﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  ENTOMOLOGIST 
  199 
  

  

  have 
  been 
  severe 
  and 
  extensive 
  over 
  a 
  large 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  — 
  Centre, 
  

   Tioga, 
  Bradford, 
  Susquehanna, 
  Chester, 
  Dauphin, 
  Perr)% 
  Bucks, 
  Lan- 
  

   caster, 
  York 
  and 
  Cumberland 
  counties, 
  being 
  the 
  most 
  unfortunate 
  in 
  

   this 
  respect. 
  It 
  was 
  widespread 
  in 
  Ohio, 
  although 
  its 
  injuries 
  were 
  local 
  

   and 
  could 
  be 
  hardly 
  termed 
  general. 
  It 
  was 
  reported 
  as 
  quite 
  injurious 
  

   in 
  Marinette, 
  Menomenee 
  and 
  Monroe 
  counties, 
  in 
  Wisconsin. 
  In 
  

   Minnesota 
  its 
  ravages 
  extended 
  over 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  and 
  were 
  repre- 
  

   sented 
  as 
  very 
  severe. 
  It 
  was 
  reported 
  as 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  destructive 
  in 
  the 
  

   following 
  additional 
  States 
  : 
  Missouri, 
  California, 
  Maryland 
  and 
  Iowa. 
  

   In 
  towns 
  of 
  the 
  Province 
  of 
  Ontario, 
  Canada, 
  it 
  was 
  also 
  quite 
  injurious. 
  

  

  Earlier 
  Losses 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York. 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  authentic 
  record 
  of 
  injury 
  in 
  this 
  State 
  by 
  the 
  army-worm, 
  so 
  

   far 
  as 
  we 
  have 
  found, 
  was 
  given 
  by 
  the 
  Albany 
  Argus 
  in 
  1817. 
  In 
  this 
  

   year 
  many 
  meadows 
  and 
  pastures 
  in 
  the 
  northern 
  towns 
  of 
  Rensselaer 
  

   county, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  eastern 
  portions 
  of 
  Saratoga 
  county 
  were 
  rendered 
  

   **as 
  barren 
  as 
  heath" 
  by 
  this 
  insect. 
  In 
  1842 
  some 
  injury 
  from 
  it, 
  was 
  

   reported 
  in 
  the 
  western 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  It 
  committed 
  severe 
  ravages 
  

   in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Buffalo 
  in 
  1861, 
  also 
  near 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  Seneca 
  lake, 
  and 
  

   at 
  several 
  other 
  points 
  In 
  the 
  southern 
  and 
  western 
  counties. 
  In 
  1871 
  it 
  

   was 
  reported 
  from 
  Tioga 
  county. 
  Four 
  years 
  later 
  it 
  attracted 
  attention 
  

   the 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  July, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  August 
  it 
  was 
  quite 
  abundant 
  

   on 
  Long 
  Island. 
  In 
  1880, 
  it 
  was 
  again 
  destructive 
  in 
  this 
  State. 
  The 
  

   caterpillars 
  appeared 
  in 
  June 
  on 
  Long 
  Island, 
  where 
  they 
  caused 
  much 
  

   alarm 
  by 
  their 
  ravages. 
  At 
  this 
  time 
  they 
  also 
  occurred 
  in 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  

   southern 
  and 
  eastern 
  counties 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  

  

  It 
  will 
  be 
  seen 
  from 
  the 
  above 
  that 
  all 
  the 
  earlier 
  appearances 
  of 
  this 
  

   pest 
  have 
  been 
  limited 
  to 
  comparatively 
  small 
  areas 
  in 
  the 
  State, 
  and, 
  

   although 
  the 
  losses 
  were 
  considerable 
  in 
  some 
  instances, 
  especially 
  in 
  the 
  

   visitation 
  of 
  1880, 
  it 
  is 
  believed 
  that 
  none 
  approached 
  in 
  magnitude 
  those 
  

   of 
  the 
  present 
  year. 
  

  

  Its 
  Extended 
  Distribution. 
  

  

  The 
  army-worm 
  has 
  a 
  remarkably 
  extended 
  distribution. 
  Dr. 
  Packard, 
  

   in 
  his 
  map 
  published 
  in 
  1877, 
  hmited 
  its 
  range 
  as 
  follows: 
  north, 
  at 
  lati- 
  

   tude 
  48° 
  in 
  Minnesota, 
  and 
  at 
  Cape 
  Rozier 
  in 
  Quebec; 
  east 
  by 
  the 
  

   eastern 
  portion 
  of 
  Nova 
  Scotia; 
  south, 
  at 
  the 
  southern 
  point 
  of 
  Texas; 
  

   west, 
  at 
  parallel 
  102°. 
  This 
  range 
  can 
  now 
  be 
  considerably 
  extended. 
  

   It 
  has 
  been 
  reported 
  from 
  Newfoundland, 
  Prince 
  Edward 
  Island, 
  and 
  as 
  

   widespread 
  all 
  over 
  Canada. 
  In 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  

   area 
  given 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Packard, 
  the 
  insect 
  has 
  been 
  reported 
  from 
  South 
  

   Dakota, 
  Nebraska, 
  Wyoming, 
  Colorado, 
  New 
  Mexico 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  past 
  

  

  