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pauge, that the beetles had stripped all the foliage from many young 

 peach trees in an orchard of about 30 acres was somewhat of a sur- 

 prise. He states that they work at night, burying themselves in the 

 dirt during the daytime, and that anywhere from 10 to 50 were found 

 under each tree, they apparently preferring Albertas. He found the 

 insects nowhere except in the peach orchard. A search of economic 

 literature resulted in finding no references to this species, and only 

 one or two to allied forms which had caused, in the case of D. fron- 

 dicola Blanch., considerable injuries to leaves of rose, mountain ash, 

 and wild plum in an Iowa nursery in 1871, and in that of D. harperi 

 Blanch., damaging strawberr}^ plants at Campbellsburg, Ind., in 1894. 



The codling moth (Garpocapsa pomonella Linn.) is a well-known 

 pest which, has been studied for a number of years, and we were sur- 

 prised to meet with many larv?e on a young apple tree, which had 

 entered galleries made by borers, and in excavating pupal cavities 

 had not refrained from eating into living tissues, where they caused 

 considerable bleeding and at first sight led one to suspect that the 

 injury was due to the round-headed borer. The tree in question has 

 a trunk about 6 inches in diameter, and some 12 or 15 larva3 were 

 taken from several of the cavities. Three or four of the cater- 

 pillars were found contiguous to living tissues, which had been 

 recently gnawed and from which considerable sap was flowing. The 

 borings were conspicuous, and many of the pellets were covered with 

 exuding sap. It is well known that larvae of this species gnaw pupal 

 cavities in dead bark, though our attention has never before been 

 called to its working in this manner in living tissues. 



The pear psylla (P. pyricola Forst.), like various species of plant 

 lice, distinguished itself b} r its remarkable abundance and excessive 

 depredations in many fruit-growing sections of the State. The injury 

 was much more general and severe than has been observed before, 

 and the explanation is probabty found in the unusually favorable 

 climatic conditions. Evidences of great damage began to appear in 

 June, and during July and August the trees presented a truly wretched 

 sight. In some cases the injury was so severe that most of the fruit 

 dropped. One correspondent, Mr. H. D. Lewis, of Anandale, reports 

 the crop of his section a failure on account of the work of this pest. 



The San Jose scale (Aspidiotus perniciosus Comst.) developed in 

 unusually large numbers toward the latter end of the season, and as 

 a consequence many infested trees were literally covered by this pest. 

 The rapidity of its spread in a locality is of considerable importance 

 and is undoubtedly influenced by a number of factors. The insect 

 has been in the large orchard of Mr. W. H. Hart, of Poughkeepsie, 

 for thirteen years, and yet it has failed to spread to any great extent, 

 portions being practically free even after the lapse of years. A close 

 examination of the center of infestation existing at Clinton Heights 

 shows that while the insect has been present there for about the same 



