The Insect pest survey bulletin

THE INSECT PEST SURVEY

BULLETIN


A periodical review of entomolog.cdA conditions throughout the United States
issued on the first of each month from March to December, inclusive.


Volume 11


November 1, 1931.


Number 9


BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY
UNITED STATES
UNITED STATES


DEPARTMENT OF


AGRICULTURE


AND


THE STATE ENTOMOLOGICAL

AGENCIES COOPERATING
















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INSECT PEST SURVEY BULLETIN


Vol. II Novem'ber 1, 1931 No. 9



OUTSTA2TDITG EIT'.o.:OLOGICcAL F7 TURhS IN, THESE UNITED STATES FOR OCTOBZR,1931

Despite the very late appearance of the cotton leaf worm in the Gulf
Region, the roths of this insect did some damage to fruit in centr-.l Mis-
souri and southeastern Nebraska. The only other records we have of flights
of the moths into the North was a report from Michigan that a single speci-
men was collected on October 21 at Shelby.

The plains false wireworm- is doing considerable damage to the nc'.'ly
planted wheat in western Kansas.

The Asiatic beetle severely damaged lawns at points in Connecticut and
New York.

Soil surveys m-nade during Septc-ber indicate that the Japanese beetle
infestation is definitely heavier than it was this spring in the Moores-
town district in New Jersey, and in the Jenkintovin district in PBnnsylvania.
These surveys further indicate that this insect is ;e'-,2raolly distributed
as far northward as Plainfield and Metuchen,N.J., fith loc!1lieod colQ--Aes be-
yond this region.

Grubs of the scarabsaid Ochorosidia villosa Bur7. were reported as
having very seriously d-a:ed the turf on the fairways of a country club
at Bayvsidc, and lawns ,t Lawrence and 7o0od~ere in cw" Ynrc. 7e also have
a report of a lawn being ruined by this insect in the suburbs of >.'a-ii:-
ton, D. C.

In the East Central States an unusually heavy emergence of the Hessian
fly occurred in September. In -ost places, however, this was too early to
infest the wheat sown after the fly-free date. V'lmunteer "'heat, thou, h
scarce, is heavily infested.

... The corn ear worm persisted extrc--ely late in the northern States. In
Maine this insect was more nur-erous than has been observed in the -ast ten
years, and similar reports of unprecedented infestations occurred as far
west as ,isconsin, Mi.mesota, South Dakota, and Iown. It not only ..i.-ed
late sweet corn but also ate the nature field corn and did very- considerable
damage by entering greenhouses, where the larvae attached. -oractically all
forcing plants.


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The chinch bug maintained a population in the ast Central States
of such proportions that the number of bugs going into hibernation is
distinctly alarming. This insect has also been re-oorted from east-cen-
tral Pennsylvania.

The fall armyworm was re-ported during the last few days in Septem-
ber from the lower Gulf region in Louisiana, where it was damaging soy-
beans and sugarcane. This insect was also. reported as a pest to flowers
growing under glass in Michigan. .

At harvest time side-sting injury by the codling moth was observed
to be unusually prevalent throughout New -England and the Middle Atlantic
States. Similar injury extended across the lake region into Minnesota
and Iowa.

Apple leafhoppers were so prevalent at harvest time in the orchards
of New England, the Middle Atlantic States southward to Virginia, and
the East Central States westward to Illinois and Kentucky, that these in-
sects,in addition to spoecking the fruit, were a very decided nuisance to
the pickers.

The citrus whitefly was reported as quite generally abundant from
Georgia and Florida to Mississipp-oi.

Along the Atlantic seaboard, from Virginia southward to South Caro-
lina and Alabama, the cabbage webworm has been doing very appreciable
damage to cruciferous crops. This insect is also occurring in damaging
numbers on cauliflower in southern California.

The pickle vorm, during late fall, appeared in the Middle Atlantic
and New England States in greater numbers than it has in many years.
The first record of this insect as a -oest in Connecticut was made this year.
The insect was so numerous that practically no squash was harvested in
the Charleston section of South Carolina, and many fields of late cucum-
bers were completely ruined in north-central Florida.

The cabbage looper is reported as damaging spinach in Ohio and Penn-
sylvania.

The birch skeletonizer is heavily defoliating birch in Maine, New
Hampshire, and northeastern New York'. This insect has also been re-
ported from Wisconsin and Minnesota. The birch leaf-mining sawfly is
also seriously infesting birch from Maine to northern New York..









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The boxelder bug is very unusually prevalent in Virginia, '.aryland,
and Delav-are. This insect is also reported as very prevalenIt in the
3ast Central States, 'Jest Centrl.1 States, Utah, an. 7ashington.

Damage to azaleas and rhododendrons by white grubs is becoming' in-
creasingly prevalent in s-uthorn labama where these o-lants are used
very extensively as orna-nentals.

The Eur.pcnn thrips Taeniothrins atratus montanus Priesner is
recorded for the first time in the United States. It was found this sunm-
mer on gladiolus at Lon-ncadow, Mass ..-. .






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Florida


Indiana



Illinois




Tennessee





Wisconsin


Minnesota








Oklahoma




South Dakota


GENERAL FEEDERS

GRASSHOPPRS (Acrididae)

*F. S. Chamberlin (October 8): Grasshoppers, mainly Melanoplus
sp., are more abundant than usual in Gadsden County for this
season of the year.

J. R. Watson (October 25): Grasshoppers are moderately
abundant and are doing considerable damage to young citrus
trees in the northern and central parts of Florida.

J. J. Davis (October 24): Grasshoppers were reported abundant
and destructive in tomato fields at Sulphur Springs, Henry
County, October 7.

W. P. Flint (October 24): While grasshoppers were only
slightly more abundant than usual in the State this year, they
have had ideal conditions for eg,.-,laying during the fall and
we anticipate serious damage next year.

C. Benton (September): Grasshoppers are locally abundant
near FaTetteville but no commercial damage has been reported,
largely owing to the fact that on account of drought the usual
September plantings of small grain and lenumes were not made.
Much volunteer wheat has been eaten up by them.

E. L. Chambers (October 27): Grasshoppers are moderately
abundant but still quite numerous in certain sections.

A. G. Ruggles (September 26): Grasshoppers are gradually
dying off, but egg laying continues by those left, on sides
of roads, ditch bans and edges of fields, and parts of
pastures are filled with eggs in the infested area of the Red
River Valley. Adults are still numerous enough around Stephen
to eat off several acres of fall rye down below the surface of
the ground. We can not see what will prevent a big outbreak
in 1932.

C. F. Stiles (October 28): Most of the grasshoppers have
laid their e,-s and disappeared from Oklahoma. With favorable
weather for development of grasshoppers, we may expect a serious
outbreak in central and southwestern Oklahoma next year.

H. C. Severin (October): We have not had a killing frost as
yet, and surviving grasshoppers are still laying eggs. The
species surviving in largest numbers are M. differentialis Thos.,
M. mexicanus mexicanus Sauss., and M. femur-rubrum DeG.
M. bivittatus Say is an earlier species, and while it was the
most ha..ful of the four mentioned, it began to die off late
in August, and only a few survive at present. An immense number
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Iowa


M i s souri



ansas



Zebraska


Mississippi


c. a-ed this year, while in much of the remainder of the State
the eggs are sufficiently abundant to cause alairrr. If weather
conditions will favor the grasshoppers this winter and next
spring, the d -..-ed area in South D-aota promises to be much
increased.

H. E. Jaoques (October 25): Grasshoppers have been moderately
abundant in many parts of the State. Many may still be found.
Late garden crops and other vegetation has suffered from th>m.

L. Baseman (October 22): The red-legged and differential
grasshopoers have continued in goodly numbers, ovipositing up
to the middle of October.

H. R. Bryson (October 24): Grasshoppers are moderately
abu-ndant in most sections of the State. Practically no damage
has been reported during the past month.

M. H. Swerik (October 24)? Grasshoppers have largely
disappeared now, having laid eggs.

C. Lyle and assistants (October): The only report of grass-
hopper damage during October was to soybeans at Cruaer. (Abstract,
J.A.)


COTTON LEAF '"OR:. (Alabama argillacea Hbn.)


Michigan



!4issouri


iebraska



MlIississippi


West Virginia


R. H. Pettit (October 24): A single specimen was taken on
or about October 21 at Shelby. This constitutes the sole record
for this year up to the present time in Michigan.

L. Haseman (October 22): Cotton leaf worm moths have continued
abundant and injurious to fruit at Columbia all this month.

M. H. Swerik (October 25): A small flight of moths reached
Nebraska during the first week in October, and were complained
of at that time as damaging ripe peaches in Cass County.

C. L7le and assistants (October): The cotton leaf worm is
unusually scarce throughout the State this year, the infestations
being so ]i'ht that no control measures were found necessary.
(Abstract, J.A.i. )

ITZIE GPJJBS (P-llopp--.ra spp.)

L. 1. Peairs (October 24): White -mrbs are very abundant
In laws at Parkersburg.

T. H. Parks (October 24): Several complaints reached this
office during Septem.ber of white grub injury occurring to
lawns in Columbus.








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Minnesota


Mi s sour

Nebraska


Pennsylvania







Indiana



Mississippi




Oklahoma


California


Kansas


New York
and
Pennsylvania


A. A. Granovsky (September 27): White grub's are very abundant.
A few lawns in Minneapolis are badly infested with Brood B larvae.

L. Haseman (October 22): White -rubs are reported at Columbia.
Still abundant in first 6 inches o0 surface soil.

M. H. Swen: (October 26): nWhite grubs continued to be observed
actively feeding until about October 23.

WI R S0PS .( Elat eri dae)

C. A. Thomas (October 20): 7Wireworms cau-sed considerable
injury to potato tubers on several farms in Pennsylvania this
su,..-r, reports coming from'-Erie, Crawford, Huntingdon,
Lycomning, Chester, and Bucks Counties. In southeastern
Pennsylvania the chieLf injury was by larvae of Pheletes agonus
Say while in Erie County a Melanmotus larva was the chief
offendCer. '

J. J. Davis (October 24): Wireworms were serious pests of
potatoes in several localities near Evansville according to
report sent October 17.

State Plant Board (October 26), Wirewo a injury to sweet-
potato tubers has been reported d(.rinig October as rather serious
in Jackson, Monroe, Lauderdale, Rankin, Copiah, and Bolivar
Counties.

