44 * BULLETIN NO. 4, "MVISION OF ENTOMOLOGY. 



Cranberry insects now demanded my attention, and my notes cease 

 until — 



September 4. — Went to Mr. Risley's yard; find them picking ; lice not 

 over abundant; plenty everywhere, but not doing any serious injury to 

 the hops ; in a few places only the hops are beginning to show traces of 

 mold ; winged forms are scarce, but there are a few. 



p. in. — With Mr. Cutter went to the Hannover farm ; picking is going 

 on, full blast, lice are not over abundant, less than they have been be- 

 fore the cold snap (the night of the 3d and 4th the temperature fell to 

 the freezing point"); winged forms in small numbers. Saw Mr. Sylves- 

 ter Gridley and his yard ; lice plenty; hops fair, but in some spots badly 

 damaged by the mold caused by lice. This is the worst so far. Mr. 

 Gridley says he lias seen tbe lice when grubbing; he has cultivated 

 hops for many years, has always had more or less trouble with lice, and 

 knows them perfectly; he was superintending grubbing, and was called 

 by some of tbe men to look at some hills they were at work upon ; found 

 that the young shoots were completely covered with lice ; whether winged 

 or not he cannot say ; saw this on several hills ; the lice were of full 

 size. Mr. Gridley's men claim that they have found tbe lice on the 

 poles when setting them in spring. 



September 5. — Hop Extract yard. Lice here very abundant, especially 

 in the low, "blighted" yard ; in some places they form double layers; to- 

 ward the tips and on joints they are especially plentiful, often forming 

 balls half an inch in diameter; many leaves are sucked dry; they 

 shrivel up, become brown, and die, and the inhabiting lice with them; 

 many vines were entirely brown and dry ; the hops were covered inside 

 and out. and were all moldy and rotting. There are many winged forms 

 and many with rudimentary wings— pupa*. I noticed none of these 

 yesterday. The night has been cold; this day, warm. 



September 6. — The night has been cold; at the Extract yards the lice 

 are not more numerous, but pupre and winged forms are largely on the 

 increase. Went to Deans ville and called at all yards on my way. 

 Everywhere the lice are fearfully abundant, and the hops are molding 

 fast. The entire crop this way is tainted and lessened in value. On a 

 bag of hops picked yesterday and left out over night the lice cover the 

 outside in a layer fully an inch thick. Where the vines have been piled 

 up clumps of lice, 4 to 6 inches in diameter, aggregated into a globular 

 mass of living matter, are seen. The number is incredible, and the 

 thing must be seen to be believed or appreciated. Toward evening it 

 became warmer and I noticed swarms of the aphids on the wing. 

 Though I watched long and carefully I could not find that they mated. 



September 7. — The night has been warm. To-day it is warm and show- 

 ery. At the Extract yards lice are, if possible, more numerous than 

 yesterday. A notable fact is that while yesterday there seemed to be 

 no very small forms and a large number of pupae, to-day there are many 

 wingel specimens, there are very few pupa3 and a new batch of very 



