﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  ENTOMOLOGIST 
  3II 
  

  

  Plains, 
  Dutchess 
  county, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  where 
  it 
  stripped 
  the 
  leaves 
  of 
  both 
  

   gooseberries 
  and 
  currants 
  and 
  threatened 
  the 
  destruction 
  of 
  the 
  bushes. 
  

   It 
  had 
  been 
  noticed 
  for 
  a 
  few 
  preceding 
  years, 
  and 
  had 
  been 
  steadily 
  in- 
  

   creasing. 
  This 
  season 
  it 
  was 
  beyond 
  control 
  either 
  by 
  hand-picking 
  or 
  

   jarring, 
  and 
  was 
  proving 
  a 
  more 
  serious 
  pest 
  than 
  the 
  currant-worm, 
  as 
  

   hellebore 
  powder 
  had 
  little 
  if 
  any 
  effect 
  upon 
  it. 
  

  

  Although 
  this 
  insect 
  is 
  represented 
  as 
  common 
  by 
  most 
  of 
  our 
  writers, 
  

   and 
  according 
  to 
  Dr. 
  Packard, 
  " 
  is 
  everywhere 
  abundant 
  in 
  the 
  North- 
  

   ern 
  States, 
  flying 
  in 
  gardens 
  and 
  resting 
  on 
  the 
  leaves 
  of 
  currant 
  and 
  

   other 
  plants," 
  it 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  numbered 
  among 
  the 
  more 
  destructive 
  

   garden 
  pests 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York. 
  The 
  above 
  is 
  the 
  first 
  instance 
  

   in 
  which 
  the 
  attention 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Entomologist 
  has 
  been 
  called 
  to 
  the 
  

   injuries 
  of 
  the 
  caterpillar. 
  Nor 
  can 
  it 
  be 
  common 
  on 
  our 
  wild 
  currants 
  

   or 
  gooseberries, 
  for, 
  to 
  my 
  surprise, 
  in 
  referring 
  to 
  the 
  State 
  Collection, 
  

   the 
  moth 
  is 
  represented 
  in 
  a 
  single 
  example 
  taken 
  in 
  Keene 
  Valley 
  on 
  

   July 
  2ist, 
  1895. 
  

  

  Apparently 
  the 
  insect 
  abounds 
  in 
  a 
  locality 
  for 
  a 
  few 
  years 
  and 
  then 
  

   diminishes 
  or 
  entirely 
  disappears. 
  It 
  was 
  more 
  numerous, 
  according 
  to 
  

   Dr. 
  Fitch 
  in 
  1847 
  when 
  it 
  was 
  described 
  and 
  named 
  by 
  him 
  than 
  in 
  any 
  

   of 
  the 
  intervening 
  years 
  to 
  1857 
  when 
  he 
  again 
  wrote 
  of 
  it. 
  During 
  

   this 
  latter 
  year, 
  it 
  proved 
  very 
  injurious 
  to 
  gooseberries 
  and 
  currants 
  

   at 
  Paris 
  Hill, 
  Oneida 
  County, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  during 
  the 
  third 
  year 
  of 
  its 
  

   presence. 
  

  

  The 
  Canker 
  Worm. 
  

  

  The 
  spring 
  canker 
  worm, 
  Anisopteryx 
  vernaia 
  (Peck), 
  which 
  is 
  quite 
  

   local 
  in 
  the 
  state 
  and 
  seldom 
  very 
  injurious, 
  has 
  this 
  season 
  been 
  com- 
  

   mitting 
  serious 
  depredations 
  in 
  scattered 
  localities. 
  The 
  present 
  year, 
  

   Mr. 
  E. 
  J. 
  Preston 
  has 
  sent 
  under 
  date 
  of 
  May 
  21st, 
  examples 
  of 
  the 
  cater- 
  

   pillar 
  of 
  various 
  sizes, 
  with 
  some 
  of 
  nearly 
  full 
  growth. 
  He 
  represents 
  

   them 
  as 
  skeletonizing 
  the 
  foHage 
  in 
  several 
  of 
  the 
  orchards 
  in 
  his 
  imme- 
  

   diate 
  neighborhood. 
  Efforts 
  had 
  been 
  made 
  to 
  stay 
  their 
  ravages 
  through 
  

   Paris 
  green 
  spraying. 
  When 
  used 
  in 
  several 
  orchards 
  by 
  a 
  person 
  

   employed 
  who 
  was 
  familiar 
  with 
  spraying 
  methods, 
  a 
  mixture 
  of 
  one 
  

   pound 
  of 
  the 
  green 
  and 
  four 
  pounds 
  of 
  lime 
  to 
  200 
  gallons 
  of 
  water, 
  did 
  

   not 
  seem 
  to 
  kill 
  a 
  worm. 
  The 
  same 
  in 
  150 
  gallons 
  of 
  water 
  was 
  also 
  

   ineffectual. 
  A 
  third 
  spraying 
  with 
  100 
  gallons 
  of 
  water 
  was 
  next 
  tried, 
  

   the 
  result 
  of 
  which 
  had 
  not 
  been 
  reported. 
  

  

  It 
  would 
  seem 
  from 
  the 
  above, 
  provided 
  that 
  the 
  Paris 
  green 
  was 
  of 
  

   the 
  standard 
  purity, 
  that 
  the 
  canker 
  worm 
  is 
  almost 
  as 
  resistant 
  to 
  the 
  

   effects 
  of 
  Paris 
  green 
  as 
  is 
  the 
  larva 
  of 
  the 
  gypsy 
  moth. 
  

  

  