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places were soon filled by others, and fruit-growers in his State had 

 found it impossible to even partly protect themselves in this manner. 



Mr. Lintner thought that the breeding grounds of the pest should 

 be searched for and the larvae destroyed. 



Mr. Smith said he had not found larvae in damp localities, where they 

 were said to occur, but in dry, sandy grounds. 



Mr Osborn felt (luite sure that the larvae of Diahrotica vittata must 

 have other food-plants besides the Cucurbitaceae. He also expressed 

 the opinion that the arsenites might be safely used on Cabbage, in 

 fighting cabbage worms, if the poison was used with proper caution. 



Mr. Howard said that about Washington both the native and im- 

 ported species of Pieris are very destructive to Cabbage, as well as 

 Plusia hrassicWj Plutella cruciferarum, Pionea rimosalis, Mamestra picta, 

 and M, trifoUi^ the last-named species being the most difficult to kill. 

 Certain truck farmers, he said, are using arsenical poisons on Cabbage 

 as the only good remedy, but are doing it very secretly. 



Mr. Lintner expressed surprise that the Plum Curculio ( Conotrachelus 

 nenuphar) should be so destructive to the apple crop in New Jersey. 

 No such damage to this crop, by this pest, had been reported in New 

 York. 



A specimen of the Asparagus Beetle [Grioceris asparagi), taken that 

 day in Rochester, N. Y., was exhibited by a young man, Mr. Ira Wile, not 

 a member of the Association. 



Mr. Webster stated that the Clover-leaf Weevil {Phytonomus puncta- 

 tus) had appeared in northeastern Ohio in destructive numbers. He 

 had observed it at Chautauqua Lake, New York, in 1888. The Clover 

 Eoot-borer (Hylastes trifoUi) had been sent him from northern Ohio, 

 with the complaint that it burrowed in the roots of peas. Specimens 

 of the depredator and its work had accompanied the complaint. The 

 ground where the attacked peas were growing had not been devoted to 

 clover for several years. OtiorJiynchus ovatus had shown a fondness for 

 the foliage of the Musk Melon in Wayne County, Ohio, and was very 

 abundant about the vines. No material injury could, however, be 

 traced to their work. 



Mr. Lintner said that the last-named species had been reported in 

 New York as infesting dwellings in great numbers, and Mr. Howard 

 said the same had been reported to the Department of Agriculture 

 from Ohio. 



Mr. Kellicott offered the following resolution : 



Resolved, That we respectfully request the publication, as heretofore, of the Pro- 

 ceedings of the present meeting in Insect Life, and that the Secretary be asked to 

 prepare the same for publication; and that he also be asked to prep&,re an abstract 

 of the Proceedings and request the publication of the same in the Canadian Entomolo- 

 gist. 



On motion of Mr. South wick, seconded by Mr. Smith, the resolution 

 was adopted. 



