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woods June 16. Moths of the carpenter worm emerged from ash 

 and poplar June 14. June 19. The cool weather of the spring 

 has apparently kept the white marked tussock moth in check, 

 as the caterpillars are now not over £ of an inch in length, while 

 last year on this date many of them were full grown and had 

 commenced to spin their cocoons. June 28. July 4 white 

 marked tussock moth caterpillars were spinning their cocoons 

 in the down town districts. A few have been destroyed by a 

 bacterial disease. July 5. June 28 the last locust borer moth 

 emerged from the the wood. July 17 the female white marked 

 tussock moths were depositing their eggs, and on the same date 

 I obtained examples of the willow snout beetle from the balm 

 of Gilead in the adult larval and pupal stages. The 15 spotted 

 ladybug [Hippodamia 15-punctata] has been excep- 

 tionally abundant this season and has proved itself a valuable 

 ally in destroying plant lice. The white marked tussock moth 

 has been quite injurious in many localities in the city, and in 

 some places it was as destructive as in 1895 or in 1898. Para- 

 sites appear to be rather scarce. The willow snout beetle is 

 still causing a great deal of injury to poplars and willows in 

 this vicinity. I have taken it from the following varieties: 

 balsam poplar, balm of Gilead, Carolina poplar, Lombardy pop- 

 lar, Babylonian willow, heart-leafed willow, Kilmarnock willow 

 and from the trunk of the new American weeping willow. I 

 have never taken it from the golden-barked willow, laurel-leaved 

 willow, the silver poplar, the bollean poplar, though a great 

 many of these varieties are growing in the vicinity of the in- 

 fested trees. July 26. * 



(J. U. Metz, East Amherst) — The common asparagus beetle 

 [C rioceris asparagi] has appeared for the first time 

 this year. May 20. Hessian fly[Oecidomyia destruc- 

 tor] is present in great abundance, and many fields of white 

 wheat are not worth cutting. I have counted as many as 20 

 "flaxseeds" in a single stalk. There is apparently no differ- 

 ence between early or late sown wheat. Red Russian and red 

 Mediterranean seem to be exempt thus far from attack. A few 



