REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST 



503 



Sumac Galls. (Country Gentleman, for September 20, 1894, lix, 

 p. 686, c. 1 — 13 cm.) 



Galls (described) from Clinton, N. Y., result from the operations of an 

 aphis, Melaphis rhois (Fitch). Its life-history is briefly given. The galls 

 occur on Rhus glabra and R. typhina. Its former rarity in New York is 

 noticed, and its occurrence also in some Western States. 



The Box-Elder Plant-Bug. (Country Gentleman, for September 

 27, 1894, lix, p. 699, c. 2, 3 — 17 cm.) 



An insect observed in abundance on the city sidewalks of Shenandoah, 

 Iowa, judging from the description given of it, is the box-elder plant- 

 bug, Leptocoris trivittatus (Say). It is a western insect long known as 

 destructive to foliage and blossoms, which has lately developed a fondness 

 for fruit. Means for its destruction are mentioned, and the principal fea- 

 tures from which it can be recognized. 



[See page 434 of this Report (x).] 



A Beetle Feeding on Green Corn. (Country Gentleman, for Sep- 

 tember 27, 1894, lix, p. 701, c. 2 — 18 cm.) 



A beetle sent from Hartford, Conn., found feeding in the tips of standing 

 sweet corn during the month of August, is one of theScarabaeidae, Euphoria 

 Inda (Linn.). It has on different occasions been recorded as injurious to 

 sweet corn while in the milk. It is not known if it commences the attack, 

 or if it merely follows that of birds. Its injuries committed on ripe fruit, 

 are referred to . 



Muskmelon Borers at the South. (Country Gentleman, for Oc- 

 tober 4, 1894, lix, p. 721, c. 2-4— 55 cm.) 



Correspondents from Pendleton, S. C, and Asheville, N. C, are an- 

 swered: there are two melon-boring caterpillars in the Southern States, de- 

 st»uctive to crops — the one, Eudioptis nitidalis (Cramer), the other, 

 Eudioptis hyalinata (Linn.). Their larval features are given, so far as 

 known, and their feeding habits. To what extent each species operates in 

 the Southern States, is not known . Remedies are suggested for their in- 

 juries, the efficiency of which must depend on a farther acquaintance with 

 their life-histories. Some of the literature upon them is cited. 



Pear Bust. (Country Gentleman, for October 4, 1894, lix, p. 

 722, c. 1, 2— 16 cm.) 



A pear received from Genesee county, N. Y., shows a "rust" upon its 

 surface which is not a fungus . It nearly comports with the described feat- 

 ures of the " orange rust " of Florida, caused by attack of the orange mite, 

 Typhlodromus oleivorus Ashmead; and it is not improbable that this pear 

 rust may be produced by a Phytoptus mite, which may prove to be, upon 

 further observations and the detection of the mite, Phytoptus pyri, over- 

 flowing from the foliage upon the fruit. 



