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  NOTES 
  ON 
  SOME 
  OF 
  THE 
  INSECTS 
  OF 
  THE 
  YEAR 
  IN 
  

   THE 
  STATE 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK.* 
  

  

  The 
  year 
  has 
  been 
  characterized 
  by 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  attacks 
  of 
  the 
  usual 
  

   severity 
  of 
  a 
  considerable 
  number 
  of 
  our 
  common 
  insect 
  pests 
  — 
  partic- 
  

   ularly 
  those 
  that 
  infest 
  our 
  fruit 
  trees. 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  recall 
  a 
  year 
  before 
  the 
  

   present 
  one 
  in 
  which 
  reports 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  received 
  by 
  me 
  of 
  abund- 
  

   ance 
  of 
  the 
  apple-tree 
  aphis, 
  Aphis 
  mali 
  Linn., 
  and 
  of 
  injuries 
  feared 
  

   from 
  it. 
  The 
  eye-spotted 
  bud-moth, 
  Tmetocera 
  ocellatia 
  (Schiff.), 
  which 
  

   has 
  become 
  so 
  destructive 
  to 
  orchards 
  in 
  the 
  western 
  counties 
  of 
  the 
  

   State, 
  has 
  hardly 
  been 
  heard 
  from. 
  No 
  abundant 
  presence 
  of 
  the 
  apple- 
  

   leaf 
  Bucculatrix, 
  Bucculatrix 
  pomifoliella 
  Clemens, 
  has 
  been 
  reported 
  to 
  

   me, 
  nor 
  of 
  the 
  apple 
  case-bearer, 
  Coleophora 
  Fletcherella 
  Fern. 
  The 
  

   apple-tree 
  tent-caterpillar, 
  Clisiocampa 
  Americana 
  Harris, 
  has 
  been 
  less 
  

   injurious 
  than 
  in 
  preceding 
  years. 
  The 
  hop-vine 
  aphis, 
  Phorodon 
  humuli 
  

   (Schrank), 
  made 
  its 
  appearance 
  late 
  in 
  the 
  season 
  — 
  in 
  August, 
  in 
  portions 
  

   of 
  Madison 
  and 
  Oneida 
  counties, 
  and 
  the 
  blackening 
  of 
  the 
  leaves 
  from 
  

   deposit 
  of 
  honey-dew 
  excited 
  some 
  alarm, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  believed 
  that 
  seri- 
  

   ous 
  harm 
  has 
  been 
  done. 
  

  

  So 
  far 
  as 
  my 
  observation 
  has 
  extended 
  — 
  confirmed 
  also 
  by 
  the 
  observa- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  several 
  collectors 
  and 
  others, 
  — 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  notable 
  exceptions, 
  the 
  

   year 
  has 
  also 
  been 
  remarkable 
  for 
  a 
  scarcity 
  of 
  insect 
  life. 
  Some 
  short 
  

   excursions 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Albany 
  specially 
  for 
  collecting, 
  were 
  

   without 
  any 
  satisfactory 
  results. 
  My 
  Adirondack 
  collections 
  were 
  unusu- 
  

   ally 
  limited. 
  Apparently 
  not 
  one-fourth 
  of 
  the 
  usual 
  number 
  of 
  insects 
  

   were 
  abroad 
  (exceptions 
  to 
  this 
  were 
  the 
  common 
  house-fly 
  and 
  grass- 
  

   hoppers). 
  Mosquitoes, 
  the 
  gray-gnat 
  [Ceratopogon) 
  and 
  the 
  black-flies 
  

   i^Simulitim) 
  , 
  were 
  among 
  the 
  rarities, 
  even 
  in 
  the 
  month 
  of 
  July. 
  The 
  

   scarcity 
  of 
  butterflies 
  was 
  particularly 
  noticeable, 
  and 
  was 
  remarked 
  upon 
  

   by 
  others 
  than 
  entomologists. 
  Not 
  a 
  single 
  Papilio 
  Turnus 
  was 
  seen 
  nor 
  

   any 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  Papilios, 
  except 
  one 
  Asterias. 
  No 
  Graptas 
  were 
  taken, 
  

  

  * 
  Read 
  at 
  the 
  Eighth 
  Annual 
  Meeting 
  of 
  the 
  Association 
  of 
  Economic 
  Entomologists 
  at 
  Buf- 
  

   falo, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  August 
  22d, 
  i8g6, 
  and 
  published 
  in 
  Bulletin 
  6 
  New 
  Series, 
  U. 
  S. 
  Department 
  of 
  Agri- 
  

   culture, 
  Division 
  of 
  Entomology, 
  1896. 
  A 
  few 
  additions 
  have 
  since 
  been 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  paper. 
  

  

  