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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  depositing 
  their 
  three 
  to 
  four 
  hundred 
  eggs 
  singly 
  beneath 
  the 
  skin 
  on 
  

   all 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  apple. 
  The 
  eggs 
  hatch 
  in 
  four 
  or 
  five 
  days 
  ; 
  mining 
  

   habits 
  of 
  larvse; 
  they 
  naturally 
  pupate 
  under 
  ground. 
  Destroying 
  

   fallen 
  fruit 
  at 
  once, 
  using 
  decoy 
  trees 
  for 
  receiving 
  the 
  eggs, 
  compact- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  soil 
  beneath 
  trees 
  or 
  stirring 
  it 
  frequently, 
  is 
  recommended. 
  

  

  Apple 
  Maggot. 
  (Country 
  Gentleman, 
  for 
  April 
  2, 
  1896, 
  Ixi, 
  p. 
  270, 
  c. 
  

   3 
  — 
  13 
  cm.) 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  reported 
  as 
  doing 
  much 
  damage 
  to 
  young 
  apples 
  in 
  Fond 
  du 
  

   Lac 
  county, 
  Wisconsin 
  ; 
  spraying 
  is 
  proposed. 
  In 
  reply, 
  it 
  is 
  stated, 
  

   that 
  arsenites 
  are 
  of 
  no 
  value 
  against 
  this 
  insect 
  [ 
  Trypeta 
  pomonella\ 
  ; 
  a 
  

   good 
  coating 
  of 
  the 
  fruit 
  with 
  the 
  Bordeaux 
  mixture 
  might 
  prevent 
  

   oviposition. 
  General 
  failure 
  of 
  the 
  crop 
  would 
  probably 
  reduce 
  the 
  

   numbers 
  of 
  the 
  fly 
  the 
  following 
  year, 
  as 
  it. 
  is 
  sluggish 
  and 
  would 
  

   hardly 
  fly 
  far. 
  It 
  can 
  also 
  breed 
  in 
  wild 
  haws 
  and 
  crab 
  apples. 
  Best 
  

   remedies 
  : 
  destruction 
  of 
  fallen 
  fruit 
  and 
  using 
  decoy 
  trees. 
  Arsenical 
  

   spraying 
  should 
  not 
  be 
  neglected 
  because 
  of 
  comparative 
  exemption 
  

   from 
  insect 
  attack. 
  

  

  The 
  Cheese 
  Skipper. 
  (Country 
  Gentleman, 
  for 
  April 
  9, 
  1896, 
  Ixi, 
  p. 
  293, 
  

   c. 
  2 
  — 
  28 
  cm.) 
  

  

  In 
  response 
  to 
  inquiry, 
  the 
  meat-skipper 
  is 
  identified 
  as 
  the 
  one 
  found 
  

   in 
  cheese, 
  viz., 
  Piophila 
  casei 
  (Linn.). 
  The 
  perfect 
  fly 
  hibernates, 
  

   appearing 
  in 
  warm 
  v/eather 
  in 
  spring 
  to 
  oviposit; 
  duration 
  of 
  stages. 
  

   Long 
  known 
  only 
  in 
  cheese 
  ; 
  in 
  recent 
  years 
  infesting 
  meat; 
  losses 
  

   caused 
  in 
  packing 
  houses. 
  Skippers 
  reported 
  from 
  Moorefield, 
  W. 
  

   Va., 
  on 
  salted 
  meat 
  in 
  January. 
  Remedies 
  : 
  storing 
  these 
  products 
  in 
  

   darkness; 
  excluding 
  the 
  flies. 
  The 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  skippers 
  does 
  not 
  

   produce 
  ill 
  odors 
  or 
  putresence. 
  

  

  [Extended 
  in 
  pp. 
  229-234 
  of 
  this 
  Report 
  (xii).] 
  

  

  Scale 
  Insects. 
  (Gardening, 
  for 
  April 
  15, 
  1896, 
  iv, 
  p. 
  234, 
  c. 
  i 
  — 
  14 
  cm.) 
  

  

  Scales 
  on 
  apple 
  trees 
  from 
  Milwaukee, 
  Mich., 
  are 
  identified 
  as 
  

   Myiilaspis 
  pomorum 
  and 
  Chionaspis 
  furfurus. 
  Remedies 
  are, 
  cutting 
  

   down 
  when 
  badly 
  infested 
  ; 
  for 
  moderate 
  attacks 
  spray 
  with 
  kerosene 
  

   emulsion 
  reduced 
  with 
  nine 
  parts 
  of 
  water 
  when 
  the 
  young 
  insects 
  

   appear, 
  or 
  else 
  from 
  the 
  middle 
  to 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  May, 
  for 
  the 
  latitude 
  of 
  

   Michigan. 
  

  

  The 
  Southern 
  Corn-Root 
  Worm. 
  (Country 
  Gentleman, 
  for 
  April 
  30 
  

   1896,1x1, 
  p. 
  353, 
  cols. 
  2, 
  3 
  — 
  40 
  cm.) 
  

  

  "Bud-worms" 
  which 
  had 
  nearly 
  destroyed 
  a 
  field 
  of 
  corn 
  in 
  

   Fauquier 
  Co., 
  Va., 
  are 
  " 
  the 
  twelve-spotted 
  Diabrotica," 
  D. 
  I2ptmctata 
  

   (Ohv.). 
  The 
  closely 
  allied 
  northern 
  corn-root 
  worm, 
  Diabrotica 
  longi- 
  

   cornis 
  (Say), 
  is 
  more 
  destructive 
  in 
  the 
  Northern 
  States. 
  Characters 
  

   of 
  the 
  two 
  species 
  are 
  given. 
  The 
  southern 
  beetle 
  is 
  sometimes 
  com- 
  

   mon 
  North, 
  and 
  is 
  a 
  well-known 
  pest 
  of 
  squashes, 
  melons 
  and 
  

   cucumbers. 
  The 
  larvcie 
  attack 
  the 
  corn 
  just 
  beneath 
  the 
  surface 
  and 
  

   cause 
  wilting 
  of 
  the 
  central 
  leaf. 
  Infested 
  fields 
  should 
  not 
  be 
  

   replanted. 
  No 
  effective 
  remedy 
  is 
  known. 
  

  

  