"790 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



Appletree tent-caterpillars are not abundant where they were 

 persistently fought last year. Forest tent-caterpillars and can- 

 ker worms are very abundant in orchards in the vicinity of Rush- 

 ville N. Y. Pistol case-bearers [Coleopho'ra malivor- 

 e 1 1 a] and bud moths [Tmetocera ocellana] are very 

 abundant in this section. The cold weather through April has 

 retarded the appearance of many species. The currant stem 

 girdler [ ? J a n u s integer] has been more abundant than 

 ever before, and it is doing much damage. The work of the 

 larvae is showing very plainly at present on account of the 

 lack of foliage on the infected stems. May 10. 



Orange county (J. M. Dolph, Port Jervis) — Willow and cabbage 

 butterflies [Euvanessa antiopa and Pieris rapae] 

 were observed May 1, and on the 6th June beetles were seen for 

 the first time. Many maples in this vicinity show effects of the 

 work of the sugar maple borer [Plagionotus specio- 

 •s u s]. May 9. Currant worms [Pteronus ribesii] 

 were first observed May 14, and nests of the appletree tent-cater- 

 pillar [Clisiocampa americana] May 15. The apple- 

 tree bark louse [Mytilaspis pomorum] is apparently 

 less abundant than it was last year. Reports of the prevalence 

 of appletree tent-caterpillars in orchards have come in from 

 various places in this section, though they do not appear to be 

 unusually abundant in this immediate neighborhood. Cutworms 

 are -very abundant in gardens. May 27. Fall webworm® 

 [H yphantria cunea] have appeared in great numbers 

 in and about Port Jervis. They seem to have developed sud- 

 denly, and they attack a great variety of trees. Aug. 30. 



Orleans county (Virgil Bogue, Albion) — Caterpillars of the 

 giant swallowtail [Heraclides cresphontes] were 

 found on my orange tree. Plant lice are somewhat abundant on 

 plum and cherry trees in this section. My crop of cherries was 

 nearly all wormy, probably the work of the cherry fruit fly 

 [R hagoletis cingulata]. The wheat in this vicinity is 

 in bad condition from attacks by the Hessian fly [Cecido- 

 m y i a destructor]. Potato beetles [Doryphora 10- 



