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niense numbers about the middle of August, and their webs 

 were very conspicuous on a great many trees. They are doing 

 immense damage in this vicinity. Aug. 29. 



Rensselaer county (W. C. Hitchcock, Pittstown) — Appletree 

 tent-caterpillars [Clisiocampa americana] are pres- 

 ent in immense numbers. May 20. The cold, wet weather 

 appears to have kept both the appletree and forest tent-cater- 

 pillars [Clisiocampa disstria] in check, as they 

 seem to have been very scarce. The elm leaf beetle [Gale- 

 rucella luteola] is not proving very destructive this sea- 

 son. July 2. Eound-headed appletree borers [S a p e r d a 

 Candida] are quite injurious in this section. The trees 

 receive little attention, and are therefore soon ruined by the 

 borers. Grasshoppers are unusually scarce. July 15. 



Rockland county (S. B. Huested, Blauvelt) — Appletree tent- 

 caterpillars [Clisiocampa americana] first appeared 

 May 4. The season has been cold and backward. May 8. We 

 have not seen the June beetle as commonly as last year. Last 

 month potato beetles [Doryphora 10 -line at a] were 

 very troublesome. Aug. 5. 



St Lawrence county (Mary B. Sherman, Ogdensburg) — Shad or 

 May flies appeared as usual June 5 and were very abundant for 

 three days. Forest tent-caterpillars [Clisiocampa diss- 

 tria] are scarce, only four or five having been seen during 

 the summer. Currant worms [Pteronus ribesii] ap- 

 peared about a week ago. There are many complaints of 

 injury by wireworms. June 22. Caterpillars of the white 

 marked tussock moth [Notolophus leucostigma] 

 are abundant. July 8. Complaints of injury by currant worms 

 are less frequent than usual. Plant lice are unusually abun- 

 dant and destructive. July 12. Cabbage butterflies [P i e r i s 

 r a p a e] are now quite abundant. A large number of cut- 

 leafed birches have been seriously damaged, without apparent 

 cause. [This is possibly the work of the bronze birch borer, 

 Agrilus anxius.] All plant lice are unusually abundant. 

 Many complaints are made regarding the abundance of fleas 



