﻿I002 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  are 
  spinning 
  their 
  cocoons. 
  June 
  12. 
  Forest 
  tent-caterpillars 
  are 
  still 
  

   spinning 
  their 
  cocoons, 
  many 
  trees 
  have 
  been 
  defoliated 
  by 
  them. 
  Eggs 
  

   of 
  the 
  elm 
  leaf 
  and 
  potato 
  beetles 
  are, 
  hatching 
  in 
  limited 
  numbers. 
  

   June 
  19. 
  Potato 
  beetle 
  grubs 
  are 
  very 
  abundant, 
  the 
  forest 
  tent-caterpil- 
  

   lars 
  have 
  all 
  disappeared. 
  June 
  26. 
  Potato 
  beetles 
  are 
  very 
  numerous 
  

   and 
  destructive. 
  Elm 
  leaf 
  beetle 
  larvae 
  are 
  nearly 
  full 
  grown. 
  Fall 
  web 
  

   worms 
  [Hyphantria 
  cunea] 
  are 
  numerous 
  on 
  appletrees. 
  Both 
  

   house 
  fly 
  [M 
  us 
  c 
  a 
  d 
  o 
  m 
  es 
  ti 
  c 
  a) 
  and 
  horn 
  fly 
  [Haematobia 
  

   s 
  errata] 
  are 
  very 
  numerous 
  and 
  annoying. 
  July 
  10. 
  Grasshoppers 
  

   are 
  exceptionally 
  abundant. 
  Adult 
  elm 
  leaf 
  beetles 
  have 
  appeared. 
  

   Aug. 
  7. 
  Grasshoppers 
  are 
  now 
  feeding 
  on 
  late 
  planted 
  corn, 
  the 
  

   meadows 
  having 
  turned 
  brown 
  from 
  the 
  drouth. 
  Green 
  cabbage 
  

   worms 
  [Pieris 
  rapae] 
  are 
  exceptionally 
  numerous, 
  some 
  plots 
  being 
  

   ruined 
  by 
  their 
  ravages. 
  Elm 
  leaf 
  beetle 
  has 
  apparently 
  disappeared 
  

   with 
  the 
  first 
  brood. 
  The 
  work 
  of 
  this 
  insect 
  on 
  unsprayed 
  trees 
  was 
  

   as 
  bad 
  as 
  last 
  year, 
  if 
  not 
  worse, 
  American 
  elms 
  suffering 
  as 
  much 
  as 
  the 
  

   European 
  species. 
  This 
  insect 
  has 
  not 
  spread 
  to 
  elevations 
  200 
  feet 
  

   above 
  the 
  Hudson 
  river. 
  Sep. 
  11. 
  Cabbage 
  worms 
  are 
  doing 
  serious 
  

   damage 
  to 
  the 
  crop, 
  nearly 
  destroying 
  many 
  large 
  plots. 
  Oct. 
  9. 
  

  

  Broome 
  county 
  (J. 
  Mace 
  Smith, 
  Binghamton). 
  Appletree 
  tent-cater- 
  

   pillars 
  [Clisiocampa 
  americana] 
  were 
  seen 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  time 
  Ap. 
  

   25. 
  The 
  buds 
  of 
  appletrees 
  and 
  wild 
  cherry 
  trees 
  did 
  not 
  open 
  till 
  a 
  

   week 
  later, 
  and 
  the 
  caterpillars 
  spun 
  small 
  nests 
  and 
  did 
  no 
  feeding. 
  As 
  

   the 
  weather 
  warmed, 
  it 
  was 
  seen 
  that 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  the 
  egg 
  belts 
  had 
  

   hatched. 
  The 
  orioles 
  and 
  the 
  waxwings 
  do 
  more 
  than 
  any 
  other 
  birds 
  to 
  

   destroy 
  these 
  pests 
  at 
  this 
  time. 
  May 
  11. 
  The 
  cold 
  weather 
  did 
  not 
  

   kill 
  the 
  caterpillars 
  in 
  this 
  locality, 
  and 
  they 
  are 
  at 
  work 
  as 
  usual. 
  May 
  

   19. 
  Appletree 
  tent-caterpillars 
  have 
  been 
  dying 
  in 
  large 
  numbers 
  during 
  

   the 
  past 
  week 
  from 
  a 
  bacterial 
  disease. 
  Forest 
  tent-caterpillars 
  

   [Clisiocampa 
  diss 
  tr 
  i 
  a] 
  are 
  much 
  more 
  abundant 
  than 
  last 
  year, 
  

   but 
  they 
  do 
  not 
  appear 
  to 
  have 
  done 
  much 
  damage. 
  [Euvanessa 
  

   antiopa] 
  the 
  spiny 
  elm 
  caterpillar, 
  is 
  much 
  scarcer 
  than 
  last 
  year. 
  

   June 
  9. 
  The 
  young 
  of 
  lightning 
  leaf-hoppers 
  [Ormenis 
  pruinosa] 
  

   were 
  observed 
  in 
  considerable 
  numbers, 
  uniting 
  in 
  a 
  general 
  gymnastic 
  

   performance, 
  the 
  air 
  being 
  filled 
  with 
  them 
  as 
  they 
  jumped 
  up 
  and 
  down. 
  

   They 
  appear 
  to 
  do 
  no 
  particular 
  harm. 
  The 
  tussock 
  moth 
  [Notol- 
  

   ophus 
  leucostigma] 
  is 
  present 
  in 
  such 
  small 
  numbers 
  as 
  to 
  cause 
  

   no 
  appreciable 
  damage. 
  The 
  sugar 
  maple-borer 
  [Plagionotus 
  

   speciosus] 
  is 
  very 
  common 
  and 
  probably 
  causes 
  considerable 
  injury. 
  

  

  