C. F. Stiles (October 28): Wireworms are damaging some
fields of wheat in Alfalfa County.

E. 0. Essig (September 28): Wireworms are moderately abundant.

PLAINS FALSE WIRVOsM (mEeodes opaca Sa.y)

H. R. Bryson (October 24): The false wireworm has been doing
consi derable djnage in the western part of the State. Owing
to the dry su-mmer aTid an extended dry fall, the larvae have had
the advantage of a long feeding period. Wheat sown in September
has not --ad sufficient moisture to insare its germination, hence
much damage has been. done. A few reports of 100 per cent
damage in some fi.elC have been received. Re-ports in correspondence
iave been received from Copeland, Delphor, John.son, Healy, and
Hoxie, 'ns. At the time of this writing no t'r lr.c*rItures
sufficiently low-to force the larvae down into the soil for the
winter have oe.o..rred.


ASI.T1IC 1^S 1'1 3MSTLE (Asorica castey:oa A.^ow)


C. H. Eadley amd assistants (U.S.D.A., Japanese Beetle Laboratory)
(September): This beetle has caused more turf injury during the
fall than during any previous year since the investigation was .
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-ew York


ITew Jersey
and
Pennsylvania


half of lT3ssau County on Long Island. Althoi--h adults are still
to b e found in the field, they are scarce.
During the month a total of 139 soil surveys of one square
foot each were made at Chestnut Hill, Pa. An average of 8 rubs
to the square foot was found with a ra:,:.e of 0 to 93.

ASIATIC B-TLE (Anomala orientalis 7Taterh.)
R. B. Friend (October 24): Several lawns in the Westville
section showed severe injury this month, but in the center of
the infested area the insect is less abundant. A severe
infestation appeared this year about 1-I miles outside the
quarantined area. The insect is not spreading rapidly.

C. E. HadlLy and assistants (U.S.D.A. Japanese Beetle Laboratory)
(Septcmber): The turf injury at Jericho, reported in August has
spread so that it now covers about three-fourths of an acre.
The grubs have also attacked a stra'aberry bed (approximately
2,000 square feet in size) at the same place and destroyed 60
per cent of the plants.

JAPAITES? BE7TLE (Popillia japonica NTewm.)

C. H. Hadley and assistants (U.S.D.A., Japanese Beetle Laboratory
(September): Comprehensive soil surveys made in golf courses
at Moorestown, NT. J., and Jernkintown, Pa., show that the grub
infestation is definitely heavier than it was this past spring.
Field work on the distribution of the adult Japanese beetle was
continued during the first week of September, during which time
the region extending from ITe"m Brunswick north to Hac:ensack,
Paterson, and Newark was scou-ted. The results obtained indicated
the extension northward of the region of continuous occurrence
as far as Plainfield and Metuchen, and beyond these points, the
presence of usually highly localized colonies of the beetle in
-mn-- of the cities and towns occupying the belt of lon country
east of the Watchung Mountains.


A SC. 3.A:ID BEETL3 (Ochrosidio. villosa 3,-m. )


NTew Yore


C. H. Hadley and assistants (U.S.L.A., Japanese Beetle Laborator,
(September): Ochrosidia villosa: In the fairways of a golf
club at Ba-side, T. Y., approximately 1 acre of turf was destroyed.
The ruined turf was in irreglar spots which were widely separated
in different parts of the course. At La-':rc-.ce, N.Y., one-fourth
of r3 acre of lawn turf was entirely dcstr:--"c so that dead
brown sod could be easily rolled back. At Woodmere, Y.Y., 300
squre feet o' lawn was ruined.






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Maryland


F. L. Campbell (October 1): Toward the end of September
this insect was observed in very great k) "".:Ice in the Rodc
Creek Park section of Washington, D. C., where it had completely
destroyed a recently sodded' o-..


CONMON RED SPIDER (Tetranychus telarius L.)


Ohio


Minnesota


Utah


Washington.


E. W. Mendenhall (October 21): The red spider mites are
very bad on arborvitae evergreens in a nursery near N\ew Carlisle,
Evergreens in one of the nurseries in Ashland are badly
infested.


A. G. Ruggles (September 26): Red spiders are very abundant
on raspberries, zinnias, apples, etc., throughout the State.


G. F. Knowlton (October 13).: Red spiders are still damaging
sugar beets in many Cache Vallecy fields.


M. A. Others '(October): During. the season the common red
spider has been the most abuondant and in-.jurious the orchardists
can recall in- the Wenatchee district. It has been particularly
injurious to the Delicious apple trees (foliage and fruit).
The unusually mild winter of 1929-30, '
th.e early spring', and the mild, dry su mmer were doubtless
conducive to maximum development of this pest.
In migrating to the soil in late summer and early fall
countless numbers of' the mites were caught and killed in the
chemically-treated codling moth bands and in tree tanglefoot
bands placed about the tree trunks.







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Ohio


Indiana






Illinois


Michigan


Iowa


Missouri


CEREAL AND F0 RAGE-OROP I T SECTS


WHEAT
HESSIAN FLY (Phytophaga destructor Say)

T. H. Parks (October 25): Nearly all eggs were hatched by
October 25 and the newly emerged larvae were found attached
to the stalk under the leaf-sheath. Infestation exists at
Columbus in wheat sown immediately after the recognized fly-
free date. October was warm and late-sown wheat is getting
a good start. The majority of the fields are free from in-
festation. In this part of Ohio practically no wheat was
sown before the safe sowing dates.

C. M. Packard (October 5): Volunteer wheat from Logansport
to Evansville has 50 to 75 per cent of the stems infested.
The fly is largely in the flaxseed stage, with about 15 per
cent pupating. A few eggs and some newly hatched larvae are
present. Volunteer wheat is not very abundant. Not much
sown wheat was above ground by the last of September.

W. P. Flint (October 24): An unusually heavy emergence oc-
curred late in September. In many of the counties lightly in-
fested at the time .of stubble survey, the fly is now numerous
enough to lay large numbers of eggs on volunteer and early-
sown wheat. From the information at hand, wheat sown on the
recommended fly-free dates has escaped any serious infestation.

J. H. Bigger (October 13): Adults were numerous the last
week in September extending to about October 7 and 8. Exami-
nations on October 9 and 10 show:

Four fields seeded before October 2--60.4 per cent
with eggs
Two fields seeded after October 7---7.5 per cent
with eggs
Recommended date of seeding in this(Morgan)County
October 2

R. Hutson (October 23): The Hessian fly is moderately abund-
ant.

H. E. Jaques (October 25): The Hessian fly is moderately
abundant in Monroe Co0nty.

L. Haseman (October 22): Very little Hessian fly in ex-
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Tennessee






Nebraska


Missouri


Maine


New Hampshire


Massachusetts









Connecticut


Rhode Island


New York


C. Benton (September 28): There is a light infestation in
volunteer wheat in the vicinity of Fayetteville. Mostly in pu-
parial stage, but a few eggs and newly hatched larvae. Slight
pupation in both stubble and vyolunteer-grain.. Hot, dry weather
has prevented.'most'.of the usual sowing of small grains for fall
and winter pasture.

M. H. Swenk (Septeinber): The summers and falls of 1930 and
1931 were se hot .and dry in eastern--Eebraska that the Hessian
fly was affected.-adversely, and in September, 1931, no special
menace of an outbreak seemed to be present." Evidences of the
fly in moderate amounts were reported from Xemaha, Otoe, Colfax,
and Dawson Counties during the month, "

WHEAT JOIT WORf (Harmolita tritici Fitch)

L. Haseman (October 22): The joint worm of wheat was re-ported
from Polk County.




CORN EAR WOMi (Heliothis obsoleta Fab.)

C0. R. Phipps (October 26):: The corn ear worm is very abundant
throughout the State. The largest number for 10 years have been-
sent in. .

L. C. Glover (October 23): The corn ear worm is moderately
abundant. '

A. I. Bourne (October 26):' The corn ear worm was, as usual,
quite abundant on late harvested corn. The unusual interest
in this species can be explained partly on the basis'of the
interest in corn insects of all sorts by the extension of the
European corn borer quarantine, which caused growers to scrutin-
i..ze their corn more carefully than would otherwise have been the
case. At the same time, however, from our own observation we
were led to believe that there was rather moreinjury from this
species than is usually the case..

W. E. Britton (October 24): The corn.ear worm is abundant in
all portions ofthe State.

A. E. Stene (October 21): The corn ear wormn is moderately
abundant.

P. J. Parrott (October 23): The corn ear worm is moderately
abundant in the western'part oi the State..







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Pennsyl ani 3'3


West Virginia


Virginia


Florida


Indiana









Illinois


Kentucky






Michigan


P. M. Eastman (October 14): The corn ear worm has been re-
ported as doing considerable damage in plats of sweet corn in
the vicinity of Millbrook and Stockport.

T. L. Guyton (October 22): The corn ear worm is moderately
abundant and general over the eastern part of Pennsylvania.

L. M. Peairs (October 24): Corn ear worms are very abundant at
Morgantown. Much injury up to harvest.

F. W. Craig (October 5): Corn ear worms were very bad in
Mason County.

H. G. Walker (October 27): The corn ear worm is very abundant
on snapbeans in Norfolk.

J. R. Watson (October 25): The corn ear worm is moderately
abundant and is feeding mostly on seeds of beggarweed.

J. J. Davis (October 24): Corn ear worms have been unusually
abundant. From Mt. Vernon, September 28, report comes that this
insect ruined all of. the late sweet corn. Similar reports could
be given for many other sections of the State. October 17 to
20, reports were received from Monticello,.Rensselaer, LaPorte,
and Lafayette, of large numbers of earworns in alfalfa fields,
and apparently .causing appreciable damage. Ear v:orms were re-
ported abundant and destructive in tomato fields at Sulphur
Springs, Henry County, October.7.

W. P. Flint (October 24): A heavy flight of adults has con-
tinued. Several re-orts of damage to alfalfa (newly sown) have
been received.

J. H. Bigger (September 15): Corn ear worms are very abundant
in central and west-central Illinois. From 30 to 35 per cent of
the ears in six central counties are infested.

W. A. Price (October 24): The corn ear worms are still feeding
on corn that is ready to go into the crib. They are tunneling
the kernels, feeding on the germ. Much damage is caused by the
activity as all kernels so eaten fall off the cob and are a total
loss. Also the worms continue to be troublesome in dahlias at
Lancaster, Lexington, and Owensboro.

R. Hutson (October 23): The corn ear worm is very abundant;
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Wisconsin E. L. Chambers (October 2)-T One of the heaviest infestations
foxr many years a-o-oeared in Wisconsin this summer, continuing to
be active very late owing to no kidlling' frost to date. Several
.* fields of -oop corn and sweet-corn slowd 100 per cent infestation.
Several rose houses and one chrysanthemum house were heavily in-
fested in Milwauhee County.

South Dakota H. L. Severin (October 20): The corn ear vorm was very abundant
this year. Corn was largely a failure over South Dakota and al-
most evcry.here the ear worm Tas reported as abundant in the cornr.
produced.

