abundant in some parts of the state, and northward into 



The green-striped maple-worm of Dryocampa rubicunda sel- 

 dom appears in harmful numbers in New York or in the 

 Eastern States, but in Monticello, N. Y., on the grounds of 

 John D. Lyons, a number of soft-maple trees, which had been 

 set out by him a few years ago, were completely defoliated by 

 caterpillars during the past season. In several of the Western 

 States, notably in Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska, the soft- 

 maples planted as shade trees in cities are annually almost 

 stripped of their foliage (see Bulletin No. 14, Vol. iii. 1890, 

 of the Agricultural Experiment Station of Nebraska). 



The cabbage caterpillar of Plusia brassicce, which in the 

 southern states is one of the principal pests with which cab- ( 

 bage-growers have to contend, but which has never become , 

 common in the state of New York (see Second Report on the 

 Insects of New York), has been complained of as giving much 

 trouble in a greenhouse in Garden City, Long Island. Rev. 

 Dr. Cox has written of it that "the caterpillar specially 

 affects young parsley, but will also make a continuous meal 

 upon heliotrope, pelargonium, and in fact on almost any green 

 thing." 



The canker-worm, Anisopteryx vernata, was so abundant in 

 some orchards in Monroe county as to have nearly destroyed c 

 the foliage. Some orchards in Cooperstown, Otsego county, v 

 were so despoiled by the caterpillars as to present the appear- 

 ance of having been scorched and shrivelled by fire. 



The apple-worm of the codlin-moth, Carpocapsa pomonella, 

 w as less injurious than usual. An extensive fruit-grower and C 

 nurseryman from near Rochester wrote of it: "Codlin- 

 moths i n our orchards were almost extinct, it being rather 

 difficult to find an apple showing codlin-moth injury. I can- 

 not account for this " he wrote, "as ordinarily they are very 

 abundant." 



Severe injuries to potatoes from the white grub, Lachnos- 

 %T fUSl ' a ( WGre re P° rtedfrom Chautauqua county. Another V 

 Cambridge, N. Y* by j! L? Smart, with the statement that it 



