﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  ENTOMOLOGIST 
  

  

  195 
  

  

  tive 
  over 
  by 
  far 
  its 
  greater 
  portion, 
  ranging 
  from 
  its 
  extreme 
  east 
  to 
  the 
  

   west 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  north 
  to 
  the 
  south. 
  The 
  insect 
  has 
  been 
  authentically 
  

   reported 
  from 
  fifty-five 
  of 
  the 
  sixty 
  counties, 
  but 
  has 
  probably 
  been 
  pres- 
  

   ent, 
  to 
  a 
  greater 
  or 
  less 
  extent, 
  in 
  all. 
  The 
  following 
  are 
  known 
  to 
  

   have 
  been 
  infested 
  to 
  a 
  greater 
  or 
  less 
  extent 
  : 
  

  

  Albany. 
  

  

  Essex. 
  

  

  Oneida. 
  

  

  Schuyler. 
  

  

  Allegany. 
  

  

  Franklin. 
  

  

  Onondaga. 
  

  

  Seneca. 
  

  

  Broome. 
  

  

  Fulton. 
  

  

  Ontario. 
  

  

  St. 
  Lawrence. 
  

  

  Cattaraugus. 
  

  

  Genesee. 
  

  

  Orange. 
  

  

  Steuben. 
  

  

  Cayuga. 
  

  

  Greene. 
  

  

  Orleans. 
  

  

  Suffolk. 
  

  

  Chautauqua. 
  

  

  Herkimer. 
  

  

  Oswego. 
  

  

  Sullivan. 
  

  

  Chemung. 
  

  

  Jefferson. 
  

  

  Otsego. 
  

  

  Tioga. 
  

  

  Chenango. 
  

  

  Kings. 
  

  

  Putnam. 
  

  

  Tompkins. 
  

  

  Clinton. 
  

  

  Lewis. 
  

  

  Queens. 
  

  

  Ulster. 
  

  

  Columbia. 
  

  

  Livingston. 
  

  

  Rensselaer. 
  

  

  Washington. 
  

  

  Cortland. 
  

  

  Madison. 
  

  

  Rockland. 
  

  

  Wayne. 
  

  

  Delaware. 
  

  

  Monroe. 
  

  

  Saratoga. 
  

  

  Westchester. 
  

  

  Dutchess. 
  

  

  Montgomery. 
  

  

  Schenectady. 
  

  

  Wyoming. 
  

  

  Erie. 
  

  

  Niagara. 
  

  

  Schoharie. 
  

  

  

  It 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  reported, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  known, 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  counties 
  : 
  

   Hamilton, 
  New 
  York, 
  Richmond, 
  Warren 
  and 
  Yates. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  nature 
  of 
  the 
  attack, 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  reports 
  at 
  hand, 
  it 
  would 
  

   be 
  useless 
  to 
  estimate 
  the 
  damage 
  caused 
  by 
  this 
  insect 
  to 
  the 
  farming 
  

   interests 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  the 
  past 
  year. 
  The 
  habit 
  that 
  the 
  

   caterpillars 
  have 
  of 
  feeding 
  largely 
  under 
  cover 
  of 
  darkness, 
  renders 
  it 
  

   quite 
  safe 
  to 
  assume 
  that 
  in 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  fifty- 
  five 
  counties 
  from 
  which 
  

   they 
  have 
  been 
  reported, 
  considerable 
  injury 
  to 
  the 
  crops 
  has 
  resulted. 
  

   Besides 
  the 
  injuries 
  reported, 
  there 
  are 
  many 
  individuals 
  who 
  have 
  suf- 
  

   fered 
  considerable 
  loss 
  in 
  silence. 
  In 
  addition 
  to 
  this, 
  there 
  is 
  also 
  the 
  

   damage 
  inflicted 
  by 
  the 
  insect 
  unknown 
  even 
  to 
  the 
  owners 
  of 
  the 
  prop- 
  

   erty 
  involved. 
  The 
  two 
  latter 
  items 
  would 
  swell 
  the 
  total 
  loss 
  caused 
  

   by 
  this 
  insect 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  the 
  past 
  year 
  to 
  a 
  very 
  formidable 
  sum. 
  The 
  

   following 
  newspaper 
  items 
  will 
  give 
  some 
  idea 
  of 
  its 
  abundance 
  and 
  de- 
  

   structiveness 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  "Y 
  ork 
  in 
  its 
  recent 
  invasion 
  : 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Easthampton 
  [L. 
  I.] 
  the 
  army-worm 
  has 
  appeared 
  

   to 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  many 
  thousands 
  and 
  has 
  destroyed 
  crops 
  belonging 
  to 
  

   farmers, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  fields 
  and 
  lawns 
  of 
  private 
  residences. 
  

  

  The 
  Journal, 
  July 
  9. 
  

  

  