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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  this 
  season. 
  Many 
  of 
  our 
  maples 
  are 
  affected 
  by 
  borers 
  [probably 
  

   Plagionotus 
  speciosus]. 
  May 
  14. 
  I 
  inclose 
  a 
  piece 
  of 
  bark 
  

   from 
  a 
  Siberian 
  willow 
  which 
  was 
  killed 
  by 
  a 
  scale 
  insect 
  [appletree 
  bark 
  

   louse, 
  My 
  til 
  asp 
  is 
  pomorum]. 
  Aug. 
  8. 
  

  

  Orleans 
  county 
  (Virgil 
  Bogue, 
  Albion) 
  — 
  I 
  am 
  unable 
  to 
  find 
  any 
  

   evidence 
  of 
  the 
  cold 
  seriously 
  affecting 
  the 
  tent-caterpillars 
  [Clisio* 
  

   campa 
  americana]. 
  They 
  are 
  not 
  abundant 
  in 
  this 
  vicinity. 
  May 
  

   12. 
  The 
  foliage 
  of 
  fruit 
  trees 
  in 
  this 
  section 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  perfect 
  I 
  have 
  

   known 
  it 
  to 
  be 
  for 
  years. 
  The 
  palmer 
  worm 
  [Ypsolophus 
  pome- 
  

   tell 
  us] 
  is 
  not 
  present 
  here. 
  July 
  17. 
  I 
  recently 
  took 
  the 
  inclosed 
  

   specimen 
  [Polystochoetes 
  punctatus]. 
  I 
  have 
  never 
  seen 
  one 
  

   like 
  it. 
  Honeybees 
  have 
  done 
  better 
  than 
  last 
  year, 
  but 
  even 
  this 
  is 
  not 
  

   very 
  good. 
  Aug. 
  20. 
  

  

  Oswego 
  county 
  (C. 
  B. 
  Cook, 
  Oswego 
  Center) 
  — 
  Appletree 
  tent-cater- 
  

   pillars 
  [Clisiocampa 
  americana] 
  are 
  numerous 
  in 
  this 
  section, 
  

   but 
  forest 
  tent-caterpillars 
  [Clisiocampa 
  disstria] 
  are 
  compara- 
  

   tively 
  scS-rce. 
  The 
  cold 
  weather 
  does 
  not 
  appear 
  to 
  have 
  harmed 
  the 
  

   tent-caterpillars. 
  Bud 
  moth 
  [Tmetocera 
  ocellana] 
  has 
  com- 
  

   menced 
  work 
  to 
  a 
  considerable 
  extent 
  in 
  some 
  orchards. 
  A 
  borer 
  is 
  

   operating 
  in 
  tomato 
  stalks 
  under 
  glass. 
  [It 
  may 
  be 
  the 
  stalk-borer, 
  

   Hydroecia 
  nitela.] 
  May 
  17. 
  Cabbage 
  worms 
  [Pier 
  is 
  rapae] 
  

   and 
  potato 
  beetles 
  [Doryphora 
  lo-lineata] 
  are 
  appearing 
  in 
  con- 
  

   siderable 
  numbers. 
  Appletree 
  tent-caterpillars 
  are 
  very 
  numerous, 
  but 
  

   there 
  are 
  very 
  few 
  of 
  the 
  forest 
  tent-caterpillars. 
  May 
  30. 
  Appletree 
  tent- 
  

   caterpillar 
  is 
  very 
  bad 
  in 
  many 
  orchards, 
  the 
  worst 
  I 
  have 
  ever 
  seen. 
  As- 
  

   paragus 
  beetles 
  [C 
  r 
  i 
  o 
  c 
  e 
  r 
  i 
  s] 
  are 
  destructive 
  in 
  this 
  section. 
  The 
  com- 
  

   mon 
  currant 
  worm 
  [Pteronus 
  ribesii] 
  is 
  doing 
  some 
  damage. 
  

   June 
  12. 
  During 
  the 
  past 
  week 
  white 
  grubs 
  have 
  been 
  doing 
  consider- 
  

   able 
  harm 
  in 
  recently 
  set 
  strawberry 
  beds. 
  There 
  have 
  also 
  been 
  a 
  few 
  

   bad 
  cases 
  of 
  cankerworms 
  on 
  appletrees. 
  The 
  appletree 
  tent- 
  caterpillar 
  

   has 
  done 
  more 
  damage 
  than 
  was 
  anticipated, 
  denuding 
  many 
  orchards. 
  

   The 
  plum 
  curculio 
  [Conotrachelus 
  nenuphar] 
  is 
  quite 
  numerous 
  

   on 
  my 
  place. 
  The 
  insect, 
  which 
  eats 
  holes 
  in 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  apples 
  and 
  

   pears, 
  has 
  injured 
  considerable 
  fruit, 
  but, 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  exceptionally 
  full 
  

   set, 
  the 
  damage 
  will 
  not 
  be 
  very 
  great. 
  [This 
  may 
  beXylina 
  anten- 
  

   nata 
  or 
  Ypsolophus 
  pometellus.] 
  Potato 
  beetles 
  have 
  been 
  

   abundant 
  this 
  spring. 
  June 
  29. 
  The 
  first 
  brood 
  of 
  codling-moth 
  [Car- 
  

   pocapsa 
  pomonella] 
  is 
  doing 
  much 
  damage 
  to 
  apples 
  and 
  less 
  

   to 
  pears. 
  Potato 
  beetles 
  [Doryphora 
  lo-lineata], 
  striped 
  

  

  