REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST 1901 799 



by hand, the rest by machine, and was put in about 1 inch deeper 

 than the rest. All the varieties were sown at about the same 

 time. June 28. 



Westchester county (Mrs. Edwin H. Mairs, Irvington-on-Hud- 

 son) — Appletree tent-caterpillars [C 1 i s i o c;a in p a a m eri- 

 ca n a] were observed in immense numbers. May 7. We have 

 had few warm days and a great deal of cold wet weather, which 

 has kept insect life pretty well in check. May 14. The grape- 

 vine plume moth caterpillars [Oxyptilus periscelidac- 

 tylus] are doing some injury to grapevines. The beech aphis 

 [P h y 1 1 a p h i s f a g i] is present on purple beeches. Apple- 

 tree tent-caterpillars are still very abundant. May 29. The> 

 are now leaving the trees and crawling in every direction in 

 search of places in which to spin up. In one orchard I saw 

 enough of them to stock the earth. June 6. Green June 

 beetles [A 1 1 o r h i n a n i t i d a] were first observed July 7. 

 They eat out the buds of the common flowers and are destroying 

 the plants. This is the insect which has been reported in the 

 newspapers as the wonderful " flying, boring bug." Spotted 

 grapevine beetles [Pelidnota punctata] have appeared 

 in great numbers. The common June beetles are somewhat 

 troublesome. White marked tussock moth caterpillars [N o t o- 

 lophus leucostigma] are present in small numbers. 

 July 20. Fall webworms [Hyphantria cunea] are very 

 abundant in this section, and their nests can be seen on a great 

 variety of trees and shrubs. Sep. 6. 



Wyoming county (W. H. Roper, Wyoming) — Appletree tent- 

 caterpillars [Clisiocampa disstria] appeared May 2. 

 They are plentiful, but are not doing much damage as yet, since 

 the weather is cool and damp. May 13. They have not been 

 working for the last three days, because the weather has been 

 cold, but not cold enough to kill them. May 17. The tent- 

 caterpillars are doing a great deal of damage in this locality 

 where the trees have not been sprayed. The canker worm 

 [ ? Paleacrita vernata] has also made his appearance 

 and is causing a great deal of injury. Had it not been for the 



