. Annual report. Entomological Society of Ontario; Insect pests; Insects -- Ontario Periodicals. EKTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF ONTARIO. some parasitic fungus. The treatment which has been recommended for this pest is spray- ing the trees with kerosene emulsion just as the buds burst in spring. On the Pacific Coast, where it is also very prevalent, good results have been obtained with a winter wash consisting of sulphur one pound, lime two pounds, salt one pound, and water three gallons. The manufacture of this wash is described in detail in an article on the San Jose Scale published in our last ann
. Annual report. Entomological Society of Ontario; Insect pests; Insects -- Ontario Periodicals. EKTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF ONTARIO. some parasitic fungus. The treatment which has been recommended for this pest is spray- ing the trees with kerosene emulsion just as the buds burst in spring. On the Pacific Coast, where it is also very prevalent, good results have been obtained with a winter wash consisting of sulphur one pound, lime two pounds, salt one pound, and water three gallons. The manufacture of this wash is described in detail in an article on the San Jose Scale published in our last annual report. The Snowy Tree-Oricket {CEcanlhus niveua), or one of the allied species, is doing mucb harm in raspberry plantations about Hamilton. Several specimens of injured canes have been sent to me which had been pierced by the females when depositing their eggs. Some of these had split open down the whole length of the punctured area, and the canes in all cases were much weakened. This insect is claimed to be predaceous, and Miss Mary Murtfeldt, who I think was the first to observe this fact, says that they feed almost entirely upon Aphides and other minute pests and make ample compensation for all the injury that they do, and that they should be considered beneficial rather than injurious. Around Hamilton, however, I am told by Mr. Wm. McEvoy, of Woodburn, Ont., that the injuries to raspberry canes are serious. The only remedy which seems practicable is the pruning and burning of the injured canes early in spring before the eggs hatch, for the insect passes the winter in the egg state inside the canes. Figs. 15, 16 and 17, The insects I have mentioned 1 think will include all the worst enemies which have been brought before ray notice during the season as having occurred injuriously in the province. There were, of course, several others, but none requiring special mention, except^ perhaps, the Carpet Beetle (Anthrenus scrophularue), Fig. 18, which is gradually extending it
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