REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST IQI7 
acteristic resting attitude, lengthwise of the supporting stalk and 
with the wings rather closely wrapped about the body. The eggs 
are dropped indiscriminately on grassland. Recently turned sod 
is likely to be moderately infested with partly grown hungry cater- 
pillars which usually shelter in a webby retreat near the surface and 
generally close to the base of affected corn or other plants upon 
which the insects feed. Remedial treatment is out of the question ~ 
and injury is best avoided by not planting corn on recently turned 
sod in sections where these pests are likely to be troublesome. 
Grasshoppers (Melanoplus atlani Ss Riley and others). 
These familiar pests were exceedingly abundant and destructive in the 
foothills of the Adirondacks in 1914, and less so in 1915. On account 
of these ravages they have been watched rather closely, especially 
during the past season, because of the importance of anticipating 
and preventing serious injury. The unusually heavy and con- 
tinued rains during the spring and early summer were unfavorable 
to the development of young grasshoppers and greatly promoted 
the growth of vegetation, both being not unimportant factors in 
reducing insect injury, especially if the latter be judged from casual 
indications. 
The cool weather delayed the appearance of the young insects and 
it was not till the latter part of June that reports were received 
of their being locally abundant, especially in the vicinity of Saratoga 
Springs. An examination at that time revealed a few limited 
areas where there was a moderate to somewhat heavy infestation, 
though in most instances there were not enough insects to threaten 
the crop seriously. Similar conditions were found to obtain on 
certain sandy areas in the town of Easton, Washington county, 
though the infestation was decidedly less than that observed in 
Saratoga county. A sandy area in the town of Schuylerville, directly 
west of Haystack station, was somewhat generally infested in early 
July, many of the insects probably drifting in from near-by semiwild, 
grassy areas. There were a few spots, evidently hatching grounds, 
on this latter where the insects had evidently been very abundant 
a little earlier. They were also numerous along a sandy lane. 
It is quite possible to overestimate the numbers of these pests, 
particularly where leaf hoppers are numerous, and this is just what 
occurred in certain fairly well-grassed pastures in the last-named 
area. It was easy to recognize a few of the small hoppers and 
then assume that all the jumping insects were these pests, whereas 
a considerable proportion were comparatively harmless leaf hoppers. 
It should be remembered that serious infestations of young grass- 
