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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  ovipositing 
  July 
  ri. 
  The 
  caterpillars 
  of 
  the 
  white 
  marked 
  tussock 
  moth 
  

   are 
  spinning 
  up 
  in 
  great 
  numbers. 
  July 
  12. 
  

  

  (J. 
  U. 
  Metz, 
  East 
  Amherst) 
  — 
  Both 
  species 
  of 
  asparagus 
  beetles 
  

   [Crioceris 
  asparagi, 
  C. 
  12-punctata] 
  are 
  present 
  in 
  

   some 
  numbers 
  this 
  season. 
  Currant 
  worms 
  [Pteronus 
  ribesii] 
  

   were 
  observed 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  time 
  this 
  morning. 
  May 
  27. 
  Hessian 
  

   fly 
  [Cecidomyia 
  destructor] 
  is 
  in 
  this 
  section 
  in 
  great 
  num- 
  

   bers, 
  and 
  the 
  wheat 
  is 
  nearly 
  all 
  down. 
  [Palmer 
  worms, 
  Ypsolo- 
  

   phus 
  pometellus] 
  are 
  working 
  on 
  apples 
  in 
  this 
  vicinity, 
  biting 
  

   tioles 
  in 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  fruit 
  and 
  defoliating 
  trees 
  in 
  a 
  manner 
  similar 
  

   to 
  cankerworms. 
  July 
  3. 
  This 
  immediate 
  vicinity 
  is 
  free 
  from 
  tent- 
  

   caterpillars 
  [Clisiocampa 
  americana] 
  to 
  a 
  great 
  extent, 
  but 
  

   there 
  is 
  considerable 
  talk 
  of 
  damage 
  in 
  different 
  parts 
  of 
  Erie 
  and 
  

   ISJiagara 
  counties. 
  July 
  21. 
  

  

  Fulton 
  county 
  (C. 
  E. 
  Childs, 
  Mayfield) 
  — 
  Apparently 
  appletree 
  

   tent 
  caterpillars 
  [CI 
  i 
  si 
  o 
  cam 
  pa 
  americana] 
  will 
  not 
  be 
  as 
  abun- 
  

   dant 
  as 
  last 
  year, 
  judging 
  from 
  present 
  indications. 
  The 
  caterpillars 
  are 
  

   now 
  from 
  ^ 
  to 
  | 
  inch 
  long, 
  and 
  English 
  sparrows 
  were 
  observed 
  tear- 
  

   ing 
  open 
  a 
  nest. 
  Ap. 
  21. 
  Tent-caterpillars 
  have 
  not 
  shown 
  up 
  in 
  

   orchards 
  to 
  any 
  extent 
  as 
  yet, 
  owing 
  to 
  cold 
  weather. 
  No 
  forest 
  tent- 
  

   caterpillars 
  [Clisiocampa 
  disstria] 
  have 
  been 
  observed. 
  May 
  

   II. 
  The 
  freezing 
  weather 
  has 
  not 
  killed 
  all 
  the 
  tent- 
  caterpillars; 
  some 
  

   are 
  hatching 
  and 
  others 
  may 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  forks 
  of 
  limbs. 
  English 
  

   sparrows 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  eating 
  them 
  in 
  large 
  numbers, 
  possibly 
  driven 
  to 
  

   it 
  by 
  lack 
  of 
  other 
  food. 
  I 
  saw 
  one 
  family 
  of 
  sparrows 
  tear 
  a 
  nest 
  all 
  to 
  

   pieces 
  and 
  devour 
  the 
  inmates, 
  which 
  were 
  about 
  ^ 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  long. 
  

   May 
  15. 
  Appletree 
  tent-caterpillars 
  are 
  now 
  present 
  in 
  large 
  numbers, 
  but 
  

   no 
  forest 
  tent-caterpillars 
  have 
  been 
  seen. 
  May 
  19. 
  Appletree 
  tent-cater- 
  

   pillars 
  are 
  not 
  present 
  in 
  nearly 
  so 
  great 
  numbers 
  as 
  last 
  year, 
  and 
  now 
  a 
  

   few 
  forest 
  tent-caterpillars 
  may 
  be 
  found. 
  May 
  25. 
  Appletree 
  tent- 
  

   caterpillars 
  are 
  developing 
  fast 
  with 
  the 
  favorable 
  warm 
  weather 
  and 
  

   their 
  nests 
  are 
  becoming 
  more 
  conspicuous. 
  There 
  are 
  very 
  few 
  of 
  the 
  

   other 
  species. 
  June 
  i. 
  Tent-caterpillars 
  were 
  very 
  few 
  June 
  8. 
  

   Hundreds 
  of 
  grasshoppers 
  about 
  i 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  long 
  were 
  observed 
  

   in 
  a 
  cross-country 
  walk. 
  June 
  14. 
  Potato 
  beetles 
  [Doryphora 
  

   lo-lineata] 
  are 
  doing 
  much 
  damage 
  at 
  the 
  present 
  time. 
  July 
  20. 
  

   -Grasshoppers 
  are 
  occurring 
  in 
  immense 
  swarms. 
  July 
  26. 
  Spar- 
  

   rows 
  are 
  catching 
  and 
  killing 
  grasshoppers, 
  something 
  we 
  have 
  

   never 
  seen 
  before, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  probably 
  caused 
  by 
  scarcity 
  of 
  other 
  food. 
  

   Some 
  wrens 
  were 
  observed 
  eating 
  lice 
  on 
  appletrees. 
  Aug. 
  3. 
  Grass- 
  

  

  