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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  the 
  Mushroom 
  Phora. 
  Agrilus 
  ruficolhs, 
  the 
  Gouty-Gall 
  Beetle. 
  

   Anomala 
  lucicola, 
  the 
  Light-loving 
  Grapevine 
  Beetle. 
  Anomalamar- 
  

   ginata, 
  the 
  Margined 
  Anomala. 
  Diabrotica 
  vittata, 
  the 
  Striped 
  

   Cucumber 
  Beetle. 
  Dibolia 
  borealis, 
  a 
  Plantain-Leaf 
  Miner. 
  Otiorhyn- 
  

   chus 
  ovatus, 
  the 
  Ovate 
  Snout-Beetle. 
  Conotrachelus 
  cratsegi, 
  the 
  

   Quince 
  Curculio. 
  The 
  Seventeen-Year 
  Locust 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New- 
  

   York 
  in 
  1894. 
  Psylla 
  pyricola, 
  the 
  Pear-Tree 
  Psylla. 
  Remarkable 
  

   abundance 
  of 
  Aphides 
  or 
  Plant- 
  Lice 
  in 
  1893. 
  Are 
  Aphides 
  Eaten 
  by 
  

   Spiders 
  ? 
  Pentatoma 
  junipetina, 
  the 
  Juniper 
  Plant-Bug. 
  Leptocoris 
  

   trivittatus, 
  the 
  Box-elder 
  Plant-Bug. 
  The 
  Grasshopper 
  Plague 
  in 
  

   Western 
  New 
  York. 
  Julus 
  caeruleocinctus, 
  with 
  Associated 
  Potato- 
  

   Scab. 
  Mites 
  Attacking 
  Mushrooms. 
  Mites 
  Infesting 
  Potatoes. 
  

   T)^roglyphus 
  Lintneri, 
  a 
  Mushroom-Infesting 
  Mite. 
  Phytoptus 
  pyri, 
  

   . 
  the 
  Pear-Leaf 
  Blister- 
  Mite. 
  Appendix. 
  (A) 
  The 
  Scorpion-Flies; 
  

   Panorpa 
  rufescens; 
  Bittacus 
  strigosus. 
  (B) 
  List 
  of 
  Dates 
  

   OF 
  Collections 
  of 
  Lepidoptera 
  (Heterocera). 
  (C) 
  List 
  of 
  

   Publications 
  of 
  the 
  Entomologist. 
  (D) 
  Entomological 
  Pub- 
  

   lications 
  OF 
  J. 
  A. 
  LiNTNER, 
  1862-1869. 
  (E) 
  Contributions 
  to 
  

   THE 
  Department 
  in 
  1893. 
  (F) 
  Contributions 
  to 
  the 
  Depart- 
  

   ment 
  IN 
  1894. 
  (G) 
  Classified 
  list 
  of 
  Insects 
  noticed 
  in 
  Reports 
  

   I-X. 
  (H) 
  Errata 
  (Additional) 
  in 
  Preceding 
  Reports. 
  Index 
  

   to 
  Reports 
  I-X. 
  

  

  The 
  Army 
  Worm 
  Invasion. 
  (The 
  Argus 
  [Albany, 
  N. 
  Y.], 
  for 
  July 
  8, 
  

   1896, 
  p. 
  8, 
  c. 
  3 
  — 
  28 
  cm.; 
  the 
  same, 
  in 
  part, 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  Recorder, 
  for 
  

   July 
  15, 
  1896 
  — 
  18 
  cm.; 
  Country 
  Gentleman, 
  for 
  July 
  16, 
  1896, 
  Ixi, 
  p. 
  

   552, 
  c. 
  I 
  — 
  24 
  cm.; 
  Rome 
  Sentinel, 
  for 
  July 
  17, 
  1896 
  — 
  12 
  cm.; 
  Circu- 
  

   lar 
  of 
  the 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York.) 
  

  

  The 
  army-worm 
  appears 
  in 
  Washington 
  County, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  the 
  first 
  

   week 
  in 
  July, 
  and 
  in 
  other 
  localities 
  near 
  Albany, 
  in 
  immense 
  numbers 
  

   and 
  quite 
  injurious. 
  Crushing 
  them 
  and 
  ditching 
  to 
  arrest 
  their 
  pro- 
  

   gress 
  is 
  recommended, 
  also 
  spraying 
  narrow 
  strips 
  in 
  advance 
  of 
  their 
  

   march 
  with 
  Paris 
  green. 
  Its 
  injuries 
  will 
  soon 
  cease. 
  None 
  of 
  its 
  

   parasites 
  seen 
  as 
  yet. 
  

  

  [Extended 
  in 
  pages 
  190-214 
  of 
  this 
  Report 
  (xii).] 
  

  

  Wire 
  Worm. 
  (Country 
  Gentleman, 
  for 
  July 
  9, 
  1896, 
  Ixi, 
  p. 
  540, 
  cols, 
  i, 
  

   2-13 
  cm.) 
  

  

  Examples 
  sent 
  from 
  Hackettstown, 
  N. 
  J., 
  where 
  they 
  have 
  been 
  

   quite 
  injurious 
  to 
  corn, 
  are 
  identified 
  as 
  wire-worms 
  and 
  their 
  gener- 
  

   al 
  characters 
  given. 
  No 
  entirely 
  effective 
  remedy 
  for 
  them 
  has 
  been 
  

   found. 
  Kainit 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  remedy. 
  Salt 
  is 
  of 
  doubtful 
  value. 
  

   Plowing 
  in 
  the 
  autumn 
  and 
  attracting 
  to 
  baits 
  recommended. 
  

  

  The 
  Army 
  Worm 
  Invasion. 
  (New 
  York 
  Daily 
  Tribune, 
  for 
  Saturday, 
  

   July 
  18, 
  1896 
  — 
  57 
  cm.) 
  

  

  The 
  presence 
  of 
  the 
  army 
  worm 
  \Leticania 
  unipujicta\ 
  in 
  eastern 
  

   New 
  York. 
  The 
  caterpillars 
  unusually 
  abundant 
  and 
  destructive. 
  

   Lime, 
  plaster, 
  rolling 
  the 
  ground, 
  ditching, 
  etc., 
  recommended. 
  No 
  

  

  