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  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  ENTOMOLOGIST 
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  pillars 
  [Clisiocampa 
  americana] 
  in 
  this 
  section. 
  They 
  remained 
  

   in 
  the 
  web 
  during 
  the 
  cold 
  spell. 
  They 
  appear 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  a 
  little 
  late 
  

   in 
  hatching, 
  as 
  no 
  webs 
  were 
  observed 
  till 
  after 
  May 
  i, 
  while 
  along 
  the 
  

   highway 
  in 
  the 
  valley 
  webs 
  were 
  numerous 
  Ap. 
  26. 
  Lady 
  beetles 
  were 
  

   found 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Qgg 
  clusters 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  eaten 
  out 
  by 
  some 
  

   insect. 
  A 
  large 
  spined 
  soldier 
  bug 
  [PPodisus 
  spinosus] 
  was 
  seen 
  

   with 
  a 
  small 
  tent-caterpillar 
  on 
  its 
  extended 
  beak. 
  May 
  ii. 
  Can- 
  

   kerworms 
  made 
  their 
  appearance 
  about 
  May 
  10, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  28th, 
  as 
  we 
  

   drove 
  from 
  Warner 
  to 
  Syracuse^ 
  I 
  did 
  not 
  see 
  a 
  tree 
  but 
  that 
  was 
  badly 
  

   eaten 
  by 
  them. 
  They 
  were 
  on 
  elm, 
  maple, 
  basswood, 
  apple, 
  cherry, 
  etc. 
  

   They 
  are 
  by 
  far 
  the 
  worst 
  pest 
  in 
  this 
  section. 
  There 
  do 
  not 
  appear 
  to 
  

   be 
  as 
  many 
  appletree 
  tent-caterpillars 
  as 
  usual. 
  A 
  few 
  forest 
  tent-cater- 
  

   pillars 
  [Clisiocampa 
  disstria] 
  have 
  been 
  seen, 
  but 
  they 
  are 
  not 
  

   doing 
  much 
  damage. 
  June 
  6. 
  Wheat 
  was 
  damaged 
  more 
  than 
  last 
  

   season 
  by 
  the 
  Hessian 
  fly 
  [Cecidomyia 
  destructor], 
  as 
  fully 
  

   one 
  third 
  was 
  down. 
  The 
  damage 
  was 
  confined 
  to 
  a 
  few 
  fields 
  of 
  early 
  

   sown 
  grain. 
  July 
  24. 
  ^ 
  

  

  Ontario 
  county 
  (J. 
  J. 
  Barden, 
  Stanley) 
  — 
  The 
  orchards 
  about 
  Union 
  

   Springs, 
  Cayuga 
  co., 
  are 
  badly 
  infested 
  with 
  [Lecanium 
  Pcerasi- 
  

   fex]. 
  Dec. 
  14. 
  The 
  freezing 
  of 
  the 
  past 
  week 
  does 
  not 
  seem 
  to 
  have 
  

   decreased 
  the 
  numbers 
  of 
  tent-caterpillars 
  [Clisiocampa 
  ameri- 
  

   cana]. 
  I 
  have 
  found 
  thousands 
  of 
  nests, 
  and 
  in 
  none 
  of 
  them 
  were 
  

   there 
  dead 
  caterpillars. 
  The 
  forest 
  tent-caterpillar 
  [Clisiocampa 
  

   disstria] 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  ten 
  times 
  as 
  abundant 
  as 
  last 
  year. 
  They 
  

   seem 
  to 
  be 
  unaffected 
  by 
  the 
  cold. 
  The 
  fruit 
  tree 
  bark 
  beetle 
  [S 
  c 
  o 
  1 
  y- 
  

   tus 
  rugulosus]is 
  doing 
  great 
  damage 
  in 
  commercial 
  orchards 
  near 
  

   Geneva. 
  May 
  14. 
  The 
  pale 
  striped 
  flea 
  beetle 
  [Systena 
  taeniata] 
  

   is 
  working 
  serious 
  mischief 
  on 
  seedling 
  appletrees, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  also 
  very 
  

   abundant 
  on 
  sugar 
  beets. 
  The 
  12 
  spotted 
  asparagus 
  beetle 
  [Crioc- 
  

   eris 
  i2-punctata] 
  has 
  appeared 
  at 
  Stanley 
  and 
  also 
  at 
  Newark, 
  

   July 
  2. 
  Colorado 
  potato 
  beetle 
  [Doryphora 
  lo-lineata] 
  has 
  

   done 
  little 
  damage 
  the 
  present 
  season. 
  The 
  12 
  spotted 
  asparagus 
  

   beetle 
  is 
  very 
  abundant 
  at 
  Fredonia, 
  Chautauqua 
  co. 
  and 
  at 
  Almond, 
  

   Allegany 
  co. 
  The 
  common 
  asparagus 
  beetle 
  is 
  also 
  abundant 
  at 
  these 
  

   places. 
  Aug. 
  16, 
  

  

  Orange 
  county 
  (J. 
  M. 
  Dolph, 
  Port 
  Jervis) 
  — 
  The 
  scurfy 
  bark 
  louse 
  

   [Chionaspis 
  fur 
  fur 
  a] 
  is 
  bad 
  on 
  currant 
  bushes 
  in 
  some 
  places. 
  

   Ap. 
  23. 
  The 
  tent-caterpillar 
  [Clisiocampa 
  americana] 
  has 
  

   never 
  been 
  very 
  abundant 
  in 
  this 
  region, 
  and 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  but 
  one 
  nest 
  

  

  