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Contents 



Introductory 121 



Injurious insects 129 



SyncMora glaucarla, raspberry 



geometer 129 



Bucculatrix canadensisella, birch 



leaf Bucculatrix 133 



Diplosis pyrivora, pear midge... 140 

 Clastoptera obtusa, obtuse Clas- 



toptera 152 



Clastoptera pini loHusa], pine 



Clastoptera 153 



Chauliodes pectinicornis, cnmb 



horned fish fly 155 



Corydalis cornuta, horned Cory- 



dalis 159 



Notes on various insects 163 



Thalessa lunator, lunate long 



stiug 163 



Janus fiaviventris [integer^, cur- 

 rant stem girdler 166 



Nematus [Lygaeonematus'] erich- 



somii, larch saw fly 168 



Feniseca tarqwinius, little orange 



butterfly 169 



Eudryas \_Eut'hisanotia'] grata, 



beautiful wood nymph 170 



Scoliopteryx Kbatrix, scallop 



wing 171 



Exechia species?, a fungus gnat. 172 

 Telephorust hilineatus, occurring 



on snow 172 



Lachnosterna fusca, white grubof 



the May beetle 174 



Cyllenepictus, hickory borer 175 



Tenebrio mnlitor, mealworm 176 



Puli'inaria innumeradilis, maple 



tree scale insect 177 



Gryllus luctuosus, common black 



cricket 179 



Tromhidium locustarum, locust 



mite 179 



Insect attacks — their remedies and 



preventives 181 



Remcdiesforthepeach tree borer 181 

 An ichueumouized caterpillar — 



interesting case of parasitism. 186 

 Agrotis ypsilon Rott ., a new ouiou 



pest 188 



G-ortytia IHydroecia^ niteJa, stalk 



borer, as an external feeder.. 191 



Cow horn fly in New York 192 



Wire worms and remedies for 



them 197 



Rose bug and hove to kill it 200 



Glycohiiis IPlagionotus^ speeio- 



sus Say, maple tree borer 202 



Anasa tristis Be Geer, squash 



bug 205 



Hop vine aphis and remedies... 207 

 Aphis cucumeris Forbes [gossy- 



pH^, melon aphis 210 



ApJds cucumeris Igossypii] and 



Corimelaenapulicaria,!is melon 



and strawberry pesis 212 



Scale insects on camellia and 



oleander 214 



Grape vine scale insect, Leca- 



nhm sp.? 215 



Apple tree insects of early 



spring 216 



Some injurious insects of 1890 . . 221 



Appendix 



(A) Entomological addresses 227 



Some injurious insects of Massachusetts 227 



Our insect enemies and how to meet them 258 



(B) Publications of the entomologist dnriug 1891 278 



(C) Publications of the entomologist for 1875 and 1876 290 



(D) Contributions to the department., 296 



(E) Classified list of insects noticed in this report 302 



General index 304 



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