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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Rensselaer 
  county 
  (W. 
  C, 
  Hitchcock, 
  Cropseyville) 
  — 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  

   unable 
  to 
  find 
  that 
  a 
  single 
  colony 
  of 
  the 
  tent-caterpillars 
  [Clisio- 
  

   campa 
  americana] 
  was 
  destroyed 
  by 
  the 
  frost 
  of 
  some 
  lo 
  days 
  

   ago, 
  though 
  I 
  found 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  caterpillars 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  killed. 
  I 
  

   have 
  never 
  known 
  the 
  appletree 
  tent-caterpillars 
  to 
  be 
  more 
  plenty 
  than 
  

   at 
  present. 
  I 
  have 
  observed 
  the 
  orioles, 
  vireos, 
  chickadees, 
  and 
  wood 
  

   sparrows 
  feeding 
  on 
  them. 
  May 
  21. 
  The 
  stalk-borer, 
  Hydroecia 
  

   nitela, 
  is 
  doing 
  a 
  great 
  deal 
  of 
  damage 
  in 
  some 
  cornfields. 
  One 
  

   appletree 
  has 
  been 
  nearly 
  destroyed 
  by 
  plant 
  lice, 
  Aphis 
  m 
  a 
  1 
  i 
  , 
  

   which 
  cause 
  the 
  leaves 
  to 
  curl 
  so 
  badly. 
  June 
  16. 
  Grasshoppers 
  have 
  

   become 
  a 
  serious 
  pest 
  in 
  this 
  immediate 
  vicinity. 
  Farmers 
  are 
  in 
  many 
  

   instances 
  cutting 
  their 
  oats 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  save 
  them, 
  and 
  one 
  declares 
  that 
  

   more 
  oats 
  lie 
  on 
  the 
  ground 
  than 
  remain 
  on 
  the 
  stalk. 
  In 
  two 
  cases 
  

   buckwheat 
  has 
  been 
  entirely 
  destroyed. 
  Aug. 
  i. 
  I 
  find 
  that 
  the 
  grass- 
  

   hoppers 
  are 
  most 
  numerous 
  in 
  a 
  belt 
  reaching 
  from 
  Castleton 
  through 
  

   the 
  towns 
  of 
  Schodack, 
  Sandlake, 
  Poestenkill, 
  Brunswick 
  and 
  Pittstown, 
  

   more 
  numerous 
  in 
  some 
  places 
  than 
  in 
  others, 
  but 
  causing 
  much 
  damage 
  

   all 
  the 
  way. 
  The 
  horn 
  fly[Haematobia 
  serrata] 
  has 
  never 
  been 
  

   so 
  numerous 
  as 
  now. 
  Aug. 
  13. 
  [The 
  principal 
  species 
  of 
  grasshoppers 
  

   concerned 
  in 
  the 
  above 
  recorded 
  depredations 
  prove 
  from 
  examples 
  sent 
  

   to 
  be 
  the 
  red-legged 
  grasshopper, 
  Melanoplus 
  femur-rubrum 
  

   DeGeer, 
  and 
  the 
  large 
  Carohna 
  locust, 
  Dissosteira 
  Carolina 
  

   Linn.] 
  

  

  Rockland 
  county 
  (S. 
  B. 
  Huested, 
  Blauvelt) 
  — 
  Tent-caterpillars 
  

   [Clisiocampa 
  americana] 
  have 
  appeared 
  as 
  usual 
  but 
  not 
  in 
  

   large 
  numbers. 
  The 
  cool 
  weather 
  has 
  undoubtedly 
  retarded 
  them. 
  

   May 
  9. 
  May 
  beetles 
  are 
  unusually 
  prevalent 
  this 
  season, 
  and, 
  by 
  an 
  

   experiment 
  with 
  a 
  lighted 
  lantern 
  in 
  a 
  tub 
  partly 
  filled 
  with 
  water 
  on 
  the 
  

   piazza 
  over 
  night, 
  we 
  caught 
  about 
  50. 
  They 
  have 
  been 
  quite 
  destruc- 
  

   tive 
  to 
  the 
  young 
  shoots 
  of 
  plum, 
  seeming 
  to 
  prefer 
  the 
  choice 
  buds 
  of 
  

   climax 
  plum. 
  The 
  pear 
  midge 
  [D 
  i 
  pi 
  o 
  sis 
  p 
  y 
  r 
  i 
  v 
  o 
  r 
  a] 
  has 
  appeared 
  

   in 
  numbers. 
  But 
  two 
  potato 
  beetles 
  [Doryphora 
  lo-lineata] 
  

   have 
  been 
  seen 
  so 
  far. 
  There 
  are 
  but 
  few 
  elm 
  leaf 
  beetles 
  as 
  yet. 
  May 
  

   26. 
  The 
  elm 
  leaf 
  beetle 
  [G 
  a 
  le 
  r 
  u 
  c 
  e 
  1 
  1 
  a 
  1 
  u 
  t 
  e 
  o 
  1 
  a] 
  was 
  very 
  destruc- 
  

   tive 
  some 
  years 
  ago, 
  but 
  now 
  it 
  is 
  present 
  in 
  very 
  small 
  numbers. 
  The 
  

   oaktree-pruner 
  [Elaphidion 
  villosum] 
  is 
  more 
  injurious 
  than 
  

   usual, 
  strewing 
  the 
  lawn 
  with 
  branches 
  cut 
  from 
  the 
  trees. 
  July 
  20. 
  

  

  St 
  Lawrence 
  county 
  (Mary 
  B. 
  Sherman, 
  Ogden^burg) 
  — 
  Spring 
  

   cankerworm 
  moths, 
  Paleacrita 
  vernata, 
  were 
  unusually 
  numerous 
  

  

  