﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  ENTOMOLOGIST 
  I9OO 
  100/ 
  

  

  the 
  branches, 
  but 
  most 
  of 
  them 
  were 
  in 
  the 
  pupa 
  stage. 
  May 
  23 
  and 
  25 
  

   a 
  great 
  number 
  of 
  larvae 
  ofCryptorhynchus 
  lapathi 
  were 
  taken 
  

   from 
  American 
  willow 
  and 
  Carolina 
  poplar. 
  The 
  smallest 
  measured 
  less 
  

   than 
  a 
  millimeter 
  in 
  length 
  and 
  ranged 
  from 
  that 
  to 
  five 
  times 
  as 
  long 
  

   when 
  extended. 
  Most 
  of 
  the 
  larvae 
  were 
  just 
  beneath 
  the 
  outer 
  bark, 
  

   some 
  had 
  entered 
  the 
  inner 
  bark 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  were 
  in 
  the 
  wood. 
  The 
  

   mines 
  were 
  from 
  i 
  to 
  i 
  inch 
  in 
  length, 
  irregular 
  and 
  winding. 
  In 
  

   many 
  instances 
  50 
  or 
  more 
  larvae 
  were 
  removed 
  from 
  young 
  trees 
  

  

  4 
  to 
  5 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  These 
  trees 
  were 
  looked 
  over 
  

   by 
  me 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  weeks 
  ago, 
  and 
  no 
  indications 
  of 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  

   borers 
  were 
  found; 
  therefore 
  the 
  eggs 
  probably 
  hatched 
  this 
  spring. 
  

   May 
  27 
  Agrilus 
  anxius 
  had 
  all 
  entered 
  the 
  pupal 
  stage, 
  most 
  of 
  

   them 
  being 
  pure 
  white 
  and 
  but 
  few 
  had 
  commenced 
  to 
  color. 
  On 
  May 
  

  

  5 
  the 
  larvae 
  were 
  all 
  straightened 
  out 
  and 
  shortened 
  but 
  none 
  had 
  entered 
  

   the 
  pupal 
  stage. 
  May 
  28 
  the 
  white 
  marked 
  tussock 
  moth 
  eggs 
  com- 
  

   menced 
  to 
  hatch. 
  On 
  this 
  latter 
  date 
  Saperda 
  tridentata 
  beetles 
  

   were 
  emerging 
  in 
  great 
  numbers 
  from 
  white 
  elms, 
  being 
  somewhat 
  later 
  

   than 
  last 
  year. 
  May 
  30. 
  Saperda 
  tridentata, 
  Magdalis 
  

   armicoUis 
  and 
  M. 
  barbita 
  have 
  been 
  emerging 
  in 
  great 
  num- 
  

   bers 
  from 
  elm 
  branches 
  placed 
  in 
  boxes. 
  May 
  31 
  larvae 
  and 
  pupae 
  of 
  

   Saperda 
  tridentata 
  were 
  taken 
  from 
  elms. 
  June 
  i 
  Desmoce- 
  

   rus 
  palliatus 
  was 
  observed 
  mating 
  and 
  feeding 
  on 
  Sambucus 
  hedge. 
  

   June 
  3 
  none 
  of 
  the 
  beetles 
  of 
  Agrilus 
  anxius 
  had 
  emerged, 
  and 
  

   the 
  pupae 
  were 
  hardly 
  more 
  colored 
  than 
  on 
  May 
  27. 
  June 
  6. 
  The 
  

   birch 
  aphis 
  [Callipterus 
  betulaecolens] 
  has 
  made 
  its 
  appear- 
  

   ance 
  in 
  great 
  numbers, 
  Magdalis 
  armicollis 
  and 
  Saperda 
  

   tridentata 
  have 
  emerged 
  in 
  small 
  numbers. 
  Beetles 
  and 
  larvae 
  of 
  

   Crioceris 
  asparagi 
  and 
  C. 
  12-punctata 
  were 
  abundant 
  

   June 
  9. 
  Two 
  days 
  later 
  great 
  numbers 
  of 
  English 
  sparrows 
  were 
  

   observed 
  on 
  the 
  shoots 
  and 
  in 
  places 
  where 
  they 
  had 
  been, 
  few 
  larvae 
  or 
  

   beetles 
  remained; 
  apparently 
  they 
  had 
  been 
  eaten 
  by 
  the 
  birds.. 
  

   Desmocerus 
  palliatus 
  is 
  still 
  emerging 
  in 
  small 
  numbers. 
  

   June 
  15. 
  From 
  about 
  100 
  cocoons 
  of 
  the 
  appletree 
  tent-caterpiller 
  

   [Clisiocampa 
  americana] 
  collected 
  at 
  Hamburg 
  (N. 
  Y.) 
  I 
  

   reared 
  only 
  20 
  healthy 
  adults. 
  The 
  rest 
  were 
  parasitized 
  by 
  P 
  i 
  m 
  p 
  1 
  a 
  

   conquisitor, 
  P. 
  inquisitor, 
  another 
  species 
  of 
  Ichneumon 
  fly 
  

   and 
  a 
  Tachinid. 
  Fall 
  web 
  worm 
  eggs 
  [Hyphantria 
  cunea] 
  com- 
  

   menced 
  to 
  hatch 
  July 
  3 
  and 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  worms 
  were 
  spinning 
  their 
  

   webs. 
  Two 
  days 
  later 
  adults 
  of 
  Cryptorhynchus 
  lapathi 
  

   were 
  found 
  on 
  willow. 
  Adults 
  ofTremex 
  columba 
  were 
  observed 
  

  

  