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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  appear 
  by 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  Ap. 
  27. 
  I 
  have 
  found 
  many 
  egg 
  clusters 
  with 
  

   more 
  than 
  250 
  eggs. 
  May 
  4. 
  Your 
  request 
  for 
  information 
  concerning 
  

   the 
  effect 
  of 
  the 
  recent 
  cold 
  and 
  rain 
  upon 
  the 
  tent-caterpillars 
  was 
  re- 
  

   ceived. 
  At 
  5 
  o'clock 
  I 
  found 
  a 
  colony 
  which 
  at 
  first 
  glance 
  appeared 
  

   dead. 
  Closer 
  observation 
  showed 
  that 
  they 
  were 
  only 
  dormant, 
  and 
  the 
  

   apparently 
  dead 
  ones 
  were 
  the 
  cast 
  skins 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  molt. 
  In 
  half 
  an 
  

   hour 
  after 
  bringing 
  the 
  caterpillars 
  into 
  a 
  warm 
  room, 
  they 
  began 
  to 
  

   move 
  and 
  now, 
  7 
  .30, 
  they 
  are 
  as 
  lively 
  as 
  they 
  can 
  be. 
  They 
  are 
  now 
  

   •j% 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  long. 
  Last 
  night 
  the 
  temperature 
  fell 
  to 
  29° 
  F., 
  and 
  

   at 
  6.30 
  this 
  morning 
  the 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  ground 
  was 
  frozen. 
  Still 
  farther 
  : 
  

   I 
  have 
  a 
  colony 
  of 
  the 
  caterpillars 
  which 
  I 
  found 
  just 
  hatched 
  out 
  13 
  

   days 
  ago 
  that 
  have 
  been 
  kept 
  in 
  the 
  temperature 
  of 
  the 
  out 
  of 
  doors 
  

   air, 
  without 
  food, 
  and 
  they 
  are 
  still 
  well 
  and 
  in 
  good 
  working 
  order, 
  

   though 
  a 
  little 
  thin. 
  May 
  11. 
  The 
  young 
  caterpillars 
  mentioned 
  in 
  

   my 
  previous 
  report 
  lived 
  16 
  days 
  without 
  food. 
  May 
  18. 
  A 
  trip 
  

   about 
  the 
  village 
  shows 
  only 
  here 
  and 
  there 
  slight 
  evidences 
  of 
  the 
  cat- 
  

   erpillars, 
  which 
  are 
  now 
  about 
  j- 
  inch 
  long. 
  May 
  25. 
  The 
  forest 
  tent- 
  

   caterpillars 
  are 
  quite 
  injurious 
  in 
  some 
  sections 
  of 
  Glens 
  Falls, 
  specially 
  

   in 
  parts 
  where 
  they 
  had 
  not 
  been 
  numerous 
  the 
  preceding 
  season. 
  The 
  

   caterpillars 
  in 
  these 
  places 
  are 
  ij 
  inches 
  long. 
  May 
  28. 
  Forest 
  tent- 
  

   caterpillars 
  are 
  not 
  abundant 
  in 
  the 
  village, 
  particularly 
  where 
  they 
  were 
  

   diligently 
  fought 
  last 
  season. 
  Natural 
  enemies 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  artificial 
  means 
  

   of 
  destruction 
  have 
  brought 
  this 
  about. 
  There 
  are 
  more 
  of 
  the 
  pests 
  in 
  

   South 
  Glens 
  Falls 
  and 
  Sandyhill. 
  June 
  8. 
  The 
  forest 
  tent-caterpillars 
  

   appear 
  to 
  have 
  all 
  disappeared. 
  Appletree 
  tent-caterpillars 
  have 
  not 
  

   been 
  so 
  few 
  for 
  years. 
  Neighboring 
  villages 
  have 
  had 
  plenty 
  of 
  them 
  . 
  

   The 
  rose 
  beetle 
  [Macrodactylus 
  subspinosus] 
  is 
  abundant 
  on 
  

   daisies 
  and 
  at 
  times 
  does 
  great 
  damage 
  to 
  roses. 
  One 
  gentleman 
  has 
  had 
  

   his 
  grape 
  blossoms 
  entirely 
  destroyed 
  by 
  it. 
  June 
  29. 
  

  

  Washington 
  county 
  (H. 
  L. 
  Beadle, 
  West 
  Cambridge)— 
  Apple 
  

   aphis 
  [Aphis 
  m 
  a 
  1 
  i] 
  is 
  very 
  abundant. 
  May 
  2. 
  Appletree 
  tent-cater- 
  

   pillars 
  [Clisiocampa 
  americana] 
  were 
  present 
  m 
  usual 
  numbers 
  

   a 
  week 
  ago, 
  but 
  this 
  morning 
  I 
  found 
  only 
  22 
  nests, 
  and 
  50% 
  of 
  the 
  

   caterpillars 
  in 
  those 
  were 
  dead. 
  May 
  11. 
  Closer 
  examination 
  shows 
  

   that 
  tent-caterpillars 
  are 
  very 
  scarce. 
  The 
  cankerworm 
  has 
  appeared 
  in 
  

   destructive 
  numbers 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  localities. 
  

  

  Wayne 
  county 
  (C. 
  H. 
  Stuart, 
  Newark) 
  — 
  I 
  fail 
  to 
  find 
  that 
  the 
  cold 
  

   did 
  any 
  harm 
  to 
  the 
  appletree 
  tent-caterpillars 
  [Clisiocampa 
  ameri- 
  

   cana], 
  though 
  some 
  of 
  our 
  men 
  think 
  such 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  case. 
  I 
  find 
  them 
  

  

  