REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST 



497 



On Arsenical Spraying of Fruit- Trees While in Blossom. 

 (Insect Life, vi, 1893, pp. 181-185.) 



It is still a question if the observed mortality of bees visiting sprayed 

 blossoms is the result of the arsenic or some other cause or causes. The 

 experiments of Professors Webster and Cook are cited. A satisfactory test 

 would be the examination of the stomachs of bees believed to have been 

 poisoned by the arsenic. Legislation in Ontario against spraying fruit-trees 

 while in blossom. May arsenic blight the blossoms? Until the harmlessness 

 of spraying at this time can be established it should be discontinued, but if 

 harmless it should not be intermitted during the blossoming season, when 

 several pests can be better controlled than at any other time. Seventeen 

 species are named which are operating destructively at this time. 



Eighth Eeport on the Injurious and Other Insects of the State of 

 New York for the Year 1891. Albany, 1893. [Issued Febru- 

 ary 7, 1894.] Pages 218, figures 53. (Forty-fifth Annual 

 Eeport on the New York State Museum for the Year 1891. 

 Albany, 1892 [issued in February, 1894], pp. 103-320, figs. 53.) 



The contents are: Introductory. Injurious Insects: Synchlora glau- 

 caria, the Raspberry Geometer. Bucculatrix Canadensisella, the Birch- 

 leaf Bucculatrix. Diplosis pyrivora, the Pear-midge. Clastoptera obtusa, 

 the Obtuse Clastoptera. Clastoptera pini, the Pine Clastoptera. Chauliodes 

 pectinicornis, the Comb-horned Fish-fly. Corydalis cornuta, the Horned 

 Corydalis. Notes on Various Insects. Thalessa lunator, the Lunated 

 Long-sting. ? Janus flaviventris, the Currant-stem Girdler. Nematus 

 Erichsonii, the Larch Saw-fly. Feniseca Tarquinius, the little Orange But- 

 terfly. Eudryas grata, the Beautiful Wood-nymph. Scoliopteryx libatrix, 

 the Scallop-wing. Exechia species? a Fungus Gnat. Telephorus? bilin- 

 eatus, occurring on snow. Lachnosterna fusca, the White-grub of the 

 May-beetle. Cyllene pictus, the Hickory Borer. Tenebrio molitor, the 

 Meal-worm. PuMnaria innumerabilis, the Maple-tree Scale Insect. 

 Gryllus luctuosus, the Common Black Cricket. Trombidium locus- 

 tarum, the Locust Mite. Insect Attacks — Their Remedies and Pre- 

 ventives. Remedies for the Peach-tree Borer. An Ichneumonized Cater- 

 pillar. Interesting case of Parasitism. A New Onion Pest, Agrotis 

 ypsilon. The Stalk-borer, Gortyna nitela, as an External Feeder. The 

 Cow-horn Fly in New York. Wire-worms and Remedies for them. The 

 Rose-bug and How to Kill it. The Maple-tree Borer, Glycobius speciosus. 

 The Squash-bug, Anasa tristis. The Hop -vine Aphis and Remedies. The 

 Melon Aphis, Aphis cucumeris. Melon and Strawberry Pests : Aphis 

 cucumeris and Corimelaana pulicaria. Scale Insects on Camellia and Olean- 

 der. A Grapevine Scale Insect, Lecanium sp.? Apple-tree Insects of Early 

 Spring. Some Injurious Insects of 1890. Appendix : (A) Entomological 

 Addresses. Some Injurious Insects of Massachusetts. Our Insect Enemies 

 and How to Meet them. (B) Publications of the Entomologist during 

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