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destructive. July 5. Potato beetle still very injurious. Aug. 8. 

 The striped cut worm [Carneades tessellataj has been very 

 injurious. It eats almost any green thing, specially cabbage and cauli- 

 flower plants. I have seen in one field hundreds of plants cut completely 

 off, or so nearly so that the tops dropped to the ground. From around 

 one plant 20 of these destructive pests were dug out Sep. 18. 



Rensselaer county (W. C. Hitchcock, Cropseyville) — Grasshop- 

 pers [Schistocerca rubiginosa and probably othc s] are very 

 abundant. May 24. Forest tent caterpillar [Clisiocampa 

 dis stria] is numerous in several localities. Elm leaf beetle [Gal- 

 enic e 1 1 a luteolaj is abundant ; the Baltimore oriule is feeding 

 on it. June 18. 



Rockland county (S. B. Huested, Blauvelt) — Apple tree tent cater- 

 pillars [Clisiocampa americana] are com, aratively rare. 

 Pear midge [Diplosis p y ri v o r a] is one of our worst enemies 

 and has done its work. We notice an absence of birds, robins, etc. 

 being fewer than usual. May 20. Work of the elm leaf beetle [ Gal- 

 erucella luteola] is less serl >us than usual. No Colorado po- 

 tato beetles [Doryphora 10-lineata] seen. June 3. Cherry 

 and apple aphids are plenty. Potato b etles appearing. Potato flea 

 beetle [Epitrix cucumeris] docs much damage. June 16. 

 Rose beetles [Macrodactylus subspinosus] are present but 

 not in large numbers. They appear to manifest a decided preference for 

 the blossoms of tulip trees and it has been recommended to plant them 

 in an orchard as a preventive of injury by this insect. June 24. Fall 

 web worm [Hyphantria cunea] has appeared, but no great 

 damage is done by it. Aug. 12. 



St Lawrence county (Mary B. Sherman, Ogden^burg) — Forest 

 tent caterpillars [Clisiocampa disstria] were first noticed about 

 eight weeks ago on the small smooth branches of the younger apple 

 trees. They are now about the size of a small pencil and about 1^ 

 inches long, though there are still miny young ones. Ever} thing is 

 infested, but as maples are abundant, the trees have not yet suffered 

 severely. The forerunner of our shad fly [May fly] has appeared within 

 the past two days. This we call the fish fly. The worst shad fly day is 

 usually about June 5. Currant aphis [Myzus r i b i s] present in 

 numbers. Currant worms [Pteronus ribesii] are as nu nerous 

 as usual. June 3. A new currant worm [Diastictis ribearia 

 the currant span wormj has appeared within 10 days in many gardens in 