Iowa H. E. Jaques (October 25): The corn ear worm has been the out-
standing insect )est during October. It has been unusually abund-
ant throughout most of the State.


Missouri



Kansas


Mississippi


California


L. Haseman (October 22): The corn ear ror- has continued very
abundant and is still feeding in late corn, tomatoes, and beans,
and on foliage of plants.

H. R. Bryson (October 24): The corn ea.r 1orm is moderately
abundant.

C. Lyle and assistants (October): Rather severe damage to late
tomatoes was reported from central and northern Mississippi.
(Abstract, J.A.H.)

S. Lockwood (October 5): The corn ear worm has been more than
normally abundant this fall. The trouble has extended as far
north as Monterey County, where the worm has attacked lettuce
and tomatoes. It has also been injurious to tomatoes in Contra
Costa County.


SOUTHERN CORIN STALK BORR (Diatraea zeacolella Dyar)


Virginia


C. R. Willey (October 23): Specimens were sent in from King and
Queen Count., (Scptcmbcr 28) There are reports that about 3
acres of a 20-acre field were destroyed this pest.


J-ROPrA2I COPRl BORER (Pyrausta nubilali s Hbn.)


Connecticut


W. E. Britton (October 24): A recent survey shows a rather
heavy infestation of stalks in East Lyme, Groton, New London,
and Old Lyme, with lesser infestations throughout New London,
7indhamn, and Middlesex, and portions of Hartford and New Haven
Counties. The survey did not cover the other portions of the
State.






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Rhode Island


Pennsylvania


Pennsylvania



Illinois


Iowa


Missouri



Tennessee


Illinois


A. E. Stene (October 21): The European corn borer is moderate-
ly abundant.

H. N. Worthley (October 2): The European corn borer has in-
creased in abundance around State College this year.

E. 'W. Mendenhall (October 21): Some damage is reported in the
northwestern counties of the State, especially near Toledo. It
shot's that the -oest is increasing.

CHIiTCH BUG (Blissus leucopterus Say)

T. L. Guyton (October 7): Chinch bugs have been reported in
Sudan grass in Catawissa, and they also have been reported doing
da-age to corn, oaths, and young grass.

7. P. Flint (October 24): The chinch bug population in the
central part of the State has built up very strongly during the
latter Dart of the summer. At present there are enough bugs in
hibernation so that we will have serious dLamage extending from
McLean and Hancock Counties, on the north, southward to a&,7hing-
ton, St. Clair, and Jefferson Counties on the south.

J. H. Bigger (October 13): Chinch bugs have been flying into
hibernation in western counties. A recent survey has indicated
wide spread this season north and west to Bloomington and Jack-
sonville.

T. H. Parks (October 24): The chinch bug is moderately abund-
ant only in the northern and western counties.

J. S. Houser (October 5): Chinch bugs have caused serious
damage to bluegrass in lawns in Canton.

H. E. Jaques (October 25): The chinch bug is moderately abrund-
ant in Des An.-ies County.


L. Haseman (October 22): Chinch bugs in dangerous numbers
went into winter quarters in a few counties of the northwestern
quarter of the State.

C. Benton (September 30): Som-ne numbers of the second and fourth
instar nymphs were observed in volunteer wheat 4 miles north of
Fayetteville.

COM.: 2FEA BZTTIL2 (Chaetocnema pulicaria Melsh.)

J. H. BigAer (September 15): The corn flea beetle was noted
as abundant in cornfields the last of Aii.ast and the first part
of September.





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Mississippi


ALFALFA

THREE-CORJ-T3D ALFALFA HOPPER (Stictocephala festina Say>

C. Lyle and assistants (October): The three-cornered alfalfa
hopper was reported..in Bolivar and '.ashington Counties. Damage
still very noticeable. (G. I. Worthington)


SORGHJM

69RGIHTJ '7EBP1.1I (Celama sorghiella Riley)


Mississippi


G. I. Worthington (October 19): The sorghum webworm was found
damaging heads of sagrain in Washington County.


GARDEN W7wOE : (Loxotege similalis Guen.)


Indiana


Loui siana


J. J. Davis (October 24): The garden wvebworm was abundant in
alfalfa at Mt. Vernon, October 5.


SOYBEAN

VELVET3EA:7 CATERPILLAR (Antioarsia gem-natilis Hbn.)

W. A. Dokiglas (September 29): The first injury to soybeans
was found on Se-otemnber 15. The infestation is at present very
light and it is not expected that control measures will be
necessary, as most varieties of soybeans are practically mature.
This insect has appeared later each year since the first ap-
pearance in 1929 and each year the injury has been less severe.


GRASS

F,1L AMYORMP (La-phygma frugiperda S. & A.)


Michigan



Loui siana


R. Hutson (October 23): L. frugiperda is destructive in green-
houses all ever southern Michigan and the larvae are working
upon overbearing strawberry in southwestern Michigan.

W. A. Douglas (September.29): The southern grass worm is doing
some injury to soybeans. The infestation at this time is light.

J. W. Ingram and 2. K. Bynum (September 29): Larvae were ob-
served in large numbers injuring planted sugarcane near Houma
during Soptember.







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California


Ohio


Indiana


Illinois


Kentucky


State Plant Board, Press Release (October 26): The southern
grass worm, which was so abundant in the fall of 1930, was con-
spicuous by its absence this year, being reported abundant in only
one case in Attala County.

S. Lockwood (July 27): This noctuid larva has been responsi-
ble for very severe damage to field and sweet corn on about
1,000 acres in the Mission and Tia Juana valleys of San Diego
County. Re-ports have come to this office that seem to indicate
that this same condition exists in parts of Los Angeles County.
The later sweet corn will be entirely mruined and the tonnage of
the field corn will be cut severely. It is not uncommon to find
as hih as four or five vworms to one corn plant. (October 5):
This insect has been more than normally abundant this fall. The
trouble has extended as far north as Monterey County, w-here this
worm has attacked lettuce and tomatoes.

W-732'701S (Crambus spp.)

J. S. Houser (October 5): There were v:ery heavy catches of
cr:'mbids in light traos throu,-hout most of September.

J. J. Davis (October 24): 7ebvorms continued to be occasion-
ally reported. Small worms, probably of the third se-Lso-al
generation, were -:mi:,n lawns at Bluffton (October 3) and Con-
nersville (October 12). The underground tubers of carrots were
seriously eaten into by a webworm at Ft. 7.,ne, October 5.
Adults have not yet been reared.

T7. B. Noble (September 21): Half-grown larvae are abundant in
greens on a golf course near Lafayette, also common in one other
grassy area examined, but in these locations most of the larvae
were dead; apparently killed by bacterial diseases, the hot humid
weather during most of September having been favorable to such
a developm)cnt. Possibly these diseases mean the end of the past
season's outbreak and may be an important reason why such out-
bre.kcs are so infrequent.

7. P. Flint (October 24): Several cases of do7.e in green-
houses have been ro-oorted durini the -oast two weeks.

J. H. Bi^.--r (October 13): Sod webwor-s, C. trisectus Walk.,
flew in large numbers in western Illinois during the period of
Aukist 20 to Sept, -ber 1, or after.

M. L. Didlako (A._-'..:t 25): Specimens collected in Fayette
County, August, have been identified -s C. mutabilis Clem-. and
C. teterrellus Zinck. Specimens reared in the laboratory- from
worms collected in Fa ctteCounty, July 15, as C. trisectus '.7alk.
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Correction: The note by W. A. Price on Crambus spp. in Kentucky
in the Insect Pest Survey Bulletin, Vol. iI., No. 6, p. 346, should
end with the next to the last sentence. The last sentence refers
to damage by Jalysus spinbsus.

A TIGER MOTH (Apantesis -hhyllira Drury)

C. Benton (September): No commercial damage noted in southern
Tennessee, but the third-brood larvae were rather common in early
September near Fayetteville, and especially plentiful in Marshall
County south of Lewisburg. Pupae were co-non in the latter vicin-
ity September 9.' A few moths were' taken at lights in Fayette-
ville, September 10 20.


A DIGGER BEE (Andrena asteris Robertson)


West Virginia


'. W. Craig (October 2): A digger bee was reported attacking a
lawn at Charleston on October 2. The soil was of the sandy type
along a terrace on the river'bottom. One small lavn... was honey-
combed with burrows and piles of sand so thick. that they over-
lapped and bees were in a swarm overhead. Neighboring lawns have
a few also.* (Det. by G. A. Sandhouse, Oct. 23.)


SUGARGAkE

SUG,..RCA:~.. BOIR (Diatraea saccharalis Fab.)


Louisiana


J. 17. Ingram and E. K. Bynum (September 29): Infestations in
sugarcane showed a normal increase during the month of September.
At the end of the month the infestations ranged from about 5
per cent to 80 per cent bored stalks.


SUGARCA=3 BEETLE (EuOtheola rugiceps Lec.)


Loui siana




Alabama


v!. A. Douglas (September 29): Out of 800 stubs examined, 24
were found to have been injured, which gives an average of 3
per cent injury. The sugarcane beetle injury and stalk borer in-
jury are seldom found on the same stalk.

J. M. Robinson (October 21): The sugarcane borer is moderate-
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FRUIT INSECTS

APPLE

CODLING MOTH (Carpocapsa pomonella L.)


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New York


Delaware


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Maryland


West Virginia


Virginia






Georgia


Ohio


A. I. Bourne (October 26): The codling moth again caused
a considerable amount of injury. This was almost entirely
confined to late stings by late second-brood worms. The
second brood was of considerable size.

W. E. Britton (October 24): The codling moth is moderately
abundant.

P. J. Parrot (October 23): The codling moth is very
abundant in the western part of the State.

L. A. Stearns (October 23): Late-season injury by the
codling moth is reported light.

.T. L. Guyton (October 1): The codling moth is moderately
abundant in Franklin County.

H. N. Worthley (October 26): Late seconid-brood worms are
less abundant than in 1930 at'State Coileg?. It is moderately
abundant at Biglerville, Adams County, where there is heavy
damage in some orchards.

E. N. Cory (October 22): The codling moth is moderately
abundant.

L. M. Peairs (October 24): Heavy injury by the codling
moth has been reported from all sections of the State.

W. J. Schoene (October 26): The codling moth is moderately
abundant in Roanoke. The apple growers in the coanercial
sections of the Shenandoah Valley and in a.d about Poanoke
reported a large number of stin.gs on f-ruit but very few
codling moth worms. It is bel 7ed thltt the stings were
caused by a large carry-over from l,.st year.

