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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  cyba 
  rosce 
  (Harris), 
  and 
  for 
  destroying 
  it, 
  the 
  following 
  are 
  recom- 
  

   mended 
  : 
  whale-oil 
  soap, 
  tobacco 
  water 
  (made 
  after 
  formula 
  given), 
  

   pyrethrum 
  powder 
  mixed 
  with 
  flour, 
  and 
  a 
  strong 
  stream 
  from 
  a 
  garden 
  

   hose 
  of 
  cold 
  water. 
  The 
  last, 
  if 
  used 
  on 
  the 
  young 
  larvae, 
  is 
  a 
  simple 
  

   and 
  effective 
  remedy. 
  

  

  The 
  Wheat 
  Wire 
  Worm. 
  (Country 
  Gentleman, 
  for 
  October 
  22, 
  1896, 
  

   Ixi, 
  p. 
  826, 
  c. 
  I 
  — 
  21 
  cm.) 
  

  

  Agriotes 
  mancus 
  (Say) 
  was 
  received 
  from 
  Torresdale, 
  Pa., 
  as 
  having 
  

   ruined 
  potato 
  crops. 
  Features 
  of 
  wire-worms 
  ; 
  the 
  difficulty 
  in 
  dealing 
  

   with 
  them, 
  and 
  their 
  life-period. 
  Kainit 
  or 
  other 
  potash 
  salts 
  are 
  

   recommended 
  for 
  their 
  destruction, 
  also 
  baits 
  of 
  poisoned 
  clover 
  for 
  

   the 
  beetles, 
  and 
  late 
  plowing 
  for 
  crushing 
  the 
  pupae. 
  

  

  Apple-Tree 
  Borers. 
  (Country 
  Gentleman, 
  for 
  December 
  10, 
  1896, 
  Ixi, 
  

   p. 
  949, 
  cols. 
  2, 
  3—36 
  cm.) 
  

  

  The 
  borers 
  that 
  are 
  infesting 
  old 
  trees 
  which 
  always 
  drop 
  their 
  fruit 
  

   before 
  ripening, 
  in 
  Pittsburg, 
  Pa., 
  are 
  probably 
  the 
  round-headed 
  and 
  

   flat-headed 
  borers, 
  Saperda 
  Candida 
  Fabr. 
  and 
  Chrysobothris 
  femorata 
  

   (Fabr.). 
  The 
  trees 
  may 
  possibly 
  be 
  saved 
  by 
  proper 
  fertilizers 
  and 
  

   prevention 
  of 
  further 
  attack. 
  A 
  soft 
  soap 
  and 
  carbolic 
  acid 
  wash 
  ap- 
  

   plied 
  the 
  last 
  of 
  May 
  and 
  renewed 
  whenever 
  needed, 
  is 
  a 
  good 
  pre- 
  

   ventive 
  of 
  egg 
  deposit. 
  The 
  *' 
  Saunders 
  Wash" 
  of 
  soft 
  soap 
  and 
  

   washing 
  soda, 
  is 
  highly 
  esteemed 
  in 
  Canada. 
  " 
  Dendrolene 
  " 
  may 
  

   not 
  as 
  yet 
  be 
  recommended 
  for 
  general 
  use. 
  Remedies, 
  are 
  cutting 
  

   out 
  or 
  crushing 
  the 
  borers 
  after 
  the 
  methods 
  stated. 
  For 
  protection 
  

   of 
  young 
  trees 
  wrap 
  bands 
  of 
  cloth 
  or 
  folds 
  of 
  newspaper 
  around 
  the 
  

   base 
  of 
  the 
  trees 
  for 
  a 
  foot 
  or 
  more. 
  

  

  Notes 
  on 
  Some 
  of 
  the 
  Insects 
  of 
  the 
  Year 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York. 
  

   (Bulletin 
  6, 
  New 
  Ser., 
  Divis. 
  Entomol., 
  U. 
  S. 
  Dept. 
  Agricul., 
  1896 
  

   pp. 
  54-61.) 
  

  

  The 
  year 
  has 
  been 
  characterized 
  by 
  the 
  unusual 
  harmlessness 
  of 
  a 
  

   number 
  of 
  common 
  insect 
  pests, 
  and 
  the 
  remarkable 
  scarcity 
  of 
  insect 
  

   life 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  exceptions. 
  Notes 
  on 
  the 
  following 
  insects 
  are 
  given 
  : 
  

   Leitcania 
  unipuncta, 
  Leucania 
  albilmea, 
  Anisopteryx 
  vernala, 
  Caca'cia 
  

   rosaceana^ 
  Nolophana 
  malaria, 
  Cecidomyiid 
  larva 
  on 
  choke- 
  cherry, 
  

   Euphoria 
  Inda, 
  Elaphidion 
  villosum, 
  Crioceris 
  asparagi, 
  Macrobasis 
  

   iinicolor^ 
  Chinch-bug, 
  Aspidiotus 
  perniciosus, 
  Kermes 
  ganifor??iis, 
  and 
  

   Gossyparia 
  ulmi. 
  

  

  [See 
  pages 
  307-318 
  of 
  this 
  Report 
  (xii).] 
  

  

  Eleventh 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  Injurious 
  and 
  Other 
  Insects 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  

   York 
  for 
  the 
  Year 
  1895. 
  Albany, 
  1896. 
  [Issued 
  January 
  21, 
  1897.] 
  

   Pages 
  238, 
  plates 
  16, 
  figures 
  25. 
  (Forty-ninth 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  New 
  

   York 
  State 
  Museum, 
  for 
  the 
  Year 
  1895. 
  Albany, 
  1897 
  [issued 
  in 
  Octo- 
  

   Der, 
  1897], 
  pp. 
  245, 
  plates 
  16, 
  figures 
  25.) 
  

  

  The 
  contents 
  are: 
  Introductory. 
  Injurious 
  Insects: 
  Mono- 
  

   morium 
  Pharaonis, 
  the 
  Little 
  Red 
  Ant. 
  Ants 
  in 
  a 
  Lawn. 
  On 
  

  

  