﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  ENTOMOLOGIST 
  353 
  

  

  parasites 
  observed. 
  Favoring 
  meteorological 
  conditions 
  responsible 
  

   for 
  their 
  immense 
  numbers. 
  Not 
  likely 
  to 
  be 
  so 
  numerous 
  another 
  

   year. 
  

  

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

  

  Tent 
  Caterpillar. 
  (Country 
  Gentleman, 
  for 
  July 
  23, 
  1896, 
  Ixi.. 
  p. 
  571, 
  c. 
  

   4—5 
  cm.) 
  

  

  An 
  example 
  of 
  a 
  moth 
  occurring 
  in 
  great 
  numbers 
  sent 
  for 
  identifica- 
  

   tion 
  from 
  Baltimore, 
  Md., 
  was 
  the 
  apple-tree 
  tent-caterpillar 
  \Clisio- 
  

   canipa 
  America)ia\ 
  Some 
  particulars 
  relating 
  to 
  the 
  cocoon 
  and 
  the 
  

   moth 
  were 
  given 
  in 
  reply. 
  

  

  The 
  Army 
  Worm. 
  (Country 
  Gentleman, 
  for 
  July 
  23, 
  1896, 
  Ixi, 
  p. 
  574, 
  

   cols. 
  3, 
  4—32 
  cm.) 
  

  

  The 
  caterpillars 
  were 
  reported 
  in 
  the 
  last 
  week 
  of 
  June. 
  The 
  week 
  

   following, 
  many 
  had 
  nearly 
  attained 
  their 
  growth 
  and 
  were 
  destroying 
  

   grains 
  and 
  grasses 
  in 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  southeastern 
  counties 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  

   Ditching, 
  rolling, 
  spraying 
  infested 
  strips 
  with 
  Paris 
  green, 
  and 
  apph- 
  

   cations 
  of 
  air-slacked 
  lime, 
  plaster, 
  or 
  even 
  road 
  dust, 
  recommended. 
  

   The 
  most 
  serious 
  injury 
  has 
  already 
  been 
  committed. 
  The 
  moth, 
  Leu- 
  

   cania 
  uniputicta^ 
  is 
  not 
  uncommon. 
  The 
  unusual 
  abundance 
  of 
  the 
  in- 
  

   sect 
  this 
  year 
  is 
  due 
  to 
  meteorological 
  conditions 
  which 
  may 
  not 
  pre- 
  

   vail 
  the 
  coming 
  year. 
  

  

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

  

  Cut-Worms 
  and 
  Borers. 
  (Country 
  Gentleman, 
  for 
  July 
  30, 
  1896, 
  Ixi, 
  p. 
  

   591, 
  cols. 
  I, 
  2 
  — 
  22 
  cm.) 
  

  

  In 
  response 
  to 
  inquiry 
  from 
  Montclair, 
  N. 
  J., 
  for 
  remedies 
  for 
  cut- 
  

   worms 
  and 
  borers 
  it 
  is 
  stated 
  that 
  the 
  feeding 
  and 
  other 
  habits 
  of 
  cut- 
  

   worms 
  are 
  so 
  various 
  that 
  no 
  one 
  general 
  remedy 
  can 
  be 
  giver. 
  

   Fresh 
  clover 
  sprinkled 
  with 
  Paris 
  green 
  water 
  and 
  laid 
  in 
  loose 
  bunches 
  

   between 
  the 
  rows, 
  or 
  cabbage 
  or 
  turnip 
  leaves 
  treated 
  in 
  a 
  simi- 
  

   lar 
  manner, 
  have 
  been 
  found 
  quite 
  effective. 
  Bran 
  mash 
  poisoned 
  

   with 
  arsenic 
  might 
  be 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  manner. 
  Digging 
  out 
  the 
  

   cut-worms 
  is 
  sure 
  and 
  not 
  very 
  laborious. 
  The 
  soft-soap 
  carbolic 
  acid 
  

   wash 
  poisoned 
  with 
  Paris 
  green 
  is 
  recommended 
  for 
  borers. 
  Common 
  

   whitewash 
  is 
  believed 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  preventive 
  by 
  many. 
  

  

  More 
  About 
  the 
  Army 
  Worm. 
  (Country 
  Gentleman, 
  for 
  August 
  6, 
  1896, 
  

   Ixi, 
  p, 
  606, 
  cols. 
  1,2 
  — 
  52 
  cm.) 
  

  

  The 
  army 
  worm 
  \Leucaiiia 
  unipuncta\ 
  reported 
  as 
  injurious 
  on 
  many 
  

   farms 
  at 
  Orchard 
  Home, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Ditching 
  was 
  quite 
  effective 
  and 
  it 
  

   was 
  found 
  that 
  plowing 
  a 
  furrow 
  and 
  returning 
  in 
  it, 
  gave 
  good 
  results. 
  

   Holes, 
  10 
  or 
  15 
  inches 
  deep 
  at 
  intervals 
  in 
  the 
  furrows, 
  proved 
  efficient. 
  

   The 
  wheat 
  bran 
  mash 
  reported 
  effective, 
  the 
  worms 
  descending 
  from 
  

   the 
  corn 
  to 
  eat 
  it. 
  

  

  In 
  reply, 
  the 
  precautions 
  taken 
  are 
  commended, 
  though 
  deeper 
  

   holes 
  are 
  preferable. 
  The 
  dead 
  worms 
  observed 
  on 
  the 
  ground 
  may 
  

   have 
  been 
  killed 
  by 
  ground 
  beetles, 
  CarabidcE, 
  or 
  by 
  parasitic 
  flies 
  

  

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