﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  ENTOMOLOGIST 
  IQOO 
  989 
  

  

  "beetle, 
  Pomphopoea 
  sayi 
  Lee, 
  was 
  quite 
  abundant 
  and 
  injurious 
  

   to 
  the 
  peach 
  trees 
  of 
  E. 
  L. 
  Mitchell, 
  Clarksville 
  (N. 
  Y.) 
  about 
  June 
  25. 
  

  

  Fruit 
  tree 
  bark 
  beetle 
  (S 
  c 
  o 
  1 
  y 
  t 
  u 
  s 
  rugulosus 
  Ratz.) 
  This 
  in- 
  

   sect 
  has 
  caused 
  more 
  complaint 
  than 
  usual. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  reported 
  as 
  caus- 
  

   ing 
  considerable 
  injury 
  in 
  several 
  commercial 
  orchards 
  in 
  the 
  western 
  part 
  

   of 
  the 
  state, 
  and 
  its 
  operations 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Albany 
  have 
  been 
  more 
  

   serious 
  than 
  for 
  some 
  years. 
  C. 
  W. 
  Stuart 
  & 
  Co., 
  of 
  Newark 
  (N. 
  Y.) 
  

   state 
  that 
  most 
  of 
  their 
  young 
  trees 
  injured 
  by 
  Scolytus 
  had 
  been 
  

   previously 
  struck 
  by 
  a 
  cultivator 
  or 
  otherwise 
  damaged. 
  This 
  insect 
  

   exhibits 
  a 
  marked 
  preference 
  for 
  sickly 
  or 
  wounded 
  trees, 
  but 
  it 
  does 
  not 
  

   hesitate, 
  when 
  abundant, 
  to 
  attack 
  those 
  apparently 
  in 
  full 
  vigor. 
  At 
  

   East 
  Greenbush 
  I 
  observed 
  a 
  number 
  ot 
  trees 
  where 
  the 
  beetles 
  had 
  

   begun 
  their 
  preliminary 
  burrows 
  in 
  small 
  peach 
  trees 
  in 
  a 
  young 
  orchard 
  

   and 
  had 
  deserted 
  them, 
  causing 
  a 
  considerable 
  loss 
  of 
  sap. 
  Quite 
  a 
  

   number 
  were 
  attacked 
  in 
  this 
  way, 
  and 
  in 
  some 
  the 
  insects 
  continued 
  

   farther 
  and 
  proceeded 
  to 
  run 
  burrows 
  and 
  deposit 
  eggs. 
  One 
  limb 
  of 
  a 
  

   peach 
  tree 
  was 
  partly 
  split 
  from 
  the 
  trunk, 
  and 
  the 
  circulation 
  in 
  the 
  bark 
  

   of 
  the 
  bent 
  portion 
  was 
  undoubtedly 
  weakened. 
  Sep. 
  7 
  this 
  place 
  had 
  

   been 
  attacked 
  by 
  the 
  beetles 
  in 
  large 
  numbers, 
  and 
  the 
  bark 
  was 
  thickly 
  

   dotted 
  with 
  masses 
  of 
  gum. 
  

  

  Plum 
  curculio 
  (Conotrachelus 
  nenuphar 
  Herbst.) 
  This 
  

   insect 
  was 
  much 
  more 
  abundant 
  than 
  usual 
  at 
  Kendaia, 
  Seneca 
  co., 
  

   according 
  to 
  reports 
  received 
  from 
  J. 
  F. 
  Hunt. 
  The 
  middle 
  of 
  May 
  

   they 
  were 
  to 
  be 
  seen 
  waiting 
  on 
  the 
  trees, 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   month 
  50 
  could 
  be 
  obtained 
  by 
  jarring 
  one 
  tree, 
  and 
  there 
  was 
  an 
  average 
  

   of 
  40 
  curculios 
  for 
  large 
  trees, 
  over 
  5000 
  being 
  captured 
  from 
  200 
  trees. 
  

   Fortunately 
  there 
  was 
  an 
  exceptionally 
  large 
  setting 
  of 
  fruit, 
  and 
  even 
  

   after 
  three 
  fourths 
  was 
  ruined, 
  a 
  fair 
  crop 
  still 
  remained 
  on 
  the 
  trees. 
  It 
  

   has 
  also 
  been 
  reported 
  as 
  numerous 
  in 
  several 
  other 
  locahties. 
  

  

  Pale 
  striped 
  flea 
  beetle 
  (Systena 
  taeniata 
  Say). 
  Serious 
  

   damage 
  by 
  this 
  species 
  to 
  seedling 
  appletrees 
  was 
  reported 
  by 
  two 
  

   observers. 
  C. 
  H. 
  Stuart 
  of 
  Newark, 
  Wayne 
  co., 
  states 
  that 
  this 
  pest 
  

   destroyed 
  20,000 
  seedling 
  appletrees 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  June. 
  The 
  trees 
  

   -were 
  cultivated 
  weekly, 
  and 
  the 
  pests 
  were 
  present 
  in 
  sufficient 
  numbers 
  

   to 
  strip 
  the 
  young 
  trees 
  within 
  seven 
  days. 
  J. 
  Jay 
  Barden, 
  of 
  Stanley 
  

   Ontario 
  co., 
  states 
  that 
  this 
  flea 
  beetle 
  was 
  very 
  injurious 
  to 
  seedling 
  

   appletrees, 
  and 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  also 
  exceedingly 
  abundant 
  on 
  sugar 
  beets. 
  

   The 
  experience 
  of 
  Mr 
  Stuart 
  with 
  this 
  insect 
  was 
  parallele<l 
  last 
  year 
  

   by 
  that 
  of 
  W. 
  R. 
  Smith, 
  of 
  Syracuse, 
  [see 
  N. 
  Y. 
  state 
  entomologist's 
  

  

  