C. H. Alden (October 23): Larvae in winter cases are very
abundant.

T. H. Parks (October 24): Irn spite of the year being very
favorable and a high larval popu!aticn to tebin wi-h last
spring, this insect has bocn well controlled in ':--'t cu:-l-er-
cial orchards. There wE.s a very s-: 1l third gneration in
Lawrence County compared with last season. There are r.unmerous
stings on fruit on the hill orchards, but few live worms have
survived the spray program. The growers have made a big effort
to control the insect and did more thorough summer spraying
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J. J. Davis (October 24): The codling moth is moderately
abundant.

R. Hutson (October 23): On September 29, Mr. H. J. Lurkins,
County Agent of Berrien County, brought to my attention 10
Hale. -peaches which a farmer living in his county had brought
in. These peaches were infested with codling moth larvae and
the grower reported a noticeable loss.

A. G.. Ruggles (September 26): The codling, moth is very
abundant in apple sections of the State. More side injury
than usual.

H. E. Jaques (October 25): The codling moth is very abundant
in unsprayed orchards.

L. Haseman (October 22): Control of the codling moth is
quite satisfactory in the northern half of the State, Not so
generally satisfactory in southern part of State.

G. F. Knowlton (October 21): The codling moth is very
abundant. There is considerable damage, partly due to the
light crop of apples.

M. A. Others (October): Infestation the past season has
been greater than for many years, according to reports of
orchardists, county agricultural agents, and fruit company
field men.

D. C. Mote (September): B. G. Thompson reports that activity
has ceased in the Willamette Valley. No eggs have been laid
since the first week in September. Approximately 95 per cent
of the apples are wormy on unsprayed plots.

E. 0. Essig (September 28): The codling moth is moderately
abundant.

FRUIT TREE LEAF ROLLER '(Archips argyrospila Walk.)

E. 0. Essig (September 28): The fruit tree leaf roller
is scarce.

EYE-SPOTTED BUDiLOTH (Spilonota ocellana Schiff.)

P. J. Parrott (September 30): The eye-spotted budmoth is
very abundant in western New York.


PISTOL CASE BEARER (Coleophora malivorella Riley)


West Virginia


L. M. Peairs (October 24): The pistol case bearer is re-
ported from the Eastern Panhandle; it shows considerable spread.











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Minnesota


Missouri


Missouri



Mississippi


Washington


APPLE LEAF SYLE'1CNIZER (Psorosina hammondi Riley)

W. A. Price (October 24): The apple leaf skeletonizer was
reported doing damage in several orchards at Paduc-h.

LESSER APPLE WORM (Lasreyresia nrunivora atlsh)

M. P. Zappe (October 24): Th lessor apple worm is very
abundant on late apples (Baldwin and Greening). Baldwins
from one orchard in H h::den had 14 per cent of the apples
injured. Usually this insect is not important.

APPLE CURCULIO (Tachypterellus quadrigibbus Say)

A. I. Bourne (October 26): The apple curculio continued to
be a rather serious pest of apples, particularly in the hill
towns west of the Connecticut River.

A. G. Ruggles (September 26): The apple curculio did
ccnsiderable damage at La Crescent.

ROUI-IADEnD APPLE TREE BORER (Saperda candida Fab.)

J. S. Houser (October .5): There have been many more records
of damage from the round-headed apple tree borer than usual.
One orchard was found near Danbury in which practically every
tree was damaged.

L. Hasemnan (October 22); At Columbia round-headed apple-
tree borers which hatched this surmcr are (October 20)
seemingly half grown and are mostly entering the wood for
wintering. Very abundant and destructive.

FLAT--HEATED APPLE _E BORER (C -s ri femorata Oliv.)

L. Hase.man (October 22): The fla.t-headed apple-tree borer
is unusually abundant in winter tunnels. They seem to be
heavily parasitized.

C. Lyle (October 22): On October 15 a correspondent at
Sebastopol reported severe injury to young -.1ecan trees by the
flat-headed apple-tree borer.

WOOLLY APPLE APHID (Eriosor: lanigerum H2ius':.)

G. F. Knowlton (October 13): The woolly apple aphid ha-
been moderately abundant on apple trees all the season.

M. A. Others (October): The woolly apple aphid is still
observed in great abundance in so':e orchards in 7cnatchee, but
is pretty well eliminated by predacious enemies in others.
The prossnce of this insect in such jreat numbers, -articularly


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upon the water sprouts in the center of apple trees, is so
- obnoxious to packers that orchardists have to cut out the
center twigs and sprouts previous to harvesting.

.... -ROSY APPLE APHID (AnIuraphiz roseus Baker)

SP. J. Parrott (October 23): 'The rosy aphis is moderately
abundant in the western part of the State.

*BUFFALO TREEHOPPER (Ceresa bubalus Fab.)

E. P. Felt (October 23): The buffalo treehopper, or a
closely related species, severely injured apple branches in
the Philadelphia area. In one case the egg scars were nearly
contiguous.

M. A. Others. (October): The buffalo treehopper, the green
clover treehopper, and occasionally other species continue to
do great injury to young apple and pear trees in alfalfa-
cover-cropped orchards.

APPLE LEAFHOPPERS (Cicadellidae)

A. I. Bourne (October 26): Apple leafhoppers late in August
and throughout September were very abundant quite generally
over the State, particularly in' orchards in the eastern and
southeastern counties where there was considerable bleaching
of the foliage and spotting of the fruit.

W. E. Britton (October 24): Apple leafhoppers axe moderately
abundant.

A. E. Stene (October 21): Apple leafhoppers are moderately
abundant.

P. J. Parrott (September 30): Apple leafhoppers, Typhlocyba.-.
pomaria McAtee, are very abundant in the western part of the
State. (October 23): Apple leafhoppers are moderately abundant
in the Hudson Valley and scarce in the western part of the State.

H. N, Worthley (October 2): Apple leafhoppers are moderately
abundant at Biglerville, Adams County; numerous enough to
annoy pickers.

L. S. Stearns (October 23): Apple leafhoppers are abundant
throughout the State.

W. J. Schoene (October 26): At the time of the last report
(September 23) leafhoppers were very numerous in a few orcharda,
annoying pickers by getting into their eyes and ears and also
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reported. was in the orchards in the Roanoke section, although
leafhoppers were abundant in orchards near Harrisonburg. The
presence of the leafhopper specks on apples caused some of the
growers who were not prepared to wrEi their fruit great in-
convenience and som.-.e loss. A few le -fhoppers are still
present though their numbers have been somew.it lessened.

T. H. Parks (October 24): Apple leafhoppers were bad in
the trees .during picking.

J. H. Bigger (October 13): Apple leafhoppers are reported
as very abundant; annoying while picking apples.

W. A. Price (October 24): A.ple leafhoppers have been very
abundant in the orchards of the western and.central part of
the State. At Lexington they have specked the fruit and
damaged the foliage.

E. L. Chambers (October 27): Apple leafhoppers are moderately
abundant.

A. A. Granovsky (October 22): Apples leafhopers are
moderately abundant. Some are present on foliage, discoloring
it. They are. mostly. r- oasca fabae Harris .

L. Haseman (October 22): Leafhoppers of several species
came to lights about October 15 for two or three nights in
unusual numbers. The rose leafhoppers have been especially
abun'rLdnt on apple foliage.


M. H. Swenk (October 26): On the night of October 4 there
were enormous flights of the leafhopper Xerophloea viridis Fab.
in southeastern Nebraska, from Omaha and Lincoln west to Kearney.
The insects were so numerous as to cause much comment in the
newspapers of .the following dry.

APPLE F=3BU. (Ly-idea mendax Reut.)

A. I. Bourne (October 26): The redbug in our annual checkup
of fruit proved to be quite generally abundant throughout the
State and to have caused its usual. amount of damage. It does
not appear to 'have been unduly abundant in any particular
section-.

SAI JOSE SCALE (Asoidiotus perniciosus Comrst.)

T.. L. Guyton (October 1): The San Jose scale is moderately
abundant in certain orchards at Harrisburg, Jra.-.lin County.


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Massachusetts


H.NT. Worthley (October 26): The San Jose scale is moderately
abundant at State College. This insect is seen on apple fruits
and is more numerous than in 1930.

L. A. Stearns (October 23): The San Jose scale is generally
on the increase.

0. I. Snapp (October 20): Infestttion has rapidly increased
during the warm September and early October at Fort Valley
until now it is heavier than during an average year.

J. R. Watson (October 25): The San Jose scale is perhaps
more abundant than usual for October, as dry'weather has
checked the entomogenous fungi.

T. H. Parks (October 24): The San Jose scale was decidedly
more abundant this year than it has been for several years.

J. J. Davis (October 24): The San Jose scale is unusually
abundant, especially in the southern half of the State. The
mild winter of 1930-31 was favorable for successful hibernation
and the favorable and long- season has enabled them to increase
to very threatening numbers.

J. H. Bigger (October 13): The San Jose scale is very
abundant, greatly increased in 1931.

E. L. Chambers (October 26): Several new isolated infestations
not widely distributed in southern Wisconsin were discovered
in Waterloo, Ft. Atkinson, Glen Flora, and Waukesha, all
apparently spread on uninspected nursery stock from infested
towns.

X. Haseman (October 22): The San Jose scale has built up
seriously in the southeastern part of the State in some orchards.

C. Lyle and assistants (October): This insect is unusually
abundant over practically the entire State, being particularly
noticeable on sand pears, which were reported as being in
bloom on October 20 in the southern part of the State.
(Abstract, J.A.H.)

APPLE MAGGOT (Rhagoletis pomonella Walshi)

C. R. Phipps (October 26): The apple maggot is unusually
abundant and destructive.

A. I. Bourne (October 26): The apple maggot caused more
injury than was the case last year, throughout the State.
The flies showed a tendency to emerge later than usual and
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GIA1IT HORNET (Vespa crabro L.)


New York


Pennsylvania


Delaware


West Virginia



Georgia



Ohio


Kentucky





Mississippi


California


P. M. Eastman (October 22): A resident of New Paltz writes
as follows, "Enr.closed find letter from assistant county
agent in regard to a new hornet that ate lots of my apples on
the tree this season and. may ruin my whole crop next year.
There-are other lots in the neighborhood."


PEACH

ORIE1IAL FRUIT I.OTH (Laspeyresia molesta Busck.)

T. L. Guyton (October 22): The oriental fruit moth is
moderately abundant on late peaches.

L. A. Stearns (October 23): Considerable late-season injury
by oriental fruit moth is reported on apples.

L. M. Peairs (October 24): The oriental fruit moth is
moderately abundant at Morgantown. It increased notably in
the late summer.

0. I. Snapp (October 1): There was no new injury to peach
twigs at Fort Valley during September on account of their
hardened condition. Broods were overlappin..

