36 BULLETIN NO. 1, DIVISION OF ENTOMOLOGY. 
Orange, lemon, lime, pomolo-citron roots. — Termites* do great damage 
at surface, girdling the trees. A black antt infests any bruised spot, 
boring into sound wood. Oiketicus girdles small limbs. Scale attacks 
limbs and foliage ; several varieties of grasshoppers eat the tender leaves 
and angular wood. The Metapodius femoratus, Anisoscelis albicinctus, 
and Leptoglossus pliyllopus puncture the young stems, which soon wither - 7 
the larva of the Papilio cresphontes defoliates whole limbs, and a small 
red larva, apparently a web-worm, destroys young trees by eating the 
leaves and buds. 
Mulberry. — I have seen several leaf- rollers, miners, &c, but have no 
notes ui)on them. 
Oak. — Many valuable shade-trees have been destroyed this season by 
a borer, that at first destroys a large area of "cambium" around its 
entrance 5 then a large hole is bored upward and toward the center of 
the tree. I have not obtaiued it. Another borer attacks the roots, or 
at the collar. The young limbs are infested by a very large scale and 
plant-lice, the leaves by various Tortricids, Geometers, &c. 
Pine. — Scale on the young limbs, Lophyrus on the leaves, and a worm 
that bores the terminal bud and is very destructive to the regular 
growth of young timber. J 
The larva? of Sphinx coni/erarum are occasionally met with. The lar- 
va? of Buprestris, "the Sawyer", destroy many trees. Entering a grow- 
ing tree from a place bruised or hacked, they soon destroy the "cam- 
bium," and one tree thus infested apparently communicates the insect to 
others not previously harmed. The pine is also injured by many other 
insects not yet examined. 
Persimmon. — Often defoliated by a Clisiocampa (?) and a leaf- roller. 
The Japanese varieties are infested with a white mealy bug or scale.§ 
Peach. — Leaves eaten by a worm ; scale || very bad on oldish trees, # often 
destroying an orchard: young leaves infested by Aphides, stein injured 
by JEJgeria exitiosa. and a Buprestid borer. Lice on roots, and also a 
larva of a beetle. Fruit occasionally harmed by a worm. 
Plum. — Early leaves often covered by Aphides. Leaves eaten by 
larva of Papilio cresphontes. 
Artichoke. — Tops infested with Metapodius and Leptogiossus. Tu- 
bers eaten by Termites. 
Beans. — Boots often thickened, spongy, and filled with lice.. Stems 
bored out near the ground by a small, bright green larva, causing rotting 
of the stem. Leaves eaten by Seirarctia larva, Eiidamus, and several 
Tortricids. Pods punctured by a gray Lytta. Seeds eaten by a beetle 
and weevil.fl 
* Termcs flavipes Kollar. 
t Crematogasttr Uneoldta (Say). 
$ Probably a Retinia. 
§ Daciri/lopius, 
|j Lecamum persicce. Boucb6. 
^\ Silvan us quadricollis Guer. and Calandra oryza> (Linn.)- 
