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T24 Report OF THE ENTOMOLOGIST OF THE 
these may be used at the rate of one pound of the poison to from 
150 to 200 gallons of water, adding two pounds of fresh slaked 
lime to prevent injury to the foliage. “Destroying the eggs, larva 
and adults early in the season especially, should not be neg- 
lected. 
Tue Meron Locss. 
(Aphis cucumeris, Forbes.) 
It has been impossible to ascertain definitely whether this in- 
sect has yet appeared in any considerable numbers on Long 
Island or not. It is, however, a well-known pest in New Jersey, 
although probably a new comer in the east. The melon louse 
was first described several years ago by Prof. S. A. Forbes of 
Illinois in his Twelfth Annual Report as Entomologist for that 
State, and is there characterized as “a minute, very sluggish, green 
or greenish-black insect, occurring in immense numbers from 
spring to late summer, on the under side of the leaves, and alse 

Fie. 2— Melon Louse, winged viviparous female. (After Prof. J. B. Smith ) 
upon the roots of muskmelons, cucumbers, squashes and other 
cucurbitaceous plants, causing the leaves to curl and shrivel and 
lose their color and greatly hindering the development of the 
plants.” As it has been impossible to ascertain the life-history of - 
this insect, as it occurs on Long Island, the matter will be left for 
future investigation. 
In all probability this is one of the insects which annually tax 
the farmer without his suspecting it. It is hoped that another 
season will reveal the truth of the matter. When abundant it 
is a serious pest to melon, citron and cucumber vines, and is not 
