the Icerya scale. Proposition to 

 experiment with it for destroying the maple tree scale, so abundant in 

 New York. 



[The Eye-spotted Bud-moth.] (Albany Evening Journal, for 



May 28, 1890, p. 6, c. 2 — 6 cm.) 



The caterpillars of this insect are occasioning much damage in the apple 

 orchards of New York, and its injuries are apparently on the increase. 

 The proper remedy is spraying with Paris green or London purple at 

 the first appearance of the blossoms or earlier. 



Wire-worms on Cabbage. (Country Gentleman, for June 5, 1890, 



Iv, p. 450, c. 4 — 13 cm.) 



The thirteen wire-worms taken from one cabbage at Metuchen, N. J., 

 are probably of the genus Melanotus. For information of, and reme- 

 dies for, these insects, reference is made to the Country Gentleman, for 

 November 29, 1888, p. 893, where other references are given. 



Insect Strawberry Pests. (New England Farmer, for June 4, 1890, 



p. 1, c. 1 — 11 cm.) 



A beetle devouring the foliage of strawberry plants in localities in 

 Massachusetts is identified as Paria aterrima Oliv. Its historj^ from its 

 first public notice in 1873, is given — reference to its literature and brief 

 description. Associated with the above was a snout beetle, identified as 

 Otiorhynchus ovatus (Linn.), which may probably be added to the list of 

 forty-two species of strawberry insects previously recorded. 



Grain Aphis. (Country Gentleman, for June 12, 1890, Iv, p. 470, 



c. 3 — 12 cm.) 



Replying to inquiry of an insect on rye, at Ridge wood, N. Y., which is 

 Siphonophora avencB (Fabr.), no method is known by which to arrest a 

 serious grain attack. Prof. Smith's recommendation of spraying with 

 kerosene emulsion is referred to. Its usual parasitic aittack; in June mja^ 

 check it, as would also heavy rains, 



