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Muskmelon borers at the south. (Country gentleman. Oct. 4, 1894- 

 59:72126) 



General aceouut of the two melon boring caterpillars iu the southern states, 

 Eudiojytis [Alargaronia] nitklalis Cram, aud E. [^Margaroma] hyalinata Linn. 



Pear rust. (Country gentleman. Oct. 4, 1894. 59:722^'') 



Pear shows a rust which may have hefen caused by a mite, possibly 

 Phytoptus x>!jri. 



'Pear rust' — cause unknown. (Country gentleman. Oct. 25, 1894. 



59:773'') 

 The above is probably but an unusual de /elopraeut of its natural rast. 



Indian Cetonia. (Gardening. Nov. i, 1894. 3:55-56, col. 3, r) 



Gives the habits o( Euryomia lEuphoria] inila and states that the reported 

 injury to the bark of young pear trees is confiimatory of an earlier state- 

 ment. 



Injurious beetles. (Gardening. Nov. i, 1894. 3:56,001. r-2)- 



Brief notice of Euryomia [Evx>horia~\ hula, CyUciie robiniae Forster and 

 GlycoMus [^Plagionotus~i speciosus Say. 



Maple tree borer. (Gardening. Nov. i, 1894. 3:56, col. 2) 



Identifies the pupal case of Aegcria \_Sesia] accnii Clem- and give's remedies. 



Squash bug. (Gardening. November i, r894.~ 3:56, col. 2, 3) 

 Gives several remedies for the squash bug, Anasa tristis De Geer. 



Report of the state entomologist to the regents of the University of 

 the State of New York, for the year 1893. Albany. November 1894. 

 26 p. 



Contents 



PAGE 



Transmittal 177 



Increasing interest in the work of 



the department 178 



Publications of the entomologist. 178 

 Additions to the state collection.. 179 

 Collections made iu the Adiron- 

 dack mountains 179 



Operations against the gypsy moth 

 in Massachusetts 180 



PAGB 



The destructive wheat midge in 



western New York 183 



Remarkable abundance of apbids 



or plant lice 183 



Grasshopper plague in western 



New York 186 



Insect defoliators of shade and 



fruit trees ■... 188 



Appendix 

 Index to report for 1886 193 



San Jos6 scale. (Albany evening journal. Nov. 7, 1894. p. 6, col. 5) 

 Notes the finding of Aspidiotus perniciosiis in a pear orchard at Kinderhook 

 N. Y., and gives its distribution. 



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