REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST 1901 803 



Household insects (N. Y. state agric. soc. Rep't, 1899. 1900. pt 

 2 Bureau of farmers institutes. Rep't [issued 15 Ap. 1901] 

 p. 294-303. Also Dep't agric. 7th rep't. 1900. v. 3, pt 2, 

 p. 86-95) 



A general paper treating of the following: mosquitos, Culex, house fly, 

 Musca domestica Linn., fleas, Oeratopsyllus serraticeps 

 Gerv., carpet beetles, Anthrenus scrophulariae Linn, and A t - 

 tagenus piceus Oliv. and clothes moths, Tinea pellionella 

 Linn, and others, house ants, Monomorium pharaonis Linn, and 

 others, cockroaches, Phyllodromia germanica Fabr. and P e r i - 

 planet a oriental is Linn., bedbug, Acanthia lee tula ria 

 Linn., larder beetle, Dermestes lardarius Linn., cheese or ham 

 skipper, Piophila casei Linn., fruit flies, Drosophila a m p e - 

 1 o p h i 1 a Loew, bristle tail or fish moth, Thermobia fur no rum 

 Rov. 



16th report of the state entomologist on injurious and other 

 insects of the state of New York (N. Y. state mus. Bui. 36. 

 1901. [issued 25 Ap.] p. 949-1063) 



Contents page 



Introduction 951 



General entomologic features 951 



Office work 951 



Special investigations. 952 



Entomologic field station 952 



Publications 953 



Extension work 953 



Collection of insects 954 



Voluntary observers 954 



Acknowledgments 954 



Injurious insects * 955 



Porthetria dispar, gipsy moth 955 



Ypsolophus pometellus, palmer worm 962 



Experimental work with insecticides 967 



Conclusions 985 



Notes for the- year 2 . ., : 988 



Fruit tree bark beetle (Scolytus rugulosus) 989 



Plum curculio (Conotrachelus nenuphar) 989 



Pale striped flea beetle (Systena taenia t a) 989 



Elm leaf beetle (Galerucella luteola) 990 



Gold gilt beetle <Chrysochus auratus) 991 



12 spotted asparagus beetle (Crioceris 12-p unctata).... 991 



1 General account of each, giving life history and habits. 



2 Brief records of some of the more interesting facts brought to notice in 1900. 



