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box with perforations for air and left out of doors except in 

 stormy weather. The insects began to appear on July 2 and 

 between then and the 5th about 100 hatched. All of the egg 

 clusters placed outside or out of doors have apparently failed 

 to develop any insects. July 12. 



Oneida county (Jeanette C. Miller, Alder Creek) — Larch saw- 

 flies [Lygaeonematus erichsonii] are quite destruc- 

 tive to some trees in this vicinity. June 19. The argus beetle 

 [Chelymorpha argus] has been very abundant on bind- 

 weed in this vicinity, and the sugar maple borer [P 1 a g i o n o - 

 tus speciosus] is doing considerable damage to our shade 

 trees. July 25. Caterpillars of the eight-spotted forester 

 [Alypia octomaculata] are abundant on Virginia 

 creeper. July 31. 



Onondaga county (Mrs A. M. Armstrong-Jackson, Belle Isle) — 

 House flies [M u s c a d o m e s t i c a] are appearing, wasps 

 [?Polistes pallipes] are becoming numerous, and the 

 nests of the appletree tent-caterpillar [Clisiocampa 

 americana] are beginning to appear. May 1. Canker 

 worms [?Paleacrita vernata] made their first appear- 

 ance here May 10, but they are not very abundant. Some apple- 

 trees have from seven to 10 webs of the appletree tent-caterpil- 

 lar on them, and, where no means have been taken to check 

 these pests, they are doing considerable damage. The bud moth 

 larvae occur on apple, quince and plumtrees. Plant lice are 

 present on currant bushes and also on the snowball tree. 

 May 16. Forest tent-caterpillars [Clisiocampa disstria] 

 were about half grown May 18, but they are not very destructive. 

 Appletree tent-caterpillars are also doing some mischief in 

 orchards. May 18 a white frost occurred and ice formed on the 

 water in a pan. It apparently did not affect any caterpillars, 

 as none were found dead, though many of them remained in 

 their webs all day. The pistol and cigar case-bearers [C o 1 e- 

 ophora malivorella and C. fletcherella] are 

 quite abundant on appletrees. Canker worms are not eating* 

 much and appear to grow very slowly. May 24. Potato beetles 



