INSECT MOTES PBOM MAKYLAND POB 1 39 



U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, I). ('.. for identifica- 

 tion, but Doctor Hopkins reported thai he was unable to identify it 

 even generically. The larvae collected were about an inch in Length, 



white with the first three or four segments much broader than the 

 remaining. They work below the surface of the ground in the sap- 

 wood of the pole, some penetrating an inch or more into the wood. 

 The pole from which our specimens were collected was very badly in- 

 fested, there being probably four dozen borers in it. The borers 

 weakened it so much at the surface of the ground that it had to be 

 removed. The infested butt has been secured and placed in the in- 

 sectary in the hope that adult specimens of the insect may be secured. 



NOTES ON INSECTS OF THE YEAR 1906 IN NEW YORK STATE. 

 By K. P. Felt, Albany, X. V. 



The leaf feeder-, such as the yellow-necked apple-tree caterpillar 

 (Datana ministra Dru.), the red-humped apple-tree caterpillar i Scki- 

 zura concinna S. and A. ). the hickory tussock moth i Halisidota carycB 

 Harr. ). and the black walnut worm (Datana integerrima Grt. and 

 Kob.). have received more attention than usual owing, probably, to 

 the wide-spread interest which led many to keep a close watch for 

 the possible occurrence of either the gipsy or brown-tail moth- (Por- 

 tJu tria dispar L. and Euproctis chrysorrha << L. ). A placard, describ- 

 ing these two insects briefly and figuring them in color-, was dis- 

 tributed in many sections of the State where there was likelihood of 

 the pests becoming established. It i> gratifying to state that no 

 undoubted evidence of even their casual occurrence in New York 

 State was -ecured. despite new-paper statements to the contrary. 

 Every report regarding these species was followed up and in each 

 instance found to be based upon insufficient information. An occur- 

 rence out of the ordinary was the capture in Albany of a large South 

 American moth (Thysania zenobia Cramer). 



The scurfy scale (Chionaspis furf ura Fitch) has continued abun- 

 dant in the Hudson Valley, being especially numerous on young fruit 

 trees in the vicinity of Annandale. 



Experiments with the San Jose scale (Aspidiotus pemicioh - 

 Comst.) have been continued and the weight of evidence i- decidedly 

 in favor of employing a lime-sulphur wash, which, if properly pre- 

 pared and thoroughly applied. giv< fully a- satisfactory results as 

 any other preparation. Several experiments were conducted largely 

 for the purpose of determining whether this wash could be further 

 modified t<> advantage. A Lime-sulphur wash was made in the 

 normal manner, except that the ordinary local burnt lime was re- 

 placed by a finely prepared hydrated magnesium lime known as 



