﻿3IO 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  The 
  earliest 
  notice 
  of 
  the 
  insect 
  within 
  our 
  State, 
  came 
  to 
  me 
  on 
  July 
  

   I 
  St, 
  when 
  it 
  were 
  found 
  on 
  corn 
  near 
  Albany. 
  This 
  was 
  followed 
  

   on 
  the 
  2d 
  inst., 
  by 
  examples 
  sent 
  from 
  Cambridge, 
  Washington 
  county 
  ; 
  

   and 
  for 
  the 
  week 
  thereafter, 
  reports 
  followed 
  closely 
  and 
  thickly 
  of 
  army- 
  

   worm 
  ravages 
  in 
  several 
  of 
  the 
  eastern 
  counties, 
  and 
  later, 
  from 
  southern 
  

   and 
  western 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  

  

  Larvse 
  received 
  and 
  collected 
  by 
  me 
  were 
  full-grown, 
  and 
  entered 
  the 
  

   ground 
  for 
  pupation 
  as 
  early 
  as 
  July 
  4th. 
  Two 
  changed 
  to 
  pupae 
  on 
  the 
  

   9th 
  on 
  the 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  ground 
  in 
  the 
  box 
  with 
  the 
  earth 
  given 
  them. 
  

   On 
  the 
  23d 
  the 
  moths 
  commenced 
  to 
  emerge, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  same 
  date 
  

   some 
  of 
  its 
  parasites, 
  Winihemia 
  a^'pustulata, 
  also 
  made 
  their 
  appearance. 
  

   Only 
  a 
  few 
  parasites 
  were 
  disclosed. 
  Their 
  eggs 
  had 
  not 
  been 
  observed 
  

   on 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  larvae 
  that 
  I 
  had 
  examined, 
  while 
  in 
  the 
  western 
  part 
  of 
  

   the 
  State 
  they 
  have 
  been 
  reported 
  as 
  not 
  at 
  all 
  uncommon. 
  

  

  The 
  Wheat-Head 
  Army-WorMc 
  

  

  The 
  wheat-head 
  army-worm, 
  Leiicania 
  albilinea, 
  has 
  been 
  reported 
  from 
  

   the 
  town 
  of 
  Morley, 
  in 
  St. 
  Lawrence 
  county. 
  I 
  was 
  informed 
  under 
  

   date 
  of 
  July 
  2 
  2d, 
  that 
  the 
  caterpillar, 
  identified 
  from 
  examples 
  sent 
  me,. 
  

   was 
  doing 
  much 
  damage 
  in 
  barley 
  fields. 
  Its 
  operations 
  were 
  shown, 
  ist^ 
  

   in 
  the 
  awns 
  of 
  the 
  barley 
  having 
  to 
  a 
  great 
  extent 
  fallen, 
  or 
  more 
  prob- 
  

   ably, 
  been 
  cut 
  off: 
  2nd, 
  a 
  great 
  number 
  of 
  the 
  heads 
  were 
  cut 
  off 
  

   betvs^een 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  the 
  next 
  joint 
  below. 
  In 
  one 
  instance 
  where 
  

   the 
  crop 
  had 
  been 
  a 
  most 
  promising 
  one, 
  it 
  was 
  estimated 
  by 
  the 
  owner, 
  

   .that 
  two-thirds 
  of 
  it 
  had 
  been 
  destroyed. 
  The 
  injury 
  had 
  not 
  been 
  sud- 
  

   den 
  or 
  rapid 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  L. 
  tmipu7icta, 
  but 
  had 
  been 
  under 
  

   observation 
  for 
  some 
  considerable 
  time. 
  The 
  barley-heads 
  lying 
  on 
  the 
  

   ground 
  were 
  subsequently 
  eaten 
  out, 
  leaving 
  only 
  the 
  husks 
  or 
  chaff 
  

   remaining: 
  this, 
  it 
  was 
  thought, 
  was, 
  done 
  by 
  the 
  caterpillars. 
  

  

  A 
  feature 
  noticed 
  in 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  this 
  insect, 
  was, 
  that 
  the 
  leaves 
  of 
  the 
  

   barley 
  were 
  not 
  eaten 
  — 
  the 
  first 
  to 
  be 
  consumed 
  by 
  the 
  army-worm, 
  but 
  

   that 
  with 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  the 
  severed 
  head, 
  the 
  plant 
  was 
  left 
  in 
  all 
  its 
  

   freshness 
  and 
  healthy 
  appearance. 
  

  

  EUFITCHIA 
  RIBEARIA 
  (Fitch). 
  

  

  This 
  insect, 
  generally 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  " 
  gooseberry 
  span-worm," 
  from 
  

   the 
  preference 
  shown 
  by 
  the 
  caterpillars 
  for 
  that 
  plant, 
  was 
  reported 
  in 
  

   very 
  great 
  numbers, 
  during 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  May 
  in 
  a 
  garden 
  in 
  Pme 
  

  

  