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  REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  ENTOMOLOGIST 
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  999 
  

  

  clover, 
  strawberry, 
  osage 
  orange 
  and 
  salsify, 
  besides 
  the 
  plants 
  previously 
  

   named. 
  Its 
  variable 
  food 
  habits 
  render 
  its 
  control 
  more 
  difficult. 
  Prof. 
  

   Forbes, 
  in 
  his 
  3d 
  report 
  on 
  the 
  insects 
  of 
  Illinois, 
  records 
  it 
  as 
  a 
  leaf- 
  

   roller 
  occurring 
  in 
  May 
  and 
  June, 
  evidently 
  in 
  small 
  numbers, 
  on 
  young 
  

   corn, 
  the 
  adults 
  appearing 
  the 
  last 
  of 
  June. 
  The 
  attack 
  in 
  this 
  state 
  was 
  

   different 
  and 
  apparently 
  limited 
  largely 
  to 
  the 
  green 
  corn 
  on 
  the 
  ear, 
  

   a 
  place 
  where 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  very 
  difficult 
  to 
  employ 
  any 
  adequate 
  remedial 
  

   or 
  preventive 
  measures. 
  There 
  are 
  probably 
  t\vo 
  generations 
  annually, 
  

   the 
  moths 
  from 
  the 
  earlier 
  larvae 
  appearing 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  June 
  and 
  

   those 
  from 
  the 
  later 
  ones 
  hibernating 
  and 
  disclosing 
  the 
  adult 
  in 
  the 
  

   spring. 
  

  

  Harlequin 
  cabbage 
  bug 
  (Murgantia 
  histrionica 
  Stal.). 
  

   Through 
  Dr 
  Howard 
  I 
  rece'ved 
  records 
  of 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  

   at 
  Jamaica 
  (L. 
  I.), 
  New 
  York, 
  and 
  Oswego. 
  The 
  occurrence 
  of 
  the 
  

   pest 
  at 
  ,the 
  last 
  place 
  is 
  believed 
  by 
  Dr 
  Howard 
  to 
  be 
  largely 
  

   accidental, 
  that 
  is, 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  probably 
  brought 
  in 
  from 
  some 
  otherpoint 
  

   by 
  shipments 
  of 
  its 
  food 
  plant, 
  and 
  that 
  it 
  could 
  hardly 
  exist 
  there 
  for 
  a 
  

   series 
  of 
  years. 
  This 
  insect 
  has 
  recently 
  been 
  taken 
  in 
  small 
  numbers 
  at 
  

   Elmira 
  (N. 
  Y.) 
  by 
  Prof. 
  M. 
  H. 
  Beckwith. 
  This 
  record 
  is 
  of 
  considerable 
  

   interest 
  as 
  indicating 
  the 
  existence 
  of 
  this 
  bug 
  at 
  other 
  points 
  in 
  the 
  state 
  

   and 
  in 
  some 
  measure 
  justifying 
  the 
  expectation 
  that 
  this 
  species 
  may 
  be 
  

   able 
  to 
  sustain 
  itself 
  in 
  limited 
  numbers, 
  at 
  least, 
  in 
  parts 
  of 
  western 
  

   New 
  York. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  serious 
  pest 
  of 
  the 
  cabbage 
  crop 
  farther 
  south 
  ; 
  and 
  

   it 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  hoped 
  that 
  the 
  severity 
  of 
  our 
  climate 
  will 
  always 
  prevent 
  this 
  

   species 
  from 
  becoming 
  abundant 
  enough 
  to 
  cause 
  material 
  damage. 
  

  

  Juniper 
  plant 
  bug. 
  (Pentatoma 
  j 
  u 
  n 
  i 
  p 
  erin 
  a 
  Linn.) 
  Several 
  

   living 
  examples 
  of 
  this 
  insect 
  were 
  received 
  June 
  28 
  from 
  Miss 
  E. 
  A. 
  

   Blunt, 
  of 
  New 
  Russia 
  (N. 
  Y 
  ) 
  One 
  oviposited 
  in 
  transit 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  eggs 
  

   are 
  herewith 
  described. 
  They 
  are 
  deposited 
  upright 
  in 
  regular 
  rows 
  and 
  

   are 
  subcylindric 
  with 
  rounded 
  ends. 
  ' 
  The 
  ground 
  color 
  is 
  a 
  hght 
  choco- 
  

   late 
  brown, 
  with 
  a 
  central, 
  rather 
  broad 
  apical 
  ring 
  of 
  a 
  white, 
  finely 
  granu- 
  

   lated 
  matter; 
  a 
  thinner, 
  larger 
  ring 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  material, 
  ornamented 
  

   with 
  minute, 
  irregularly 
  placed 
  spinules, 
  defines 
  the 
  ca,p 
  pushed 
  off 
  when 
  

   the 
  young 
  emerges. 
  The 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  eggs 
  are 
  also 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  covered 
  

   with 
  this 
  white 
  substance, 
  which 
  appears 
  to 
  peel 
  irregularly 
  to 
  some 
  ex- 
  

   tent. 
  The 
  egg 
  shell 
  is 
  finely 
  punctured. 
  The 
  eggs 
  are 
  a 
  trifle 
  over 
  i 
  mm 
  

   high 
  and 
  a 
  little 
  less 
  in 
  diameter. 
  

  

  Elm 
  bark 
  louse 
  (Gossyparia 
  ulmi 
  Geoff.). 
  This 
  pest 
  holds 
  

   its 
  .own 
  in 
  Albany, 
  Troy 
  and 
  vicinity 
  and 
  it 
  occurs 
  on 
  a 
  large 
  proportion 
  

  

  