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given than tlie fact tliat in this the fourth year of its presence in 

 Albany it has not yet extended itself over a large portion of the city or 

 to any markedly injurious degree over one-half of its extent of 4 miles 

 as measured from its southern to its northern boundary. As stated by 

 Dr. Riley,* ^'the Insects deposit mostly on the trees nearest to Avhere 

 they develop, and are only partially migratory before ovipositing." 



On a short tour of inspection made on August 26 there were found 

 on Mj^rtle avenue, near Philix) street, a portion of which bounds the 

 nevr park (Beaver Park), in the vicinity of which the insect was first 

 reported, eight English elms which had been killed by it the present 

 year. The feeble leafage put out in the early spring was soon consumed 

 by the larvic which had hatched from the comparatively few eggs, 

 l^resumably, that the beetles had deposited under the en feebled condi- 

 tion of the trees. The next street, Bleecker i)lace, gave two or three 

 dead trees and others badly defoliated, i^ext in order, Ehn street, be- 

 tween Eagle and Philip, showed similar defoliation, and one large elm, 

 between 70 and 80 feet in height, where it was said the larvjie and 

 pupie had been abundant about two weeks i)reviously, upon which not a 

 single leaf could be seen. Two blocks to the northward, where the attack 

 had probably reached a year or two later and the beetle had not yet 

 become very abundant, the badly eaten trees were putting out a new 

 growth of leaves. A few blocks farther north are the Hawk street 

 elms, previously mentioned, which, in the steadily increasing numbers 

 of the insect, had been so continuously fed upon that not a vestige of 

 new growth was discoverable. The preceding year there had not been 

 the slightest apparent injury to their foliage. 



The examination extended over onl}^ a half mile, and, although each 

 street crossed showed marked evidence of the injury wrought by the 

 insect, yet a steady decrease was easily to be seen in the successive 

 streets between Beaver Park and the capitol grounds. To the north of 

 the capitol the infestation has not been of a character to arrest public 

 attention, and it is only upon looking for the insect or its work that it 

 is to be found. 



]^^ot l'7ioicH north of Albany. — It is reported as not yet having appeared 

 at Menands, 3 miles to the northward of Albauj', nor have I learned of 

 its presence in Troy, Schenectady, and other neighboring northern local- 

 ities, in reply to inquiries made, accompanied by information and illus- 

 tration that should insure its detection if it occurred. It is proposed 

 to follow u]) hereafter by i^ersonal observation the progress of this 

 insect along the Hudson River Valley until it shall reach Fort Edward, 

 beyond which we do not expect it to extend. 



Only a smaU portion of Albany infested. — It maybe stated here that 

 tbe insect thus far has not spread injuriously over the western part of 

 A-lbany; in fact, it is virtually limited to the southeastern corner. At 



* Bulletin No. 6, Division of Entomology, 1885, page 13. 



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