REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST 1901 863 



SHADE TREE INSECTS (252-67) 



252 Mapletree borer, Plagionotus speciosus Say. 

 Principal food plant: sugar mapletrees. 



Treatment: Dig out the young borers. 



Chief accessible articles: Lintner, J. A., state ent. 12th rep't, 

 '96. p. 237-48; Felt, E. P. Fisheries, game and forest com. 4th 



rep't, sep. '98. p. 22-28; N. Y. state agric. soc. Trans. '99. 



59:277-78. 



253 Leopard moth, Zeuzera pyrina Fabr. Chief food 

 plants: attacks a large number of trees. 



Treatment: Destroy females, dig out young borers, kill larger 

 ones in burrows with carbon bisulfid. 



Chief accessible articles: Lintner, J. A. state ent. 9th rep't, 

 '93. p. 426-27; Felt, E. P. Fisheries, game and forest com. 4th 

 rep't, sep. '98. p. 16-20. 



254 Elm bark-borer, Saperda tridentata Oliv. Prin- 

 cipal food plant: American elm. 



Treatment: Cut and burn badlv infested trees or limbs. 



Chief accessible articles: Lintner, J. A., state ent. 12th rep't, 

 '96. p. 243-48; Felt, E. P. N. Y. state agric. soc. Trans. '99. 59: 

 278-79; — — Fisheries, game and forest com. 5th rep't, '99. 

 p. 371-75. 



255 Elm snout beetle, Magdalis b a r b i t a Say. Prin- 

 cipal food plant: American elm. 



Treatment: Cut and burn badly infested limbs. 



Chief accessible notices: Felt, E. P, N. Y. state mus. Bui. 37. 



'00. p. 22; Fisheries, game and forest com. 5th rep't, '99. 



p. 374. 



256 Pigeon tremex, Tremex c o 1 u m b a Linn. Principal 

 food plants: diseased maples and elms. 



Chief accessible notices: Felt, E. P. N. Y. state mus. Bui. 20. 



'98. p. 18-19; Fisheries, game and forest com. 4th rep't, '98. 



p. 25-26. 



257 Lunate long sting, Thalessa lunator Fabr. A par- 

 asite of 256. 



