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Mr. Webster stated further that the bud worm, to which Mr. Liutuer 

 referred, had been also quite troublesome and abundant in Ohio, and 

 also that Euphoria inda had been a serious pest to the peach crop the 

 present season, eating into the ripening fruit. 



Mr. Howard, referring to the oak kermes, stated that it was at one 

 time particularly abundant at Ithaca, N. Y., and its lepidopterous 

 parasite was also equally abundant. 



Mr. Kellicott stated that the scale was very common at Columbus, 

 Ohio, but the parasite referred to was not present. 



Mr. Kirkland stated that the damage from the army worm in Massa- 

 chusetts the present year would amount to upward of $250,000, being 

 chiefly to the cranberry crop. In the case of this crop some relief was 

 gained by cutting over the districts, and as the fields dried up the 

 worms abandoned them. He had had an early experience with the 

 army worm, in which he advised rolling over the ground with a heavy 

 roller, a recommendation which frequently appears in early writings 

 upon this insect. 



Mr. Howard, referring to the discussion of the army worm, stated that 

 it was obvious that in different localities the present season two or more 

 distinct generations of the worms had formed the injurious armies. He 

 stated that in Virginia he had known the second generation to be an 

 injurious one in one season, and in another season certainly the third 

 and probably the fourth. Apropos to Mr. Kirkland's experience with 

 the use of rollers, he said that his first experience with the army worm 

 occurred in the early summer of 1879 on reclaimed Dismal Swamplands 

 near Portsmouth, Va. He there advised, not from practical experience, 

 but from consulting Harris and Fitch, the use of a roller, and one of the 

 farmers afterwards told him that if there could have been a layer of 

 asphalt pavement between the worms and the roller he firmly believed 

 that the worms would have been crushed ! As it was, however, the use 

 of the roller was inefficacious. In this particular case the outbreak 

 was controlled by isolating the infested sections by flooding the draining 

 ditches, the isolated patches being then burned over. 



Mr. Smith stated that the army worm had also been present to some 

 extent in Sew Jersey, but was limited to particular fields, and the total 

 loss from this insect in the State was not large. The damage did not 

 occur at the same time in different. parts of the State. In Monmouth 

 County the injury was by the first brood in May. Northward the injury 

 was by the second brood in July. Referring to the common asparagus 

 beetle {Crioceris asparagi), he said a portion of every brood goes into 

 hibernation. The other asparagus beetle {Crioceris 12-puncUita) is 

 spreading over the entire State. Referring to the work of Elaphidion, 

 he stated that they had never been so numerous in New Jersey as the 

 present year, and were especially liable to occur in branches injured by 

 the cicada. The elm pest, Gossyparia ulmi, had been brought to his- 

 attention, he stated, for the first time this year, occurring on a tree in a 

 private garden, and had been completely exterminated by the owner. 



