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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  hyperparasite, 
  Dibrachys 
  boucheanus 
  Ratz. 
  was 
  reared 
  from 
  

   material 
  received 
  from 
  Glens 
  Falls 
  (N. 
  Y.) 
  It 
  probably 
  attacked 
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  a 
  

   inquisitor 
  Say. 
  

  

  The 
  effects 
  of 
  a 
  windstorm 
  at 
  Slingedands 
  on 
  this 
  insect 
  while 
  it 
  

   was 
  in 
  the 
  pupa 
  stage 
  is 
  worthy 
  of 
  record. 
  June 
  29 
  and 
  30 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  

   storm 
  with 
  a 
  maximum 
  wind 
  velocity 
  of 
  26 
  miles 
  an 
  hour, 
  this 
  being 
  the 
  

   record 
  at 
  Albany, 
  only 
  seven 
  miles 
  distant. 
  The 
  wind 
  tore 
  hundreds 
  of 
  

   cocoons 
  from 
  their 
  fastenings 
  and 
  strewed 
  them 
  over 
  lawn 
  and 
  field, 
  

   giving 
  in 
  places 
  almost 
  the 
  effect 
  of 
  a 
  light 
  fall 
  of 
  snow. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  likely 
  

   that 
  the 
  wind 
  killed 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  insects 
  within 
  their 
  cocoons, 
  but 
  it 
  

   brought 
  them 
  within 
  easy 
  reach 
  of 
  natural 
  enemies, 
  and 
  a 
  heavy 
  rain 
  

   would 
  probably 
  have 
  destroyed 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  pupating 
  insects. 
  Two 
  

   days 
  later, 
  July 
  2, 
  moths, 
  principally 
  males, 
  were 
  very 
  abundant. 
  They 
  

   flew 
  about 
  the 
  appletrees 
  literally 
  as 
  thick 
  as 
  bees 
  in 
  the 
  late 
  afternoon 
  

   and 
  early 
  evening. 
  The 
  caterpillars 
  had 
  been 
  somewhat 
  of 
  a 
  nuisance 
  

   earlier 
  in 
  the 
  season, 
  but 
  the 
  moths 
  were 
  worse, 
  at 
  least 
  for 
  those 
  wishing 
  

   to 
  enjoy 
  the 
  shade 
  and 
  coolness 
  of 
  the 
  trees, 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  ejected 
  

   pinkish 
  fluid 
  which 
  gummed 
  and 
  stained 
  clothes 
  in 
  a 
  very 
  annoying 
  

   manner. 
  

  

  Fall 
  army 
  worm 
  (L 
  aph 
  yg 
  ma 
  frugiperda 
  Abb. 
  and 
  Sm.). 
  

   This 
  insect 
  was 
  very 
  abundant 
  and 
  destructive 
  in 
  Buffalo 
  and 
  vicinity 
  

   last 
  fall. 
  M. 
  F. 
  Adams 
  of 
  that 
  city 
  reported 
  to 
  me 
  that 
  he 
  found 
  large 
  

   patches 
  in 
  many 
  lawns 
  entirely 
  destroyed 
  in 
  one 
  section 
  of 
  the 
  city. 
  

   The 
  grass 
  on 
  one 
  large 
  lawn 
  had 
  all 
  been 
  killed 
  except 
  a 
  little 
  on 
  the 
  

   front 
  portion, 
  it 
  having 
  been 
  entirely 
  eaten 
  and 
  nothing 
  remaining 
  but 
  

   weeds. 
  The 
  most 
  serious 
  damage 
  appeared 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  caused 
  by 
  the 
  

   larvae 
  cutting 
  off 
  the 
  grass 
  just 
  below 
  the 
  crown, 
  thus 
  destroying 
  it. 
  

   The 
  pest 
  evinces 
  a 
  decided 
  preference 
  for 
  blue 
  grass, 
  and, 
  as 
  that 
  consti- 
  

   tutes 
  a 
  large 
  proportion 
  of 
  the 
  lawns 
  in 
  Buffalo,they 
  suffered 
  accordingly. 
  

  

  Red-banded 
  leaf-roller 
  (Lophoderus 
  triferana 
  Walk.). 
  The 
  

   depredations 
  of 
  this 
  insect 
  on 
  green 
  pop-corn 
  were 
  brought 
  to 
  my 
  atten- 
  

   tion 
  by 
  C. 
  H. 
  Stuart, 
  Newark 
  (N. 
  Y.) 
  in 
  July 
  1899, 
  when 
  several 
  of 
  the 
  

   light 
  green 
  caterpillars 
  were 
  sent 
  with 
  the 
  statement 
  that 
  they 
  had 
  

   attacked 
  about 
  27 
  % 
  of 
  the 
  crop, 
  37 
  % 
  of 
  the 
  corn 
  on 
  each 
  infested 
  ear 
  

   being 
  destroyed. 
  A 
  larva 
  was 
  sent 
  to 
  Washington 
  (D. 
  C), 
  but 
  the 
  

   authorities 
  there 
  were 
  unable 
  to 
  identify 
  the 
  pest 
  till 
  the 
  moth 
  appeared 
  

   in 
  February 
  1900. 
  This 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  cranberry 
  worms 
  which 
  cause 
  

   trouble 
  in 
  Massachusetts. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  recorded 
  as 
  feeding 
  on 
  elm, 
  soft 
  

   maple, 
  oak, 
  apple, 
  rose, 
  bean, 
  Gnaphalium 
  polycephalum, 
  

  

  