REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST I912 IO9 



Genesee county. Press dispatches record the appearance of mil- 

 lions of these moths at Batavia before daylight on October 12th. 

 They were so numerous that merchants were credited with having 

 " swept them from the sidewalks and sides of their stores in basket- 

 fuls." 



Chenango county. Mr Harry J. Mosher, New Berlin, October 

 nth, forwarded specimens which appeared in great numbers. Mr 

 Miller states that they were seen about five o'clock in the morning, 

 as near as he could ascertain. " Earlier risers found underneath 

 an arc light at the very center of the village, on the ground, a solid 

 mass of these millers or moths, several inches in depth and cover- 

 ing a space at least a rod across. The adjoining buildings and 

 trees were also literally brown with them." 



Wyoming county. Mr M. S. Baxter reports the presence of the 

 moths at Warsaw. 



Livingston county. Prof. G. W. Bailey of the State Normal 

 School, Geneseo, forwarded a moth under date of October 9th, with 

 the statement that he saw from fifteen to twenty under an arc lamp. 

 He reports that on October nth thousands of the insects were 

 found on Main street, they were being swept from windows and 

 walks, and a great number were observed resting on trees, windows 

 and even in the street. He adds that they were practically limited 

 to two lights at the south end of the town, only a few occurring 

 at four other lights farther up town. The specimens seemed to be 

 in perfect condition. 



Erie county. The first cotton moths observed in Buffalo were 

 seen by Mr E. P. Van Duzee on September 18th. They were most 

 abundant October nth, when many windows of the down-town 

 stores were well covered with the insects. Mr Van Duzee had 

 never seen so many of this species before. Mr M. S. Baxter, 

 75 State street, Rochester, also reported an abundance of this moth 

 in Buffalo on October 10th. Prof. I. P. Bishop of the State Normal 

 School, Buffalo, reported the appearance of this moth at Buffalo 

 October nth, stating that as many as one hundred could be counted 

 upon a window. Mr Bishop found the flight limited in considerable 

 measure to certain sections of the city, namely, Main street from 

 the harbor to North street with stray individuals farther north and 

 for two blocks either side of Main street for the greater part of 

 the same distance; near the harbor, west of Main street and on 

 Exchange street near the New York Central and Erie stations ; in 

 the vicinity of Niagara street and the city line, and also in the north- 

 west part of the city. A few, he states, were reported from Depew. 



