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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  of 
  the 
  elms 
  in 
  these 
  places. 
  Pseudimagos 
  were 
  very 
  abundant 
  on 
  infested 
  

   limbs 
  May 
  lo, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  21st 
  perfect 
  winged 
  males 
  appeared 
  in 
  large 
  

   numbers. 
  There 
  was 
  an 
  interval 
  of 
  several 
  days 
  between 
  these 
  two 
  dates, 
  

   when 
  no 
  males 
  could 
  be 
  found. 
  

  

  This 
  pest 
  is 
  evidently 
  making 
  its 
  way 
  over 
  the 
  state, 
  as 
  its 
  reception 
  

   from 
  Flushing 
  (L. 
  I.), 
  and 
  Ogdensburg, 
  St 
  Lawrence 
  co., 
  and 
  its 
  de- 
  

   tection 
  at 
  Greenwich, 
  Washington 
  co., 
  would 
  imply. 
  It 
  has 
  probably 
  

   established 
  itself 
  in 
  many 
  cities 
  and 
  villages 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  state. 
  

  

  Grasshoppers. 
  These 
  insects 
  are 
  always 
  present 
  in 
  some 
  numbers, 
  

   but 
  in 
  the 
  summer 
  of 
  1900 
  certain 
  species 
  were 
  abnormally 
  abundant 
  and 
  

   destructive. 
  Two 
  species, 
  the 
  red-legged 
  grasshopper, 
  Melanoplus 
  

   f 
  e 
  m 
  u 
  r 
  - 
  r 
  ubr 
  u 
  m 
  De 
  Geer, 
  and 
  the 
  Carolina 
  locust, 
  Dissosteira 
  

   Carolina 
  Linn., 
  were 
  specially 
  abundant 
  in 
  a 
  section 
  of 
  Rensselaer 
  

   county 
  extending 
  from 
  Castleton 
  through 
  Schodack, 
  Sandlake, 
  Poesten- 
  

   kill, 
  Brunswick 
  and 
  Pittstown 
  townships. 
  They 
  occured 
  in 
  countless 
  mil- 
  

   lions, 
  as 
  stated 
  by 
  Mr 
  Hitchcock, 
  voluntary 
  observer 
  in 
  that 
  county. 
  So 
  

   serious 
  was 
  the 
  evil 
  that 
  many 
  farmers 
  cut 
  their 
  oats 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  save 
  them, 
  

   and 
  even 
  then 
  found 
  that 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  grain 
  lay 
  on 
  the 
  ground. 
  In 
  two 
  

   instances 
  fields 
  of 
  buckwheat 
  were 
  entirely 
  destroyed. 
  The 
  lesser 
  migra- 
  

   tory 
  locust, 
  Melanoplus 
  atlanis 
  Riley, 
  was 
  a 
  very 
  abundant 
  

   species 
  at 
  Karner 
  last 
  July. 
  Grasshoppers 
  occurred 
  in 
  immense 
  swarms 
  

   at 
  Mayfield, 
  Fulton 
  co. 
  They 
  were 
  so 
  abundant 
  as 
  soon 
  to 
  devour 
  a 
  

   piece 
  of 
  oats, 
  as 
  reported 
  by 
  voluntary 
  observer 
  Childs. 
  They 
  were 
  also, 
  

   reported 
  as 
  very 
  numerous 
  at 
  Ogdensburg, 
  St 
  Lawrence 
  co., 
  by 
  Mis& 
  

   Sherman 
  ; 
  and 
  I 
  found 
  certain 
  species 
  excessively 
  abundant 
  at 
  Saranac 
  

   Inn 
  and 
  vicinity, 
  Franklin 
  co. 
  

  

  VOLUNTARY 
  ENTOMOLOGIC 
  SERVICE 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  

  

  STATE 
  

  

  The 
  work 
  of 
  last 
  year 
  has 
  been 
  continued, 
  and 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  val-. 
  

   uable 
  observations 
  have 
  been 
  put 
  on 
  record. 
  The 
  two 
  tent-caterpillars 
  

   have 
  been 
  very 
  abundant 
  in 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  state 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  season, 
  

   and 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  observers 
  have 
  given 
  considerable 
  attention 
  to 
  these 
  

   pests. 
  The 
  report, 
  started 
  early 
  last 
  spring, 
  that 
  the 
  unseasonable, 
  cold, 
  

   wet 
  weather 
  had 
  destroyed 
  large 
  numbers 
  of 
  the 
  forest 
  tent-caterpillars, 
  

   was 
  brought 
  to 
  the 
  attention 
  of 
  each 
  observer, 
  and 
  special 
  observations 
  

   were 
  requested. 
  The 
  entomologist 
  was 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  in 
  possession 
  of 
  a 
  

   mass 
  of 
  facts 
  bearing 
  on 
  this 
  question. 
  These 
  records 
  were 
  made 
  by 
  con- 
  

   servative, 
  trustworthy 
  persons 
  located 
  in 
  all 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  state; 
  and, 
  

  

  