T. H. Parks (October 24): The oriental fruit moths are bad
in quinces.

J. S. Houser (October 5): The oriental fruit moth is very
abundant. There were heavy losses in northern Ohio.

W. A. Price (October 24): The oriental fri'it worm was quite
active on the twigs during Octobcr, At L:xi,.gton and Bandana
and in some orchards about Herndorso%. a-.d -ad.cah the twig
injury was severe. At Le-:in-ton the wilted twig stage was
present as late as October 17.

C. Lyle and assistants (October): The oriental fruit moth
was reported by Mr. F. A. Smith as very abundant in the six
northwesternmost counties in the State. (Abstract, J.A.H.).

PEACH T7IG BOQER (knarsia lineatella Zoll.)

E. 0. Essig (September 28): The peach twig borer wa.s un-
usually abundant on late peaches in Yuba and Sutter Counties
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PEACH BORER (Aegeria exitiosa Say)

0. I. Snapp (October 1): Pupation in the field at Fort
Valley was light during September as compared with August.
The pea4- of moth emergence occurred on September 11. One
female depositid. 826 eggs within a 24-hour period. Another
female deposited a total of 1,257 eggs. (October 20): The
last, pupae of the season in the field were collected on
October 16.

J. J. Davis (October 24): Inquiries for controls were
received during the past month from Crawfordsville, Indian:',
Springs, Lakeville, Linden, MilUn, Poseyville, Richmond, and
Salem.

M. H. Swenk (October 26): The peach tree borer was reported
as killing peach trees during the third week in October in
Douglas County.

C. Lyle zand assistants (October): The peach borer is very
abundant over the greater part of the State. This, however,
is not an unusual -condition in Mississippi. (Abstract, J.A.H.)

PLUM CURCULIO (Conotrachelus nenuphar Hbst.)

A. I. Bourne (October 26): The plum curculio caused very
serious injury to frit, particularly apples. Growers on
the whole did not have as good success in controlling it this
year as they did last.

H. N. Worthley (October 2): The plum curculio is scarce at
State College. There were few late feeding punctures, even
on unsprayed trees.

L. A. Stearns (October 23): The plum curculio is reported
as a partial second brood developed in southern Delaware.

0. I. Snapp (October 1): Second-generation adults began to
emerge from the soil on September 26. Twenty-five to 27
days were spent. in the soil during September by individuals
of the second generation in the larval, pupal, and adult
stages combined.' Larvae reached maturity in the fruit in 17
days during September.

C. H. Alden (October 23): The plum curculio is in hibernation
at Cornelia.

W. A. Price (October 24): The plum curculio did serious
damage late in the season in some isolated orchards. One
fruit grower in Rowan County said that this insect damaged
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R. Hutson (October 23): The plum curculio is moderately
afoundant, and very a:'un~i&nt in restricted localities.

L. Haseman (October 22): The plum curculio fed and bred
later' than usual, but no developments this month.


SHOT-HOLE BO-qR2 (Scolytus rugulosus Ratz.)


1ississippi


N. D. Peets (October 17): The shot-hole borer is very
abundant on badly kept peach and plum trees in Lincoln,
Copiah, and Simpson Counties.


TARNISH3_ PLANT BUG (Lygus pratensis L.)


!assachuset t s


A. I. Bourne (October 26): The tarnished plant bug through-
out the late s*-j .er and early fall proved very abundant, and
its attack was unusually persistent. It caused rather con-
spicuous damage on a number of crops on which it does not
usually concentrate. For instance, gladioli suffered con-
siderably from the attacks of this species. There was con-
siderable blighting and other injury or. the blossom spikes as
a result of plant-bug attack. We had reports of its injury
on peaches and on verious ornamental sL-rubs. E.rly in the
season there was considerable twig injury on peaches.


A LEAFHOPPER (Erythroneura .plena Beamer)


eorgia


0. I. Snapp (October 16): Swarms of these hoppers are now
attacking peach foliage at Fort Valley; however, they are not
so abundant as they were during the fall of 1930.


PEAR LEAF BLISTER MITE (Eriophyes pyri Pgst.)


,'alifornia


ebraska


E. 0.' Essig (September 28): Pear leaf blister mites are
moving to hibernating quarters around the bases of buds and
now in leaf axils, in pear-growing districts throughout the
State.


CHERRY

REr-17.4PED CATERPILLAR (Schizura concinna S. & A.)

T. H. P.rks (October 22): These caterpillars were sent to
us with the statement that they were defoliating cherry trees
in Fairfield County.


PLUM

PLUM GOTGER (Anthonomus, scutellaris Lee.)

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reported that half of his crop of plums had, been destroyed
during 'the summer by the plum gouger.


RASEBERRY

SNOWY TREE CRICKET (Oecanthus niveus DeG.)

A. G. Ruggles (September 26): Snowy tree crickets are very
abundant Wherever raspberries are grown. Damage is severe in
some places.


BLACXBERRY

A MITE (Erio-phyes essigi Hassan)


Oregon


D. C. Mote (September): W. D. Edwards reports the mites
apparently still increasing in the berries. This condition
will probably continue as long as the weather remains fairly
warm.


GRAPE

GRAPE LEAFHOPPERS (Erythroneura comes Say)


Maryland


West Virginia


Minnesota


California


Alabama


E. N. Cory (October 22): Apple leafhoppers.(Erythroneura sp.)
are very abundant.

L. M. Peoirs (October 24): Grape leafhoppers are unusually
numerous.

A. G. Ruggles (September 26): Leafhoppers (.species not
determined) are extremely abundant over the southern half of
the State, particularly on grapes.

J. D. Winters (September 28): The grape leafhopper is
ocuri ing in unusually heavy abundance in Hennepin County and
vicinity.

PACIFIC RED SPIDER (Tetranychus pacificus McG.)

E. 0. Essig (October 20): Tetranychus pacificus e':,going
into hibernation in grape vineyards in October.


PERSIMMON

A SCALE (Chionaspis longiloba Cooley)


* J. M. Robinson (October 21): The long-lobed Chionaspis
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PECAN

FALL W3WCRM (Hyphantria cunea Drary)


0. I. Sn:app (September 28): The fall generation of larvae
are now at work on pecan foliage, at Fort Valley.

J. B. Gill (October 25): There has been no extensive
damage in the pecan orchards of southern Georgia by the
second brood of the fall webworm.

PECAN LELIAF CASE 2E.RR(Acrobasis palliolella Rag.)

J. B. Gill (October 25): All larvae of the pecan leaf case-
bearer (A. palliolella) have constructed their hibernacula on
pecan trees at this time. Based on the relative number of
larvae going into hibernation, there will only be a moderate
infestation to cause damage to the buds in the spring, even
if larvae successfully pass the winter and are not heavily
parasitized by the chalcid Secodella acrobasis Craw.


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R. W. Leiby (October 22): Although the trig girdler is
doing considerable injury this fall, it is apparently not
present in the more destructive numbers of the fall of 1930.

A. Lutken (October 21): Pecan twig girdlers are c:5singD
considerable damage to pecan groves throughout the State.

J. B. Gill (October 25): The pecan twig-.;irdler is causing
dc.mrnge in southern. Georgia, especially to pecan trees growing
adjacent to woodlands. The extent of d.mTae is not so severe
as in some years.

J. M. Robinaon (October 21): The hickory twig-girdler is
abundant on pecan in :,ontgomery.

State Plant Board (October 26): The hickory twig-girdler
has been reported as injurious in various sections of southern
MIissisbippi.

BLACK PECAN APHID (Myzocallis fumipennellus Fitch)

J. R. Watson (October 21): The black r.hid was very abundant
on pecans during the su-mer, extending up into October.


CI T?:S

CITRUS iThITZFLY (Dialeurodes citri. Ashm.)


J. B. Gill (October 25): The citrus whitefly is moderately
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J. R. Watson (October 25): The citrus whitefly is moderately
a#bundant more than for several years. The antomogenous fungi
were checked by dry weather.

J. M. Robinson (October 21): The citrus whitefly is moderately
abundant on crepe myrtle at Tuscaloosa and. on Satsuma orange'
at Oxford.

C. Lyle and assistants (October): Mr. H. Gladney reports
the citrus whitefly as very abundant on citrus at Ocean Springs.
(Abstract, J. A. H.)


A MEALYBUG (Zhenacoccus gossypii Towns. & Ckll.)


3alifornia


















Florida




Talifornia


-eorgia


.lorida


Tlori da


Monthly 1News Letter, Los Angeles County Agr. Comm.
(September 15): The Mexican mealybug P. gossypii is rapidly
becoming a serious pest pf ornamentals and certain garden
crops in Los Angeles County.
This mealybug has attracted particular attention as a pest
of ornamentals and. is atvery omnivorous feeder. Cosmos,
chrysanthemum, aster, dahlia, Australian pea, hollyhock, Ivy-
geranium, and many others have been killed by its attack.
Among wild plants, sunflower and cocklebur carry very heavy
infestations. It has been known to severely injure small
plantings of eggplant, pepper, and okra, while tomatoes, beans,
and a number of related plants are also hosts. Proximity to
plantings of ornamentals seems to be the source of field-crop
infestations which would probably limit its seriousness as a
pest of commercial acreage.

FLORIDA BED SCALE (Chrysomphalus ficus Ashm.)

J. R. Watson (October 25): The Florida red scale is very
abundant and is increasing.,

BLACK SCALE (Saissetia oleae Bern.)

E. 0. Essig (September 28): The black scale is moderately
abundant.

PURPLE SCALE (Lepidosarhes beckii Nevwm,)

J. B. Gill (October 25): The purple scale is scarce on
Satsuma orange trees in southwestern''Georgia.

J. R. Watson (October 25): The purple scale. is moderately
abundant and is more abundant than usual for several years.
Entomogenous fungi were checked by the dry weather.

LEAF-FOOTED BUGS (Leptoglossus spp.)

J. R. Watson (October 21): L. gonagra Fab. was abundant on






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California


Some citrons growing in a citrus grove in Polk County.
Besides the citrons, they were attacking mid-.season varieties
of oranges, but not the late varieties. This is the first
instance of this insect being of economic importance that has
been brought to out notice in Florida. L. phyllopus L. is
always abundant and injurious, and is now doing some daar.e
to satsuma oranges in Alachua County. The citrons involved
in the outbreak were the cucurbits, not the citrus citron.

FIRE AIITS (Soleno-psis spp.)

Monthly News Letter, Los Angeles County Agr. Comm.
(September 15): Young citrus trees, mainly oranges, have been
damaged to a conr.-: i3rable extent this season by various species
of fire ants (Solcnr.opsis). Damage has not been entirely
confined to citrus, as the ants have been found working at the
base of aster plants in connection with the aster root aphis;
also on peach trees.


