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have not iinfrequently wondered what species it would be that would 
come to the front, and what heretofore uncommon species would show 
itself in numbers sufficiently great to cause trouble among the agricul- 
tural and horticultural interests of the country; and it is the unexpected 
that always occurs. Foremost in this year's surprises came the dis- 
covery of the larva? of Fidia viticida Walsh in the extensive vineyards 
along the shores of Lake Erie. But, as this subject will form the basis 
of a separate paper, I will not discuss it here. 
Early in January there came a complaint from the vicinity of Cin- 
cinnati regarding a serious injury to the Lucretia dewberry, which had 
been extensively grown in that section of the State, the industry being 
now in a precarious condition, however, owing to what had been sup- 
posed to be the effect of winter killing of the previous year's growth, but 
now believed to be due to the attacks of some insect unknown to the 
growers. My lirst visit made to the locality revealed the destroyer in the 
shape of the well-known depredator, the red-necked Agrilus (A. ruficol- 
lis Fab.). The attack was generally made near or just above the surface 
of the ground, and while the plants remained alive during the summer 
and fall, very few survived the winter and produced fruit the following 
year. In the latitude of Cincinnati adults appear quite early in the 
season, and I found them quite numerous on May 18, fully a month 
earlier than they are to be found in the northern part of the State. A 
very few of the beetles were to be found abroad in this locality on June 
27, thus showing that the adult period lasts about six weeks. In the 
matter of preventives, I think we have settled the problem, at least so 
far as the dewberry is concerned. From a number of accidental cases 
and some experiments made by Kentucky growers, it seems every way 
probable that young growth in which the eggs have been deposited 
can be cut out about the 25th of June, and the second growth, now neces- 
sarily free from attacks, will furnish sufficient wood to produce a full 
crop of fruit the following year. 
Late in April it became evident that we were to have trouble from 
the clover-leaf weevil {Phytonomus punctatus Fab.). This insect has for 
the last three or four years been gradually making its way across the 
State, both along the lake and the Ohio Eiver. This year it passed over 
the western line, in the northern section, far over into Indiana, if not 
indeed to Illinois. Cocoons were received from Monroe County, Ohio, 
April 25, and for a short time every mail brought complaints of the 
depredations of the larva?. One report of injury came from West Vir- 
ginia. The clover fields about Wooster were being literally eaten to the 
ground, when suddenly, as it seemed, the fungoid disease {Entomoph- 
thora sphcerosperma Fres.) appeared, and the result was simply astound- 
ing. A farmer came to me on a Saturday to say that his field was 
literally swarming with the larva? and the clover being fast destroyed, 
but on the following Wednesday, he came again to tell me that the 
rain or something had killed .them off so that it was then difficult 
