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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  This 
  has 
  been 
  done 
  already 
  in 
  some 
  places. 
  At 
  Bridgeport, 
  Conn., 
  

   Mr. 
  W. 
  S. 
  Billiard 
  has 
  engaged 
  in 
  such 
  work 
  for 
  the 
  past 
  few 
  years. 
  The 
  

   firm 
  of 
  H. 
  L. 
  Frost 
  & 
  Co., 
  21 
  South 
  Market 
  St., 
  Boston, 
  Mass., 
  is 
  making 
  

   a 
  speciality 
  of 
  all 
  kinds 
  of 
  spraying 
  and 
  of 
  pruning 
  trees. 
  The 
  members 
  

   of 
  this 
  firm 
  are 
  graduates 
  of 
  the 
  Massachusetts 
  Agricultural 
  College 
  and 
  

   deserve 
  encouragement 
  in 
  this 
  comparatively 
  new 
  line 
  of 
  work. 
  Where 
  

   no 
  provision 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  for 
  spraying, 
  or 
  where 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  carelessly 
  

   done, 
  the 
  larvae 
  and 
  pupae 
  that 
  may 
  be 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  trunk 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  

   base 
  of 
  the 
  tree 
  should 
  be 
  destroyed 
  with 
  hot 
  water 
  or 
  kerosene 
  emulsion. 
  

   Many 
  of 
  the 
  insects 
  can 
  be 
  killed 
  in 
  this 
  manner, 
  but 
  only 
  after 
  they 
  

   have 
  ceased 
  feeding. 
  This 
  measure 
  simply 
  reduces 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  the 
  

   insects 
  of 
  later 
  broods. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  made 
  more 
  effective 
  by 
  scraping 
  the 
  

   rough 
  outer 
  bark 
  from 
  the 
  lower 
  limbs 
  and 
  the 
  trunk 
  of 
  the 
  tree 
  so 
  that 
  a 
  

   larger 
  proportion 
  would 
  be 
  compelled 
  to 
  descend 
  to 
  the 
  ground 
  in 
  search 
  

   of 
  a 
  hiding 
  place 
  while 
  transforming 
  instead 
  of 
  pupating 
  within 
  the 
  

   crevices 
  of 
  the 
  bark. 
  A 
  rude 
  inclosure 
  or 
  box 
  around 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  

   tree 
  would 
  also 
  be 
  of 
  service, 
  as 
  it 
  would 
  keep 
  the 
  larvae 
  from 
  straying 
  

   where 
  they 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  so 
  easily 
  reached 
  and 
  killed. 
  

  

  Odontota 
  dorsalis 
  Thunb. 
  

   (Ord. 
  CoLEOPTERA 
  : 
  Fam. 
  Chrysomelid^.) 
  

   dorsalis 
  Thunberg 
  : 
  Gotting. 
  Gel. 
  Aug., 
  1805, 
  p. 
  282. 
  

  

  Chrysomela 
  scutellaris 
  Olivier: 
  Ent. 
  Hist. 
  Nat. 
  — 
  Coleopt., 
  vi, 
  1808, 
  

  

  p. 
  771, 
  PL 
  2, 
  fig. 
  21. 
  

   Hispa 
  sutiiralis 
  Harris: 
  in 
  Bost. 
  Journ. 
  Nat. 
  Hist., 
  i, 
  1835, 
  p. 
  147 
  

  

  (pupa 
  [Fig. 
  2] 
  and 
  imago 
  described); 
  Ins. 
  Inj. 
  Veg., 
  3rd 
  Edit., 
  

  

  1862, 
  p. 
  121 
  (description). 
  

   Anoplitis 
  scutellaris. 
  Fitch: 
  5th 
  Rept. 
  Ins 
  N. 
  Y., 
  1859, 
  p. 
  54 
  (brief 
  

  

  notice 
  of 
  larva 
  and 
  imago); 
  the 
  same 
  in 
  Trans. 
  N. 
  Y. 
  State 
  

  

  Agricul. 
  So 
  c 
  for 
  1858, 
  xviii, 
  1859, 
  p. 
  834; 
  in 
  Country 
  Gent., 
  

  

  xxvi, 
  1865, 
  p. 
  190 
  (ravages 
  on 
  Long 
  Island), 
  

   Hispa 
  suturalis. 
  Packard: 
  Guide 
  Study 
  Ins., 
  1869, 
  p. 
  504 
  (mention). 
  

   Odontota 
  scutellaris. 
  Riley: 
  in 
  Amer. 
  Entomol., 
  iii, 
  1880, 
  p. 
  151 
  (on 
  

  

  Robinia 
  and 
  Querciis 
  alba). 
  

   Anoplitis 
  scutellaris. 
  Lintner: 
  ist 
  Rept. 
  Ins. 
  N. 
  Y., 
  1882, 
  p. 
  320, 
  

  

  (cites 
  Fitch). 
  

   Odo7itota 
  dorsalis. 
  Horn: 
  in 
  Trans. 
  Amer. 
  Entomolog. 
  Soc, 
  x, 
  1883, 
  

  

  pp. 
  296, 
  303 
  (description 
  and 
  synonymy). 
  

   Odontota 
  scutellaris. 
  Dimmock: 
  in 
  Kingsley's 
  Stand. 
  Nat. 
  Hist., 
  1884, 
  

  

  p. 
  315 
  (not 
  confined 
  to 
  the 
  locust). 
  

   Odontota 
  scutellaris. 
  Howard 
  : 
  Bull. 
  5 
  Divis. 
  Entomol., 
  U. 
  S. 
  

  

  Dept. 
  Agricul., 
  1885, 
  p. 
  7 
  (parasite 
  from 
  pupa 
  described). 
  

   Odontota 
  suturalis. 
  Howard 
  : 
  in 
  Entomolog. 
  Amer., 
  i, 
  1885, 
  p. 
  117 
  (two 
  

  

  parasites 
  described). 
  

  

  