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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  The 
  case-bearer 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  present 
  on 
  many 
  trees. 
  The 
  maples 
  are 
  

   affected 
  by 
  some 
  insect, 
  a 
  borer 
  [probably 
  the 
  maple 
  borer, 
  P 
  1 
  a 
  g 
  i 
  o 
  n 
  o 
  - 
  

   tus 
  speciosus] 
  May 
  25. 
  Forest 
  tent-caterpillars 
  are 
  quite 
  plentiful 
  

   on 
  the 
  witch 
  hazel 
  and 
  occasionally 
  on 
  the 
  hickory. 
  They 
  are 
  appeanng 
  

   a 
  little 
  more 
  abundantly 
  on 
  maples, 
  but 
  in 
  many 
  instances 
  they 
  are 
  more 
  

   numerous 
  on 
  the 
  appletrees. 
  May 
  29. 
  Appletree 
  bark 
  louse 
  [M 
  y 
  til 
  - 
  

   aspis 
  pomorum] 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  increasing 
  on 
  the 
  appletrees 
  in 
  this 
  

   vicinity. 
  June 
  5. 
  This 
  year 
  the 
  forest 
  tent-caterpillars 
  appear 
  to 
  have 
  

   deserted 
  the 
  maples 
  for 
  apple 
  and 
  basswood. 
  Currant 
  worms 
  [P 
  t 
  ero 
  - 
  

   nus 
  ribesii] 
  are 
  just 
  beginning 
  to 
  damage 
  the 
  bushes. 
  June 
  1 
  1. 
  At 
  

   least 
  75% 
  of 
  the 
  cocoons 
  of 
  the 
  forest 
  tent-caterpillars 
  on 
  some 
  appletrees 
  

   are 
  parasitized. 
  June 
  30. 
  In 
  adjacent 
  forests 
  at 
  least 
  90% 
  of 
  the 
  co- 
  

   coons 
  of 
  the 
  forest 
  tent-caterpillar.s 
  have 
  been 
  destroyed 
  by 
  parasites. 
  

   July 
  6. 
  Datana 
  ministra 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  very 
  destructive 
  to 
  apple 
  

   and 
  elm, 
  and 
  the 
  cigar 
  case-bearer 
  has 
  been 
  quite 
  injurious 
  in 
  this 
  sec- 
  

   tion. 
  Aug. 
  7. 
  Cabbage 
  butterflies 
  [Pieris 
  rapae] 
  have 
  become 
  

   very 
  numerous 
  since 
  my 
  last 
  report. 
  Aug. 
  24. 
  Woolly 
  apple 
  aphis 
  

   [Schizoneura 
  lanigera] 
  is 
  quite 
  plentiful, 
  specially 
  on 
  sprouts 
  

   growing 
  from 
  roots. 
  Oct. 
  15. 
  

  

  Jefferson 
  county 
  (George 
  Staplin, 
  Mannsville) 
  — 
  Appletree 
  tent- 
  

   caterpillars 
  [Clisiocampa 
  americana] 
  are 
  not 
  as 
  numerous 
  as 
  

   last 
  year. 
  The 
  horn 
  fly[Haematobia 
  serrata] 
  has 
  appeared 
  on 
  

   cattle. 
  May 
  19, 
  No 
  forest 
  tent-caterpillars 
  [Clisiocampa 
  dis- 
  

   stria] 
  have 
  been 
  seen. 
  Cut 
  worms 
  are 
  attacking 
  corn 
  * 
  to 
  some 
  extent. 
  

   Curculios 
  [Conotrachelus 
  nenuphar] 
  are 
  working 
  on 
  plums 
  and 
  

   to 
  some 
  extent 
  on 
  pears. 
  Many 
  dead 
  grasshoppers 
  are 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  

   meadows. 
  [They 
  were 
  subsequently 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  infested 
  by 
  Massos- 
  

   pora 
  cicadina 
  Peck, 
  as 
  determined 
  by 
  state 
  botantist 
  Peck.] 
  

   June 
  6. 
  The 
  first 
  forest 
  tent-caterpillar 
  was 
  observed 
  June 
  9, 
  and 
  I 
  have 
  

   seen 
  less 
  than 
  20 
  this 
  year. 
  Spittle 
  insects 
  are 
  plenty 
  in 
  meadows. 
  June 
  1 
  2 
  . 
  

   Cigar 
  case-bearer 
  [Coleophora 
  fletcherella] 
  is 
  working 
  to 
  some 
  

   extent 
  on 
  pear 
  leaves. 
  June 
  16. 
  A 
  forest 
  tent-caterpillar 
  was 
  seen 
  Aug. 
  

   I, 
  probably 
  the 
  last 
  of 
  the 
  season. 
  They 
  have 
  done 
  no 
  appreciable 
  

   damage 
  in 
  this 
  section. 
  Potato 
  beetles 
  are 
  not 
  nearly 
  as 
  numerous 
  as 
  in 
  

   preceding 
  years. 
  Yellow-necked 
  apple 
  worms 
  [Datana 
  ministra] 
  

   are 
  just 
  hatching 
  but 
  are 
  not 
  very 
  numerous 
  yet. 
  Katydids 
  are 
  very 
  

   abundant. 
  Aug. 
  15. 
  Fall 
  web 
  worms 
  [Hyphantria 
  cunea] 
  are 
  

   plenty 
  on 
  maple 
  and 
  ash 
  but 
  are 
  not 
  abundant 
  on 
  appletrees. 
  Sep. 
  15. 
  

  

  Livingston 
  county 
  (W. 
  R. 
  Houston, 
  Geneseo) 
  — 
  Tent-caterpillars 
  

   [Clisiocampa 
  americana] 
  made 
  their 
  appearance 
  on 
  fruit 
  trees 
  

  

  