REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST 1901 835 



Treatment: Spray beetles with whale oil soap, -J pound to 

 1 gallon water, dust plants with plaster, ashes, etc.; hand picking. 



Chief accessible articles: Lintner, J. A., state ent. 1st rep't, '82. 

 p. 227-32; Chittenden, F. H. U. S. dep't agric. div. ent. Circ. 11, 

 2d s. '95. p. 1-4; Marlatt, C. L. U. S. dep't agric. Yearbook. '95, 

 p. 396-98. 



10 Appletree tent-caterpillar, Glisiocampa americana 

 Fabr. Principal food plants: wild cherry, appletrees. 



Treatment: Collect and destroy egg belts, kill young while 

 in nests, spray with poison in early spring. 



Chief accessible articles: Felt, E. P., state ent. 14th rep't (N. Y 

 state mus. Bui. 23). '98. p. 177-90; N. Y. state mus. Bui. 27 

 '99. p. 46-48; Lowe, V. H. N. Y. agric. exp. sta. Bui. 152. '98 

 p. 281-93; Beach, Lowe and Stewart. N. Y. agric. exp. sta. Bui 

 170. '99. p. 389-90; Felt, E. P. N. Y. state agric. soc. Trans. '99 

 59:271-72. 



HPimpla conquisitor Say, a parasite on the above. 



12 Gipsy moth, Porthetria dispar Linn. Principal 

 food plants: fruit, oak, maple and other forest trees. 



Treatment: Collect and destroy eggs, kill clustered larvae, 

 spray with arsenate of lead. 



Chief accessible articles: Fernald, C. H. Mass. (Hatch) agric. 

 exp. sta. Special bul. Nov. '89. p. 1-8; Forbush, E. H., and 

 Fernald, C. H. Mass. state board agric. Rept's 1892-1900; Lintner, 

 J. A., state ent. 9th rep't, '92. p. 420-26; Howard, L. 0. U. S. dep't 

 agric. div. ent. Bul. 11, n. s. '97. p. 1-39; Forbush, E. H. U. S. 

 dep't agric. div. ent. Bul. 20, n. s. '99. p. 104-7; Felt, E. P., state 

 ent. 16th rep't, '00 (N. Y. state mus. Bul. 36). p. 955-62. 



13 Brown tail moth, Euproctis chrysorrhoea Linn. 

 Principal food plants: pear, apple, quince. 



Treatment: Cut and burn winter nests, spray trees with 

 poison. 



Chief accessible articles: Fernald, C. H., and Kirkland, A. H. 

 Mass. (Hatch) agric. exp. sta. Special bul. July '97. p. 1-15; 

 U. S. dep't agric. div. ent. Bul. 17, n. s. '98. p. 24-32. 



