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they present a more or less browned appearance. In Watervliet, where 

 American elms abound, the ravages have been frightful, including 

 practically all the elms. 



GaJerucella cavicollis Lee. — In his eleventh report, Dr. Lintner noticed 

 this insect briefly and gave its earlier history. The species is one that 

 is apparently changing its habits and becoming destructive. Mr. 

 Tupper, of Corning, N. Y., submitted examples of this insect and leaves 

 from his cherry trees, with the statement that they were injuring the 

 trees seriously and might kill them. This is the second record of a 

 recent attack on cherry in New York State by this species. 



Notolophus leucosiigma Sni.-Abb. — The larvae of this species were 

 unusually destructive in Albany this season. Not only were a large 

 number of horse chestnuts defoliated, as frequently occurs from year 

 to year, but many of the maples and lindens were seriously injured. 

 On some trees the caterpillars were so abundant as to cause an un- 

 pleasant odor. It appears nearly impossible to secure adequate protec- 

 tion for trees along the streets, unless it is undertaken by the municipal 

 authorities. The private individual who inquires what he should do to 

 protect his trees after two-thirds of the foliage is destroyed usually 

 neglects to take proper precautions to prevent trouble another season. 

 The injuries by this species in Buffalo have been so general as to excite 

 considerable attention from the public, and have led to the issuing of 

 a special circular by the board of public works, giving directions for 

 controlling the insect. It was also reported as very abundant at 

 Flushing, Long Island. 



Ravages by tent caterpillars. — In early spring a number of reports 

 came to me of the extraordinary abundance and destructiveness of 

 the apple-tree tent caterpillar, Clisiocampa americana Harr. In many 

 localities the larvae stripped the trees and nearly covered the naked 

 limbs with their webs. Such work was clearly the result of neglect, 

 and yet Dr. S. D. Willard, of Geneva, who cares for his trees each year, 

 informed me that this insect caused him considerable trouble last spring, 

 notwithstanding his efforts to keep it under control. Last year the 

 so-called forest tent caterpillar, Clisiocampa disstria Hlibn., was very 

 injurious in certain parts of the State, stripping the foliage from hun- 

 dreds of acres of maples and other trees in Delaware County and in 

 other portions of the State. It was hoped that the ravages by this 

 species would not be repeated the present season, but such was not the 

 case. Examples of this caterpillar were received from Glen Falls, X. Y., 

 on June 2, with the statement that they were very numerous and injur- 

 ing the maples seriously. At Trenton Falls, N. Y., the caterpillars 

 were very abundant and injurious in the woods, although the trees 

 were only partially defoliated. At Eussell, St. Lawrence County, the 

 leaves were stripped from 125 acres of maple trees, most probably by 

 this species. It was also reported to me as very injurious this year in 

 Otsego, Delaware, and Greene counties. 