FTJULLERS ROSE BEETLE (Pantomorus fuller Horn)


Mississippi


H. Dietrich (October 20): Fuller's rose beetle was
defoliating satsuma oro..ge and destroying chrysanthemum and
zinnia plants at Lucedale on September 30. It was found in
considerable numbers on Cedrus deodara in- a nursery at Lucedale,
chewing off the new tender needles on October 19.


CITRUS RUST 1,1ITT (Ph.'llocoptes oleivoruis Ashn.)


Florida


J. R. Watson (October 25): The citrus rust mite is moderately
abundant and unusually troublesome during the late summer due
to dry weather.


GUAVA

CARDIN'S WHITEFLY (Aletarodicus cardini Back)


Florida


G. B. Merrill (October 6): CardinIs whitefly,. was reported
from Sanford, on a city lot on guava October 5; severe
infestation. (Collected by G. H. Baker.)

RED-BAfl.ED. THRIPS (Sclenothrips rubrocinctus Giard)

J. R. Watson (October 21): S. rubrocinctus was found cu'irng
russetinr of guavas at Lake Alfred.


Florida












Mi ssi ssippi


Mi ssi ssippi


tf~ ~~ R;^ 0t 1 1V S- E 0 -r' T s6-^**

VGETAp.L'WEWEVIL (Listroderezs otlq' ,l.)"

H. Dietri'h, (October 20-):' Th& vegetaKl^' weevil was injuring
turnips by eating off leaves' at Luc6dale `on Oc-tober 20. This
is the first' notice of 'this pest this year-. : "

FLEA BE=LES (Hqaticinae)

H. Dietrich (October 20): Flea beetles Phyllotreta bipustulata
Fab.,' P. vittata Fab., and P.' aeneicollis- Cr., were very abinidmt$
on turnip and ca-bbage in southern George County on October 8.

C. Lyle (October 22):, A correspondent at courtland sent to
this office on October 14 specimens of P. vittata with the
report that -they w-er abundant' on turnips,-


BANDED CUCTUBTR BEETLE (Diabrotica balteata Lec.)

Alabama K. L. Cockerham (October 1): Adults were quite plentiful
on the foliage of fall Irish potatoes at Foley, Baldwin County.

BLISTER BEETLES '(Epicauta -spp.).,

South Carolina J. B. Hull (October 19): -The. margined blister beetle (E.
ima.rginata Fab. ) is causing considerable damage to ornamental
gardens at Charleston by feeding on the foliage of ivy.

Illinois J. H. Bigger: (October',13):' 'Blist-er beetleis. mostly E. vittata
Fab., are 'moi'e abundant than ordinarily during the season of
1931. They were caught in the cai while I was traveling along
roads on several occasions.

Mississippi C. Lyle and assistants.'(October): Striped blister beetles
are very abundant over the northwestern counties. .'. f"


SOUTH2RI GRF.7T :STINK *BUGTJ(NeZara Vliridula L.)


Alabama


Mississippi


J. M. Robinson (October 21).:;'., The green stink -bug is
moderately abundant on beans at Mobile.

C. Lyle and assistants (October): The green stinkc bugs are
moderately abundant on peas at'cean Springs,. (October 20):
The southern green stink '.bug adults and various, stage nymphs
have been unusually abundant throughout the month on cowpeas
and butter lima beans in George County, in many cases destroying
most of the crop. The brown cotton bug (Easchistus servus Say).
is present with the above but in lesser numbers.






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GB.7T STITK BUG (Acrosternum hilaris Say)


Virginia


C. R. Willey (Oct6ber 23):- Specimens of the green soldier
bug were received October 1, from Zinsale, Westmoreland
County, where tiey were '.i3l butter beans.


FALSE CHINTCH BUG (:T--sius ericae Schill. )


Mississippi


C. Lyle (October 22): Severe injury to turnips by the
false chinch bug was reported from Crystal Sprins, on
September 29.


POTATO

POTATO FLE B-TIE (:-iitrix cucumcris Harr.)


West Virginia


F. W. Craig (October 5): .The potato flea beetle seemed
about normal on the leaves, but considerable damage was done
to the tubers by the larvae. This warsie was the first of
its kind to be noticeable in our potAto section along the
Ohio River.


POTATO SAFHOPF7F1 (Mnpoasca fabae Harr.)


Virgihia


Florida



Ohio


Maine


West Virginia


Indiana


H. G. Walker (October 27): The potato leafhopper is
moderately abundant on the Eastern Shore of Virginia.
J. R. Watson (October 21): The bean jassid, E. fabae, is
also becoming rather abundant on beans, but perhaps not more
so than during the average season.
T. H. Parks (October 24): The potato leafhoroer is very
abundant.

HO2TOREMS (Protoparce spp.)

C. R. Phipps (October 26): The tomato worm (P.
quinquemacuhl.ta) is unusually abundant and widespread.

F. W. Craig (October 5): Tomato hornworms were very bad
in Mason Cou.nty.

J. J. Davis (October 24): A number of tomato worm pupae
from several sections of the State have been submitted for
identification. This would seem to indicate that tomato
worms were more 2':' irnt than usual this season.






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BEANS

MEXICAN BAT BEE'TLE (Epilachna corru-pta Muls.)


Connecticut









Rhode Island


Penn sylvani a


Delaware


Maryland


West Virginia


Virginia


Georgia


W. Turner (October 19): The beetle is now very abundant
in all sections of the State except the extreme northeastern
part. The second-generation emergence was completed by
October 1. Ej_- were found in the field September 18. In
the insoctar- third-generation egzs were depopsited in small
numbers as early as September 5. There was no indication
of development of a third generation in the fields. Large
numbers of adults went into hibernation during the first
half of October.

A. E. Stene (October 21). The Mexican bean beetle is
mo derat ely abundant.

T. L. Guyton (October I): The Mexican bean beetle is
moderately abundant at Harrisburg.

H. N. Worthley (October 26): The Mexican bean beetle is
moderately abundant at State College. This insect has
increased in later generations and the adults are now going
into hibernation.

L. A. Stearns (October 23): Population is reported greatly
increased during the latter part of the sumn er.

E. IT. Cory (October 22): The Mexican bean beetle is very
abundant.

F. WI. Craig (October 5): This insect did not amount to
much throughout the season, but the second generation developed
into a numerous brood and there are laro numbers of the adults
to enter hibernation.

L. M. Peairs (October 24): The Mexican bean beetle is
moderately abundant at Morgantown. Large numbers are still
active, and feeding extensively on soybeans.

W. J. Schoene (October 26): The Mexican bean beetle is
moderately abundant in Blacksburg.

H. G. Walker (October 27): The Mexican bean beetle is very
abundant in ITorfolk and on the Eastern Shore of Virginia.

0. I. Snapp (October 1): Bean fields at Fort Valley which
had been d;mxgZed, were practically free of larvae on this date.

C. H. Alden (October 23): The Mexican beanr. beetle is
moderately abundant at 'Cornelia.






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Indiana


Kentr.cl:.-



Mississippi


Mississippi


T. H. Par's (October 24): The ".-7ican .bean beetle is very
abundant and is now worse than it has been for iars.

J. J. Davis (October 24): The Mexican bean beetle is very'
abundant.

W. A. Price (O.ctober 24): The Mexican bean beetles were
present in large numbers at Lexington,' Murran, and Aragia on
September 30.

C. L.vle and assistants (October): This insect was reported
as modcrately- abu: dant and doing considerable damae in the
northeastern corner of the State, from Alcorn County to
Monroe Cou-.ty. (Abstract, J.A.H. )

5Z"T 1'J7 B3ETLE (Corotorna trifurcata For st.)

C. -Ile:!and assistants (October): Reports of serious injury
ha.ve been received from points iL all parts of the State.


B34AT LJ2B1 FCLI-= (Goniurus proteus L. )


Florida


Florida



Mississippi


,,West Virgi-nia


Vi rginia


South Dakota


J. R. Watson (October 21): The bean leaf roller is
be-inning to be very abu- dant on beans.

I'SS-. COEN STAIR 0C.:. (Elasmopalpus liqnosellus Ze.1.)

J. R. Watson (October 25): E. ligrnosellus was vcry injurious
to early-planted beans throughout most of Florida during the
last part of September and the first part of October.

C. Ly e (OcLober 22): Medium injury to beans at Lyman "'as
reported on October 15.




IMPORTED CABBAGE TORI (Pieris rapae L.)

F. 17. Craig (October 5): Cab'Y3,e worms were very bad in
Mason County.

H. G. TWal'er (October 27): A fungus :has aided greatly in
the control of the imported Cabbage worm and of the cabba-:e
lo p-'r,Autog:rapha brassicae Riley, in the Norfolk section.

T. H. Parks (October 24): The imported cabb-.-e worm is
very abundant.

H. L. Severin (October 20): The imported cab* )-- worm is
more abundant than usual.






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Iowa


Mis souri


Mi s sissippi


H. Jaques (October 25): The imported cabbage worm is
nmoderately abundant in man, counties.,

L. Haseman (October 22): The importecl cabbage worm was
reported at. Columbia. Butterflies aze on wing in s,.mall
numbers. Worms continue to feed.

CROSS-32I?. TP7D C_3BBAG" "ORm .(Bvergestis rinosalis CG-uen. )

C. LTlc (October 22): On October 17 a correspondent at
McComb reported severe injury to collard plants by caterpillars
identified..as Picris protodice 3dv. & Lec..and 1. rimosalis.


C233AGI T 7OB-M (Hellula undalis Fab.)


Virginia


South Carolina


California


H. G. Wal!oker (October 27): Larvae were found in several
fields of '.ale,, collards, and.broc.coli near xTorfolh.

A. Lutken-(October 21): Cabba!e webworms have been unusually
abuindant on turnips, rutabagas, and collards.

J. MI. Robinson (October 21): The turnip webworm is very
abuir-'ant on collards at Societyhill.

H. R-an (October 17): Considerable damage by this insect
is occurring to cauliflower.


CABBA3EA APiID (Brevicoryne brassicae L.)


Virginia


Mi ssissippi


Virginia


Georgia


SAlabama


Mississippi


H. G. 7-l:'or (October 27): The cabbage" aphid is rapidly
increasing on- broccoli and collards.

H. Gladney (October 20): The cabbage aphid is moderately
abundant on collards at Ocean Springs.

AL.RQLTUIT BUG (0uraqntia histrionica Hahn)

C. R. Willey (October 23): W7e are still getting specimens
of the harlequin cabbage bug occuing on salads."

J. B. Gill (October 25): The h"arlequin bug is moderately
abundant on collards at Albany.

J. 1M. Robinson (October 21): The harlequin bug is moderately
abundant at Auburn.

C. Lyle and assistants (October): The harlequin bug was
reported during the latter half of the month as doing
considerable d.aiaje to turnips, cabbage, collards, and
dahlias over the greater part of the State. (Abstract, J.A.H.)






