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fourth the damage of former years. July 25. Potato beetles not abun- 

 dant. Fall web worm still rare. Aug. 8. Codling moth [Carpo- 

 capsa pomonella] has worked in Bartlett pears the worst I ever 

 knew it to do. Well sprayed trees will not average one third perfect 

 fruit. Potato beetles giving no trouble. Aug. 22. 



Greene county (O. Q. Flint, Athens) — Within the past week forest 

 tent caterpillars [Clisiocampa disstria] have become quite 

 noticeable in river towns like Athens, Catskill, Saugerties; something 

 quite unusual, Apple tree tent caterpillars [Clisioc ampa ameri- 

 cana] are crawling about preparatory to spinning cocoons. June 3. 

 Elm leaf beetle [Galerucella luteola] is doing considerable 

 injury. Few tent caterpillars of either species are seen at present. 

 June 8. Work of elm leaf beetle becoming very noticeable. Last year 

 a number of elms in Athens were killed by this insect. June 23. Cocoons 

 of the forest tent caterpillar are comparatively few at Hensonville, 

 according to Mr Tremain Bloodgood, though the year before they were 

 very abundant. Two or three miles distant, where the pests did not occur 

 in numbers the previous year, cocoons are very abundant. Elms in 

 Athens generally affected by the work of the elm leaf beetle. Fall web 

 worm [Hyphantria cunea] attacking pear. July 1. The work 

 of the forest tent caterpillar is very evident in the towns of Windham and 

 Jewett. On examining the cocoons, there was no evidence of the moths 

 having issued, on the contrary most of them had been parasitized. The 

 people in that locality observed an absence of the moths, as compared 

 with the preceding season. The elm leaf beetle does not appear to be 

 present in the county back any distance from the river. The striped 

 cucumber beetle [Diabrotica v i 1 1 a t aj is said to be relatively 

 scarce. July 22. In taking a drive to west of Middleburg, passing through 

 portions of Greene, Albany and Schoharie counties, the work of the 

 forest tent caterpillar was generally manifest in the mountains. A second 

 brood of elm leaf beetles has appeared. Aug. 4. Striped cucumber beetle 

 is said to have been scarce the last two years, specially so the present 

 season. Aug. 26. Fall web worm present but not doing much injury. 

 Grasshoppers fewer than usual. Sep. 2. Fall web worm has been work- 

 ing on pear trees to quite an extent. Pear psylla [P.. p y r 1 c o 1 a] has 

 been very injurious and difficult to control. Elms still badly affected by 

 elm leif beetle. Sep. 16. Pear psylla has been doing considerable harm 

 in this section. [Pseudococcus aceris] is abundant on falling 

 maple leaves. Sep. 20. 



