﻿Report 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Ejstomologist. 
  189 
  

  

  larvae, 
  the 
  bands 
  can 
  only 
  be 
  detrimental, 
  in 
  interfering 
  with, 
  

   descent 
  from 
  the 
  tree 
  for 
  pupation 
  and 
  thereby 
  inducing 
  the 
  

   spinning 
  of 
  the 
  cocoons 
  upon 
  it. 
  

  

  The 
  apple 
  tree 
  tent 
  caterpillar 
  of 
  * 
  Clisiocampa 
  Americana 
  

   Harris, 
  was 
  observed 
  in 
  large 
  numbers 
  in 
  Westchester 
  county 
  at 
  

   the 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  appearance 
  of 
  the 
  blossoms, 
  May 
  thirteenth. 
  It 
  

   was 
  also 
  reported 
  as 
  abundant 
  in 
  Dutchess 
  county 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  

   of 
  May, 
  and 
  in 
  Cortland 
  county 
  in 
  early 
  June. 
  It 
  is 
  

   fortunate 
  that 
  the 
  apple 
  orchards 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  however, 
  so 
  far 
  

   as 
  known 
  to 
  me, 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  subjected 
  to 
  visitations 
  of 
  this 
  

   notorious 
  orchard 
  pest 
  at 
  all 
  comparable 
  to 
  those 
  experienced 
  in 
  

   Massachusetts 
  — 
  particularly 
  in 
  its 
  northeastern 
  portion 
  — 
  during 
  

   the 
  past 
  few 
  years. 
  In 
  riding 
  through 
  several 
  of 
  the 
  towns 
  

   surrounding 
  Boston, 
  in 
  the 
  month 
  of 
  June, 
  the 
  almost 
  entire 
  defo- 
  

   liation 
  of 
  orchards 
  that 
  arrested 
  the 
  attention 
  was 
  a 
  sad 
  and 
  

   painful 
  picture 
  of 
  destruction, 
  as 
  the 
  thought 
  arose 
  of 
  how 
  easily 
  

   it 
  might 
  have 
  been 
  averted. 
  It 
  fully 
  justified 
  the 
  comparison 
  

   often 
  made 
  of 
  other 
  insect 
  devastations 
  — 
  " 
  appearing 
  as 
  if 
  a 
  fire 
  

   had 
  swept 
  over 
  the 
  trees." 
  There 
  was 
  evidence 
  that 
  a 
  consider- 
  

   able 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  defoliation 
  had 
  been 
  caused 
  by 
  the 
  canker- 
  

   worm, 
  Anisojpteryx 
  vernata 
  (Peck), 
  but 
  the 
  unsightly 
  presence 
  of 
  

   numerous 
  large 
  web 
  nests 
  in 
  the 
  forks 
  of 
  the 
  branches 
  bore 
  

   ample 
  testimony 
  to 
  the 
  operations 
  of 
  the 
  pestiferous 
  tent 
  

   caterpillar. 
  

  

  Eegretting 
  the 
  necessity 
  that 
  compels 
  the 
  presentation 
  to 
  your 
  

   board 
  of 
  so 
  imperfect 
  and 
  brief 
  a 
  report 
  as 
  the 
  above, 
  

  

  Kespectfully 
  submitted. 
  

  

  J. 
  A. 
  LINTNEE. 
  

  

  