﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  ENTOMOLOGIST 
  355 
  

  

  The 
  Beech-Tree 
  Blight. 
  (Country 
  Gentleman, 
  for 
  September 
  lo, 
  1896, 
  

   Ixi, 
  p. 
  705, 
  c. 
  4 
  — 
  26 
  cm.) 
  

  

  Beech 
  leaves 
  from 
  Scarsdale, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  are 
  thickly 
  infested 
  with 
  

   Schizoneiira 
  imbricator 
  (Fitch). 
  The 
  enveloping 
  white 
  substance 
  is 
  

   noticed, 
  and 
  the 
  honey- 
  dew 
  which 
  it 
  secretes. 
  As 
  the 
  insect 
  is 
  

   difficult 
  to 
  reach 
  with 
  insecticides, 
  crushing 
  the 
  collected 
  masses 
  

   is 
  recommended. 
  

  

  Elm-Tree 
  Borer. 
  (Country 
  Gentleman, 
  for 
  September 
  24, 
  1896, 
  Ixi, 
  p. 
  

   746, 
  c. 
  I 
  — 
  14 
  cm.) 
  

  

  A 
  borer, 
  infesting 
  elm-trees 
  in 
  Peoria, 
  111., 
  is 
  identified 
  from 
  the 
  

   account 
  given 
  of 
  it, 
  as 
  the 
  elm-tree 
  borer, 
  Saperda 
  tridentata 
  Olivier. 
  

   The 
  best 
  remedies 
  for 
  it 
  are 
  these 
  : 
  i. 
  Removing 
  the 
  dead 
  bark 
  over 
  the 
  

   infested 
  portion 
  until 
  the 
  insects 
  are 
  reached, 
  and 
  applying 
  kerosene 
  

   emulsion 
  to 
  kill 
  them. 
  2. 
  Preventing 
  egg-laying 
  by 
  coating 
  the 
  

   portion 
  of 
  the 
  trunk 
  threatened 
  with 
  a 
  repellant 
  coating 
  in 
  which 
  Paris 
  

   green 
  and 
  carbolic 
  acid 
  are 
  mixed. 
  

  

  [Extended 
  in 
  pp. 
  243-248 
  of 
  this 
  Report 
  (xii).] 
  

  

  The 
  Cecropia 
  Moth. 
  (Country 
  Gentleman, 
  for 
  September 
  24, 
  1896, 
  

   Ixi, 
  p. 
  746, 
  c. 
  2 
  — 
  9 
  cm.) 
  

  

  A 
  supposed 
  vegetable 
  growth 
  on 
  a 
  grapevine, 
  from 
  Auburn, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  

   is 
  the 
  cocoon 
  oi 
  Atiacus 
  Cecropia. 
  Features 
  of 
  the 
  cocoon 
  are 
  given 
  

   from 
  which 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  recognized. 
  

  

  Imported 
  Scale 
  Insects. 
  (Country 
  Gentleman, 
  for 
  September 
  24, 
  1896, 
  

   Ixi, 
  p. 
  746, 
  c. 
  3 
  — 
  13 
  cm.) 
  

  

  In 
  commenting 
  on 
  a 
  statement 
  of 
  the 
  recent 
  arrival 
  at 
  Seattle, 
  

   Wash., 
  of 
  a 
  steamship 
  from 
  Japan, 
  with 
  some 
  Japanese 
  plants 
  badly 
  

   infested 
  with 
  a 
  destructive 
  scale-insect, 
  the 
  importance 
  is 
  urged 
  of 
  such 
  

   quarantine 
  regulations 
  at 
  that 
  port 
  as 
  shall 
  prevent 
  the 
  introduction 
  of 
  

   the 
  scale 
  insects 
  of 
  Japan, 
  and 
  also 
  at 
  other 
  of 
  our 
  ports 
  where 
  plants 
  

   and 
  fruits 
  are 
  largely 
  imported. 
  The 
  particular 
  scale 
  referred 
  to 
  

   above, 
  Diaspis 
  la?iahcs, 
  has 
  been 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  for 
  at 
  least 
  four 
  

   years, 
  having 
  probably 
  been 
  introduced 
  from 
  the 
  West 
  Indian 
  Islands, 
  

   and 
  is 
  now 
  in 
  Florida, 
  Georgia, 
  and 
  District 
  of 
  Columbia 
  on 
  peach 
  

   trees. 
  How 
  destructive 
  it 
  may 
  prove, 
  remains 
  to 
  be 
  seen. 
  

  

  Pea 
  Bugs. 
  (Country 
  Gentleman, 
  for 
  October 
  1, 
  1896. 
  Ixi, 
  p. 
  763, 
  cols. 
  

   3, 
  4 
  — 
  12 
  cm.) 
  

  

  In 
  reply 
  to 
  inquiry 
  from 
  Baiting 
  Hollow, 
  L. 
  I., 
  the 
  life-history 
  of 
  

   the 
  pea-weevil, 
  Bnichus 
  pisorum 
  is 
  given, 
  and 
  for 
  killing 
  the 
  insect, 
  

   chloroform 
  or 
  bisulphide 
  of 
  carbon 
  are 
  recommended. 
  

  

  Rose-Leaf 
  Hopper. 
  (Country 
  Gentleman, 
  for 
  October 
  i, 
  1896, 
  Ixi, 
  p. 
  

   763, 
  c. 
  4 
  — 
  10 
  cm.) 
  

  

  A 
  remedy 
  is 
  asked 
  for 
  from 
  Port 
  Kent, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  for 
  " 
  a 
  small 
  white 
  fly 
  

   infesting 
  rose-bushes." 
  It 
  is 
  probably 
  *' 
  the 
  rose-leaf 
  hopper," 
  Typhlo- 
  

  

  