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  Spraying 
  with 
  kerosene. 
  — 
  A 
  safer 
  way 
  and 
  just 
  as 
  effectual 
  as 
  poisoning 
  

   strips 
  with 
  Paris 
  green, 
  would 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  spraying 
  a 
  strip 
  with 
  kerosene 
  or 
  

   a 
  strong 
  kerosene 
  emulsion 
  ; 
  but 
  repeated 
  apphcations 
  — 
  as 
  many 
  possibly 
  

   as 
  six 
  in 
  a 
  day 
  might 
  be 
  required 
  to 
  keep 
  the 
  traveling 
  army 
  in 
  check. 
  

  

  Dragging 
  the 
  rope. 
  — 
  This 
  method 
  has 
  been 
  recommended 
  in 
  former 
  

   years, 
  but 
  its 
  efficacy 
  may 
  be 
  questioned. 
  It 
  is 
  simply 
  drawing 
  a 
  long 
  

   rope, 
  held 
  by 
  a 
  man 
  at 
  each 
  end, 
  over 
  the 
  infested 
  field. 
  The 
  grass 
  or 
  grain 
  

   bows 
  under 
  the 
  weight 
  of 
  the 
  rope 
  and, 
  as 
  it 
  springs 
  back, 
  the 
  caterpillars 
  

   drop 
  to 
  the 
  ground 
  where 
  they 
  remain 
  for 
  some 
  time. 
  It 
  would 
  need 
  

   frequent 
  repetition 
  and 
  would 
  prove 
  effective 
  only 
  when 
  the 
  field 
  is 
  not 
  

   badly 
  infested. 
  

  

  As 
  means 
  of 
  protection 
  from 
  the 
  ravages 
  of 
  this 
  destructive 
  pest, 
  a 
  

   number 
  ot 
  methods 
  have 
  been 
  named 
  from 
  which 
  selection 
  may 
  be 
  made 
  

   of 
  those 
  which 
  seem 
  the 
  most 
  practicable 
  for 
  use 
  in 
  the 
  localities 
  or 
  fields 
  

   invaded. 
  It 
  not 
  infrequently 
  occurs 
  that 
  a 
  remedy 
  for 
  some 
  insect 
  

   depredation 
  which 
  fully 
  accomplishes 
  its 
  purpose 
  under 
  certain 
  soil 
  and 
  

   other 
  conditions, 
  will 
  in 
  places 
  where 
  the 
  conditions 
  are 
  of 
  a 
  markedly 
  

   different 
  character, 
  prove 
  to 
  be 
  of 
  no 
  value 
  whatever. 
  

  

  Steganoptyclia 
  Claypoliana 
  (Riley). 
  

  

  A 
  New 
  Maple- 
  Tree 
  Insect. 
  

   (Ord. 
  Lepidoptera 
  : 
  Fam. 
  ToRXRiciDiE.) 
  

  

  Riley: 
  in 
  Amer. 
  Nat., 
  xv, 
  1881, 
  pp. 
  1009-1010 
  (compared 
  to 
  Proteo- 
  

   teras 
  cesculana); 
  in 
  id., 
  xvi, 
  1882, 
  pp. 
  913-914 
  (the 
  name 
  of 
  

   Proteoteras 
  Claypolia?ia 
  proposed) 
  ; 
  the 
  same 
  in 
  Scien. 
  Amer., 
  

   SiippL, 
  No. 
  363, 
  Dec. 
  16, 
  1882, 
  p. 
  5797; 
  in 
  Amer. 
  Nat., 
  xvii, 
  

   1883, 
  p. 
  978 
  (compared 
  with 
  Proteoteras 
  cEsculana, 
  and 
  referred 
  

   to 
  ^teganoptycha); 
  reprint 
  of 
  same 
  in 
  Papilio, 
  iii, 
  i^^^i^ 
  p. 
  191. 
  

  

  Clavpole: 
  in 
  Proc. 
  Amer. 
  Assoc. 
  Adv. 
  Sci. 
  for 
  1881, 
  1882, 
  pp, 
  269-270 
  

   (abstract 
  of 
  life-history; 
  erroneously 
  referred 
  to 
  Sericoris 
  instru- 
  

   tana)', 
  in 
  Psyche, 
  iii, 
  1882, 
  pp. 
  364-367 
  (notes 
  on 
  Hfe-history). 
  

  

  Smith: 
  List 
  Lepidopt. 
  Bor. 
  Amer., 
  1891, 
  p. 
  93, 
  No. 
  4976. 
  

  

  Lintner: 
  in 
  Country 
  Gendeman, 
  Ix, 
  1895, 
  pp. 
  484-485 
  (recorded 
  on 
  

   maple, 
  life- 
  history) 
  ; 
  nth 
  Rept. 
  Ins. 
  N. 
  Y., 
  1896, 
  pp. 
  278, 
  285 
  

   (abstract 
  of 
  preceding, 
  mention). 
  

  

  The 
  interesting 
  insect 
  named 
  above 
  is 
  very 
  unobtrusive 
  in 
  its 
  

   habits, 
  if 
  one 
  may 
  judge 
  from 
  the 
  few 
  notices 
  that 
  have 
  appeared 
  of 
  it. 
  

   There 
  is 
  no 
  record 
  of 
  its 
  having 
  been 
  observed 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  by 
  more 
  than 
  

  

  