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ASPARA&TUS

3E~T A-MYMOtM (Lap.4' esigaa H'::. )


California


S. Lockwood (October 5): The suiar beet arm: vorm Iajs Ceen
responsible for so-.e little da-ia'e- to aspara7,s. H; vr, as
th-is plant is a monocot-ledon and the chewin= is confined'
entirel- to thle bark, it is questionable whether any- act -al
monctar- loss has been suffered.


M1=T APEID (Aphis .ossypii Glov.)


Nebraska


West Vir inia


Florida


Minnesota


Mi s souri


I.'. H. Swenk (October 25): Reports of injury continue to
be received until October 4, when they ceased abruptly.
STRIP-,D CUCl7r _3, B=L (Diabrotica vittata Fa-. )


L. M. Peairs (October 24): The stri=:c cucumber beetle
is very abundant on soybeans at Morganto"-:.

F. W. Craig (Octobcr' 5): The cucumber beetle did not seem
to be so numerous as usual during the early part of the season,
but d-aoe to the m-elon frj.its was attributed to the larvae.
Where the melon ca-ie in contact with the soil the rind was
punctured with nuierous small holes. Those did not go through
the rind into the flesh and would have been insignificant if
it was not for the fact that they allowed the entrance of
rot or.,ani sus.

J. R. ",ztson (October 25): The striped cucuYber beetle is
ver- abundant in cvergllades only.

J. S. Houser (October 5): The striped cucum ber beetle is
ver.- abundant.

A. A. Granovs1-r (September 27): The striped cucii-ubtr beetle
is voderatelyr au.'nanrt. It is com.-ion in all cantaloupe and
cucumber fields about St. Paul and Minneapolis.

H. E. Jaql es (October 25): The striped ccucrber beetle is
oderately, to v cry abundant in Pocahontas, Powshiekc, and
-i- e t Counties.

L. Hasenman (October 22): The stripe, cucci'nber beetle is
reported at Columbia It is less abundant than a year ao
but there are plent- of them. They are still f, c.






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Connecticut





Mar7ylandd


South Carolina










Florida


Ohio


PICKLE *,70PIi (D a, phania nitidalis Stoll)

W. M. Britton (October 24): This is the first injury by
this insect that I have ever.% seen or had reported in
Connecticut. Until now we did not have an. adult in 'or
collection. It is attackin- cucumber and sui.ner squash at
Branford, Ha -den, and Greenwich.

E. Y. Cory (October 22): Diaphania nitidalis was reported
on squash in Baltimore County.

W. J. Reid, Jr. (October 23): The heavy infestation of
fall squash plantin":s at Clharleston by the pickle worn and
the melon worn ( 7. h.-alinata L.), reported in September,
hA,s contine-.c. throughout October. Inju-r, to the fruit has
been quite general. No squash whatever has been harvested
in this section fror.im tnpoisoned plantings. In most instances
plants in unpoisoned.fields are now. entirely dead as a result
of the insect attack. A second fall -eneration of both species
appeared in the middle of Oct'ober. Adv.lts of both species'
.iere abo.d.nt in the field throughout October.

J. R. Watson (October 23): The pickle worn is unusually
dcetractive to fall-7rown cucu-.ibers in the north-central
part of the State. Some fields have been utterly destroyed
in a week's tine. The caterpillars mine the entire ster of
the plart. Squashes have not been so severely injured.

F. S. Chanberlin (October 12): The pickle worm is very
destructive to cucurbits in Blountstown at this time.

W. J. Reid, Jr. (October 21): Fall cucu.n3oe.r plantings in
the vicinity- of ;7auchula, Hardee County, are being severely
daaged by the pickle worn and the melon worm, D. hyalinata L.
The worms are feedin- on buds, leaves, vine stems, and fruit
of all sizes. All plantings are apparently infested to some
extent, as much as 75 per cent of the fruit being rendered
unfit for use. Complete abandoinment of several fields by the
growers has occurred. Feedin; of the worms on the vine stems
is quite general. Growers of the county estimate that their
1931 fall cucu-iber crop of approximately 600 acres will be
cut 50 per cent. The pests are much more destructive than
usual this fall.


S _.U A SH

SQUASH BUG (Anasa tristis DeG.)

J. S. Houser (October 5); We have had the most destructive
outbreak on record in Ohio this sunmmer front the squash bug.







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West Virginia


L. 1!. Pe-iirs (Octo).er 24): T"-c sqtuash 1-_ is veryo .biran t
at Moor-antowrn.


SPOTTBZD B3-3LT 7?_'-0'"MI P-., crsrectalis 1o-n.)


Mississippi


Pennsylvania















Michigan


Pennsylvania


C. Lyle (October 22): Larvae tentativel>- identified by'
J. H. Lnsot..n. we.re rep-oorted as heavily infCstin7 swOor;tato
plants "'t ?r.itland Park, on October 2, and as ab'udnt on
pi:'.' c, in tuarnip fields at Luacedale, on October 17.




CGR-":wUS7 L7A TYm (Phlsctaenia '-bicalis Guen. )

C. A. Tho-ias (October 20): I "-'.,ve recet-:1,- fouuicd several
lcpidopterous larve casino considerable injur:- b: c:ie-nI
c :an nels in thie surface of eel, ry stalks in the field. At
least t:iree species are involved: P. Iabigalis G'.en., which
is perhaps m-ost co'r-.on; a -rce..ish, w'-itc-strie",i- looper
/hich I believe to 7e thie celery looper, A-tc._'r"T'a faciera
1 1 o 0711-1 striped
Kby., which is oairl- cor. .on; and a s,. all brownies stied
caterpillar with lar-e blacl- tubercles, b-lack ead, and black
thoracic shield. A considerable number of wall eoths, which
I believe are th-e adlts of this latter larva, were fiin in
the celery field when disturbed. Althout' h injur-j-r by the se
three kinds of larvae was not serious it w-s conspicuous
enouihi to worry the celery growers. The worst inju-r" seec:s
to be on the -ello', celery.

R. Hutson (October 23): This insect " ver-, abu__a.t on
celery durn:in Sept enber.


SFI:ACH

C.33AGB I0F-IR (uto'rap2a brassicae Riley)

T. H. Parks (October 24): The greenhouse specialist reports
cabbage loopcrs corxion on spinach at Toledo.

C. A. Th.c:as (October 20): Sone injury ha.s been cased
to spinach in Bucks County, b15 the cabbaTe looper eating
holes through the leaves. -7-s of sone undeternined tachinid
fly were fairly co-rion on the full--rovm loopers.


TURTIP APHID (iRhopalosiphru pseudobrassicae Davis.)


Pennsylvania


C. A. Thorm.s (October 20): A serious outbrr'o-3 is now occurring
in turnip fields in southern Buc:ks County. The outbreak lias






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Virginia



Mississippi


North Carolina


been apparent only a week or so, and during that tine leaves
of half-grown turnipo plants have entirely diedL and dried up,
so tie fields appear burned and browni... Internal insect
parasites are not co: -on, but a f-ungus appears to have
effected sone slight control. A few s-rphid larvae and
coccinellids are also present, but not yet conr---on. These
aphids are soreadinl into adjacent fields of black radislih.

H. G. Walkcer (Oct'ober 27): Thle turnip aphid is causing
considerable d--age to turnip greens and young cabbage
seedl.ngs in the NTorfol : area.

State Plant Board (October 25): Turnip lice have not
been nr-ierous thr.s far, probably: owing to the warm weather,
which has allowed parasites to continu-ae holding the in check.

A P"ITATOMID BUG (Peribalus limbolarius Stal)

R. W. Leiby (October 17): A single report of very severe
injury, sirlilar to that of the hliarlequin bug, to a field of
turnips at Srmithfield has been received. A large nurober of
specimens were sent with the complaint.


LETTUCE

COMT IR WR (Heliothis obsoleta -a'.)


California


T. 0. 7ssig (Septeriber 23): The corn ear worm injured
head lettuce in the Salinas Valley in September, destroying
a few entire fields. Larvae enter,'developing heads and tunnel
to the he.art.


SUGATR TT`S

BT7' LAFHOPP- (Thtettix te ellus Baker)


Utah


G. ?. Knowlton (October 20): The beet leaf hopper. caused
considerable dw-.ay- to sugar beets in many parts of northern
Utah. Russian thistle is now dryin,up on the desert breeding
grounds, and the leafhoppers are scattering to near-by succulent
vegetation in Tooele County and Boxelder County areas.


MUSHROOMS.

A IHUMPBACICKED FLY (Aphiochaeta spp. )


Penn sylvania
Maryland
Delaware


C. A. Thomas (October 20): Larvae of phorid flies (Aphiochaeta
spp.) have caused considerable injury' to nycelium and to sterns
and cape of growing, mLshrooms in :mushroomn h.us-es, during late
September and October, in Maryland, Delaware, and Pennsylvania.
In many instances the destructive abundance of these flies could
be traced to the manure having been quite wet when placed in the
houses.





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Vermont


Maryland


Maine


ITew Hampshire








!New York






Wisconsin


Minnesota


F 0 R E S:T AN D S H A DE-T R E I N S C T S

EUROPEAN FRUIT LECAIUM (Lecanium-corni Bouche)

H. L. Bailey (October 27): Crawlers appeared in considerable
numbers on twigs and, later, on the large branches of trees in
and about Montpelier during the summer. There had been a
heavy infestation of adult scale insects from the year before.
Ash and elm were most seriously infested.

LECH

WOOLLY BEECH APHID (Prociphilus imbricator Fitch)

C. H. Hanson (October 16): Insects were found on beech
trees at Forest Glen.

BIRCH

BIRCH SE--L2T0OITIZ= (Bucculatrix canadensisella Chamb.)
BIRCH LAF- VII:TiG SA7FLY (phyllotreta nemorata Fall.)

J. V. Schaffner, Jr. (September 24): Observations made in
several localities between Skorhegan, Guilford, and Monson
showed 25 to 50 per cent of the foliage mined with occasional
trees showing possibly 75 per cent of the foliage affected.
From Monson to Greenville and Binjham to Jockmaen from 20 to
25 per cent of the foliage was mined. Bucculatrix infestations
are severe in these localities.

J. V. Schaffner, Jr. (Seotember.24): In the White Mountain
section of 17ew Harmpshire the birch foliage, especially on the
mountain sides, is badly browned by the B. canadensisella. The
skeletonizer seems to be largely responsible for this condition
though some of it is due to the great abundance of aphids.
T. H. Jones noted a heavy infestation of about 2 acres in a
growth of small gray birch at Exeter. This was the only instance
of injury noted in this section.

