﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  ENTOMOLOGIST 
  287 
  

  

  amount 
  of 
  harm 
  resulting 
  from 
  the 
  puncturing 
  of 
  twigs 
  for 
  food 
  is 
  not 
  

   known. 
  The 
  oviposition 
  is 
  largely 
  in 
  forest 
  trees 
  — 
  in 
  oaks, 
  hickory 
  and 
  

   chestnut. 
  Among 
  cultivated 
  trees 
  the 
  peach, 
  apple 
  and 
  cherry 
  suffer 
  

   the 
  greatest 
  injury. 
  The 
  eggs 
  may 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  almost 
  all 
  trees 
  and 
  

   shrubs, 
  excepting 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  pine 
  family; 
  they 
  are 
  occasionally 
  placed 
  

   in 
  cedar 
  twigs. 
  In 
  1894, 
  the 
  period 
  of 
  oviposition 
  extended 
  from 
  about 
  

   the 
  first 
  week 
  in 
  June 
  to 
  near 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  July, 
  but 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  eggs 
  were 
  

   probably 
  deposited 
  during 
  the 
  last 
  ten 
  days 
  in 
  June 
  and 
  early 
  in 
  July. 
  

   The 
  injury 
  to 
  the 
  trees 
  appeared 
  to 
  be 
  mainly 
  mechanical, 
  resulting 
  from 
  

   the 
  numerous 
  slits 
  in 
  the 
  twigs, 
  forming 
  almost 
  continuous 
  lines, 
  pierced 
  

   for 
  the 
  reception 
  of 
  the 
  eggs. 
  The 
  damage 
  to 
  large 
  trees, 
  as 
  a 
  rule, 
  was 
  

   not 
  serious, 
  although 
  some 
  broken 
  twigs 
  and 
  dead 
  leaves 
  gave 
  them 
  an 
  

   unsightly 
  appearance. 
  Young 
  trees 
  were 
  injured 
  the 
  most, 
  and 
  in 
  some 
  

   cases 
  they 
  were 
  nearly 
  ruined. 
  

  

  The 
  reports 
  received 
  from 
  various 
  localities 
  in 
  1894 
  concerning 
  the 
  

   injury 
  wrought 
  by 
  this 
  insect 
  varied 
  widely 
  in 
  character. 
  In 
  a 
  number 
  

   of 
  places 
  little 
  or 
  no 
  damage 
  was 
  reported. 
  At 
  New 
  Windsor, 
  where 
  it 
  

   occurred 
  in 
  great 
  abundance. 
  Miss 
  Morton 
  reported 
  that 
  many 
  limbs 
  of 
  

   small 
  trees 
  were 
  killed, 
  and 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  instances 
  very 
  httle 
  was 
  left 
  of 
  the 
  

   tree. 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  D. 
  Lewis 
  is 
  authority 
  for 
  the 
  statement 
  that 
  at 
  Annan- 
  

   dale, 
  thousands 
  of 
  thrifty 
  young 
  trees 
  were 
  virtually 
  ruined 
  by 
  this 
  insect. 
  

   That 
  this 
  would 
  naturally 
  be 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  excessive 
  oviposition, 
  will 
  

   appear 
  from 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  At 
  Hillsdale^ 
  N. 
  Y., 
  in 
  a 
  twig 
  nine 
  inches 
  long 
  and 
  one-fcurth 
  of 
  an 
  

   inch 
  in 
  diameter 
  at 
  its 
  larger 
  end, 
  seventy 
  slits 
  were 
  counted, 
  — 
  each 
  slit 
  

   containing 
  about 
  twenty-four 
  eggs, 
  or 
  1680 
  for 
  the 
  entire 
  number. 
  The 
  

   Cicadas 
  injured 
  young 
  hickories 
  so 
  greatly 
  at 
  Highland 
  Falls 
  as 
  to 
  render 
  

   them 
  unfit 
  for 
  hoop 
  poles. 
  In 
  some 
  localities 
  the 
  woods 
  were 
  said 
  to 
  

   appear 
  as 
  if 
  fire 
  had 
  run 
  through 
  them. 
  As 
  a 
  general 
  rule, 
  however, 
  the 
  

   damage 
  by 
  this 
  insect 
  was 
  not 
  great. 
  Young 
  trees 
  undoubtedly 
  suffered 
  

   greatly 
  in 
  localities 
  v/here 
  the 
  insect 
  abounded, 
  and 
  the 
  larger 
  ones 
  were 
  

   severely 
  pruned, 
  but 
  in 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  latter, 
  the 
  injury 
  was 
  more 
  in 
  appear- 
  

   ance 
  than 
  in 
  reality, 
  — 
  the 
  pruning 
  not 
  proving 
  very 
  injurious, 
  although 
  

   at 
  the 
  time 
  the 
  dead 
  leaves 
  gave 
  an 
  impression 
  of 
  permanent 
  harm. 
  

  

  Serious 
  Results 
  Reported 
  From 
  Cicada 
  Stings. 
  

  

  Stories 
  of 
  the 
  injurious 
  and 
  deadly 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  sting 
  by 
  this 
  insect 
  

  

  were 
  widely 
  circulated 
  and 
  firmly 
  believed 
  by 
  many. 
  A 
  boy 
  at 
  West 
  

  

  Point, 
  George 
  Pavek, 
  was 
  reported 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  bitten 
  June 
  19th 
  on 
  the 
  

  

  hands 
  and 
  face 
  and 
  to 
  have 
  died 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  hours, 
  — 
  medical 
  aid 
  proving 
  

  

  