﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  ENTOMOLOGIST 
  I9OO 
  IOI7 
  

  

  cucumber 
  beetles 
  [Diabrotica 
  vittata] 
  and 
  squash 
  bugs 
  

   {Anasa 
  tristis] 
  are 
  present 
  in 
  usual 
  numbers. 
  Tomato 
  worms 
  

   [Phlegethontius 
  celeus] 
  are 
  doing 
  some 
  damage. 
  Curculio 
  

   injury 
  has 
  been 
  comparatively 
  light. 
  The 
  cabbage 
  worms 
  are 
  unusually 
  

   persistent. 
  Aug. 
  8. 
  

  

  Otsego 
  county 
  (L. 
  I. 
  Holdredge, 
  Oneonta) 
  — 
  The 
  spring 
  brood 
  of 
  

   Pieris 
  rapaeis 
  quite 
  abundant. 
  The 
  larvae 
  of 
  Clisiocampa 
  

   d 
  i 
  s 
  s 
  t 
  r 
  i 
  a 
  have 
  already 
  appeared 
  on 
  the 
  maples 
  in 
  several 
  instances. 
  

   This 
  insect 
  has 
  been 
  a 
  great 
  pest 
  in 
  this 
  locality 
  for 
  the 
  past 
  two 
  years, 
  

   specially 
  the 
  last, 
  when 
  the 
  caterpillars 
  stripped 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  maples, 
  as 
  

   well 
  as 
  greatly 
  damaging 
  sugar 
  bushes 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity. 
  I 
  have 
  collected 
  

   Lepidoptera 
  for 
  about 
  lo 
  years 
  in 
  and 
  about 
  Oneonta, 
  and 
  previous 
  

   to 
  1897 
  Cliocampa 
  disstria 
  was 
  very 
  rare, 
  so 
  that 
  up 
  to 
  that 
  time 
  

   it 
  was 
  represented 
  in 
  my 
  collection 
  by 
  but 
  five 
  native 
  examples. 
  During 
  

   this 
  time 
  Clisiocampa 
  americana 
  was 
  very 
  common. 
  Now 
  it 
  

   is 
  difficult 
  to 
  find 
  an 
  example 
  of 
  the 
  latter. 
  The 
  maple 
  and 
  appletrees 
  

   are 
  literally 
  loaded 
  with 
  eggs 
  of 
  the 
  forest 
  tent-caterpillar. 
  Ap. 
  30 
  The 
  

   recent 
  rains 
  and 
  prolonged 
  cold 
  weather 
  have 
  materially 
  lessened 
  the 
  

   danger 
  of 
  injury 
  by 
  the 
  forest 
  tent-caterpillar. 
  The 
  bad 
  weather 
  came 
  

   just 
  as 
  the 
  larvae 
  were 
  hatching 
  and 
  killed 
  very 
  many. 
  I 
  find, 
  however, 
  

   that 
  there 
  are 
  still 
  a 
  goodly 
  number 
  of 
  caterpillars 
  on 
  the 
  maples, 
  but 
  I 
  

   have 
  noticed 
  scarcely 
  any 
  on 
  the 
  appletrees. 
  May 
  21. 
  The 
  caterpillars 
  

   ofEuvanessa 
  antiopa 
  have 
  been 
  particularly 
  destructive 
  to 
  elms 
  

   and 
  in 
  some 
  cases 
  they 
  have 
  stripped 
  the 
  leaves 
  from 
  the 
  upper 
  branches. 
  

   Oi'.eonta 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  damaged 
  by 
  the 
  forest 
  tent-caterpillar, 
  though 
  

   reports 
  are 
  received 
  of 
  their 
  work 
  from 
  nearby 
  places. 
  July 
  16. 
  

  

  Queens 
  county 
  (C. 
  L. 
  Allen, 
  Floral 
  Park) 
  — 
  Asparagus 
  beetles 
  

   [Crioceris 
  asparagi] 
  were 
  never 
  worse. 
  May 
  11. 
  The 
  pea 
  

   aphis 
  [Nectarophora 
  pisi 
  Kalt.] 
  so 
  destructive 
  last 
  year, 
  has 
  

   visited 
  but 
  one 
  farm 
  this 
  season, 
  and 
  the 
  injury 
  there 
  is 
  but 
  slight. 
  The 
  

   potato 
  beetle 
  [Doryphora 
  io-lineata]is 
  very 
  much 
  in 
  evidence. 
  

   May 
  24. 
  The 
  pea 
  aphis 
  is 
  doing 
  considerable 
  damage. 
  The 
  early 
  crop 
  

   has 
  not 
  suffered 
  much, 
  but 
  there 
  is 
  little 
  hope 
  for 
  later 
  plantings. 
  The 
  

   pines 
  at 
  the 
  east 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  island 
  are 
  being 
  destroyed 
  by 
  a 
  weevil. 
  [It 
  

   proves 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  several 
  species 
  of 
  bark 
  beetles] 
  June 
  19. 
  

   Hundreds 
  of 
  acres 
  of 
  peas 
  are 
  now 
  being 
  plowed 
  under, 
  a 
  result 
  of 
  the 
  

   work 
  of 
  the 
  pea 
  aphis. 
  June 
  29. 
  The 
  [margined 
  blister 
  beetle, 
  E 
  p 
  i 
  - 
  

   •cauta 
  cinereajis 
  doing 
  considerable 
  mischief 
  in 
  my 
  beets. 
  July 
  10. 
  

  

  