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Eulecaneum robiniarum Dougl. "On Rohiniae pseudacacta." 



1903, Fernald, Bui. 88, Mass. Hatch Agri. Exp. Sta., p. 196, No. 964. 



Eulecaneum vini Bouche. "On Rabiniae pseudacacia." 



1903, Fernald, Bui. 88, Mass. Hatch Agri. Exp. Sta., p. 196, No. 974. 



ORDER LEPIDOPTERA. 



Family Psychidae. 



Thridopteryx ephemeraformis Haw. The Bag Worm. Feeds upon 

 the foliage of a large number of trees, among which is the black locust. 

 It has been reported as feeding upon this tree in Kentucky and Virginia, 

 and infested black locusts were observed during the summer of 1905 at 

 Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio. 



* 1868, Riley, 1st Rept. on Insects of Mo., pp. 147-151. 

 1869, Riley, Am'. Ent., 2:35-38. 



1882, Lintner, 1st Rept. Insects, N. Y., pp. 81-87. 



1883, Saunders, Insects Injurious to Fruit Trees, pp. 222-225. 

 1687, Beutenmuller, Ent. Am., 3:157-159. 



1893, Webster, Bui. 51, Ohio Agri. Exp. Sta., pp. 102-109. 



1894, Lintner, Rept. N. Y. State Ent., 10:494. 



1900, Johnson,' Bui. 26, (n. s.) Div. Ent. U. S. Dept. Agri., pp. 80-84. 



Thridopteryx sp. A species of bag worm was reported defoliating 

 the black locusts in Arizona by Mr. J. W. Toumey, and was thought by 

 him to be a different species from T. ephemeraformis which is so common 

 in the east. 



1893, Toumey, Bui. 9, Ariz. Agri. Exp. Sta:, p. 7. 



Family Cossidae. 



Zeusera pyrina Linn. The Wood Leopard Moth. A large Euro- 

 ■pean moth which has been introduced into the vicinity of New York City. 

 The larva makes a large burrow in the main branches of quite a number 

 ■of forest trees, and has caused a large amount of damage to shade trees 

 in Central Park. It belongs in the same family with the locust Carpenter 

 Moth, and, like that species, preys upon the black locust. No satisfac- 

 tory remedy is known. 



1894, Smith, 15 Ann. Rept. N. J. Agri. Exp. Sta., pp. 519-583. 



1894, Soutbwick, Insect Life 7:138-140. 



* Description of insect. 