R. D. Glasgow (October 26). The birch in northeastern New
York and including the greater part of the Adirondack area has
been severely injured this year -und in many places completely
defoliated by the middle of Septcr.bcr, through the work of one
or both of two insect pests, rn-ely, B. canadensisella, and
the white birch leaf-mining zcfly (P. nemorata Fall.).

W. Middleton (Septomber): B. camidensisol1. has been re-
ported as abundant from Wisconsin.

W. Middleton (Septcmber): 'Wc have received reports of the
abundance of B. canadensi sell in Minnesota.






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New Hermpshire J. V. Schaffner, Jr. fSeptember 24): Observations made
during September indicate -that the infestations of P. nemorata
in sections of New Hampshire and, Vermnont, are quite similar to
those of 1930-. -In.the -vicinity of" Gorham, IT. H., an average
-- of about 25 per cent of the paper birch leaves are infested,
this being the heaviest: observed. .

BRO1TZE BIRCH BORi (A rilus us Gory)


E. W. Mndcnha.ill (October 21): Bronze birch bofers are very
bad in birch trees in and about Dayton. It looks like the
destruction of the birch trees here.


Indiana JJe.. Davi-s (October 24): -'-Vhat- was- described as typical
injury was received from,Plymouth,.. October. 13.

BOXELDER ' "

*BOXELD-R BUG (Leo>tocoris trivittatus Say)


Delawar


Marylan



Virgini






South' C


I ndi an







Illinoi


-L." A.s .Ste:rns (Octob.er- Ii.23)-:. merous r:p.orts uf boxelder
bug have -be-en. received from southern -Del ,are...


Cd1 E. ''. Ooir'y (October 6)i ^Outbteaks havie 'oc ur r6d in Somerset,:
. Kent, Anne'Arun1_l., Wicomico,- mnd'Montgon'ery Counties. Pre-
:" vio.uJy reporte&- in larger snmberss from Woxtester County.

a c: :.' :'Willoy (October 23)': -.Specimens Were received from
~" iCirke Obunty October 1. -'he. letter states: "There are thou-
sands and thousands of them hanging on trees and fences of a
place in this town. Crawling in large, numbers up the sides of.
..... house-- yozmng ones seem to cl-ster tugethot 6n t tunks and large
'- : !. limbsdof, the 'trees., ': v :. :

,arolina F. Sher,'n (October 21): 'The boxelder bag is now present in
S- 'great nur.bes on "boxelder. ' " :. ,.

I" : J, J. Davts (October 24): 'The boxelder bug wasmore common
than usual and. report ted from Plrmouth' Winanac, ATstin, and
Logansport. The first report was.receivedOctober 6, and the...
last Otoer 23, at which-ttme most .of.the' specimens received.
w: ere mature. 'In some cases they were 'reported abundant on box-
elder but in' most.'cases they were reported because of their
S'' annoyance in the house. ": : ...'

5s W. P. Flin't.(October'24):" B6oxelder bugs have been much more
annoying than usual this ,fall, judging by .the. large number of .. .
S : lettes.- rece:eved. coi.cerziing "these insects'. F.or several weeks'
letters concerning"these insects have beea re6eived in every
mail.
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Ohio


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Wisconsin




Minnesota


Nebraska


Utah


Washington


E. L. Chambers (October 26): Boxelder bugs continued to be
very numerous everywrcre seeking shelter all during the month
of October and. many reports ,came in from all sections of the
State for identification and control measures.

A. G. Ruggles (Ottober 27): Boxelder bugs are more numerous
than they have been for :'.ny years.

H. J. Jaques (October 25): The boxelder bug is moderately
abundant in Carroll County.

M. H. Swenk (October 26): The boxelder bug was about normally
troublesome as' a house invader during October.

G. F. Knowlton (October 13): Boxelder bugs -re rather annoy-
ing to households now as they seek hibernation quarters. They
are apparently less abundant than a year ago at this time.

M. A. Others (October): The boxeldecr bug is causing a rather
conmon injury to the growing fruits of apples and pears in cer-
tain parts of the kWeatchee district. The injury is caused by
the insects feeding puncture and is not greatly unlike that
causedby the tarnished plant bug.


CATALPA"

CATALPA SPHIIX (Ceratomia cttanlre Bdv.)


South Carolina


Ohio


Illinois


A. Lutken (October 21): Caterpillars were very abundant during
September and were heavily parasitized.

E. W. Mender2Qall (September 29): The catalpa trees, especially
the Bungeii variety are badly infested in several sections in
southern Ohio.

J. H. Bigger (September 15): Caterpillars were dae Ain shale
and ornamental plantings during the last of August.


CATALPA 12ALY3UG (Pscudococcus comstocki Kuwana)


Connecticut


N. Turner (Octo'.er 14): Eg masses were received from Norwalk,
where they were collected on umbrella catalpa.


DEODAR WEVIL (Pissodes eeod-irae Hopk.)


Mississippi


C. Lyle and assistants (October): Thirty-six 1-uirvae were
taken from one Cedrus deodora plant. The plant was about 5 feet
high.


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SOUTJT:-T PI:- v TJEVIL (Pissodes nemorensis Germ.)


Mi s si s sippi


H. Dietrich (October:20): P. nemorensis 7.5aG present in numbers
injuring Cedrus deodora in a nursery at Lucedale on October 19.


BLIM PII '301 (Oallidium antennattm. Tern.)


Connecticut
and
INew York


E. P. Felt (October 23): ReC cedar, used for fences or orna-
mental structures, has been invaded and extensively damaged. by.
the blue pine borer, C. antennatum, or a closely related species,
at both Greenwvich, Conn., and on eastern Long Island, IT. Y.


ELM L M B0M (OThuell?. xanthomelaon .Schrank)


California


E. 0. Essig (September 28): The elm leaf.beetle is spreading
to many parts of the State.


ELM BOR (Saperda tridentata Oliv.)


NTebraska


M. H. Sweink (October 26): Several letters received during
October complained of damage done to elms during the summer.


IPHO FCK

PIIIELLELF SWALE (Chionas4is pinifoliae.Pitch)


Maine


H. B. Peirson (October 24): Specimens ofthe pine leaf scale
have been found on hemlock from several parts of the State.

HIC KOrRY

HICKORY BARK BEETLE (Scolytus quadrisDinosus Say)

E. W7. Mendenhall (October 2): The hickory trees in Fountain
Park, VWoodstock, are badly infested with the- hickory bark beetles.
There are 1,000 to 1,500 hickory trees in this grove.


Ohio


PIGEON TR3KMEX (Tremex colnrib. L.)


Indiana


J. J. Davis (October 24): The pigeon tremex was reported
cor.on at Anderson, October 5, on-hickory trees which were
apparently in a dying condition.







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LARCH

LARCH CASE B 3 R (Coleophora laricella Hbn.)


ITew York


R. D. Glasgow (October 26): From Albarny north, and as far
west as the limits of the Adirondack State Park: nearly all of
the larchi was defoliated in late September by the late brood.
The larch throuT"hout the same area was very generally defoliated
:y the insect in June. While defoliation in late September
alo-no might 'be of little consequence, it is likely this season
that it will accentuate the r.a e resultin- from the earlier
defoliation.


LOCUST

LOCUST BOE3 (Cyllene robil.ae Forst.)


ITew York


E. P, Felt (October 2-3): The locust bore: was rc-orted as
injurious at Tilite Plains. The insect is _-enerally distributed
in southeastern 1ew York and ve-y frequently causes serious
injury to individual trees or .roups of trees, and under ex-
ceptional conditions may :ill good-sized plantings of your trees.


LOCUST LIAF xI"JI3 (CCh'.leous dorsalis T.iub.)


Mi s si s sippi


Mi s sissippi


Indiana


Mississippi


W. L. Gray (October): The locust leaf miner is moderately
abundant on wild black locust in Adams County.


MAPLE

GREE1T-STRIPED MAPLE WO-R: ( .i ot a ru ic r,. Fab.)

H. Dietrich (October 20): "1"- 77d.or is defoliating red
maple (_cer rubrun) in th u c -a .c-.i r r 7-Z.Vp, George County.

FLAT-iHEAED APPLE TRE BOF30 (Chryso'cthris femorata Oliv.)

J. J. Davis (October 24): C, fcmor7.ta vzs reported dL,-nirn
maples at Plymouth and Lafayettc the 'I t + ionth.


WOOLLY ALDER APHID (ProcPii.' tc scllatus Fitch)


C. Lyle (October 22): Aphids were received on September 26 from
Clinton, where they were reported as abundant on silver leaf
maple trees.


ULBi(ARY
TATE PLANT BOARD,










Rhode Island


Ohio


Mississippi


WOOLLY MAPLE LEAF. SCALE (Phenacoccus acericola King)

J. V. Schaffner Jr. (Se&ptermber 10): Specimens were brought in
ant. there w&ere reports-that ITor.way and sugar maple shade trees
in Providence, Pawtucket, Cranston, Warwick, and Woonsocket
seem t.o be quite generally, infested.

COTTONY MAPLE SCALE (Pulvinaria vitis L.)
E. 7.. Mendenhall (Septerber 2-6).: The soft maples in Green-
ville are very badly infested in private and public plantings.
The trees have- the. appearance of cotton on the limbs and
branches.


.. OAK

YZLLO7-i:T1 D. CA1RP!LLAIR ( .Dt : ini. "stra Drury)


C. .LTyle (O0ctober 22)6 Larvwe were observed during the past
*month on oak trees at .. & M. College.


A D:TATIA C.TERPILLAR (Datana contract Walk.)


Missi s sippi


H. Dietrich (October 20): D. contract is extremely abundant
on various; oaks and, the river. birch (Betula nia) in the
swamps of the Zxcrt',wpa River, George County.

ORTGE-STRIP3D.OAK WOIM (Anisota senatoria S. & A.)


North Carolina R. A. St. George (October 3): Larvae were especially abundant
causing considerable injury :to the foliage of red, scarlet, and
southern redoak trees in the 3ent Creek section of the Pisgah
National Forest. The injury w s also noted in other places
visited in western North Carolina, indicating that the infesta-
tion 'was quite widespread. "


Missi s sippi


Mississippi




Maryland


ANJ OAK WORM (Anisota consularis Dyar)

H. Dietrich October 20): A. consularis was found defoliating
oaks in the Escatawpa River swamps, George County.

II.P:IAL MOTH (Basilona imperialis Drury)

H. Dietrich (October 20): B. imperialis was taken on oak
in the: Escatawpa River Swamp, .George County. :

RED OAK BORER (Romaleum rufulum Hald.)
A LONGHORNT ZZTLE (Urogra)his fasciatus DeG.)
E. N. Cory (October 22): R. rufulum and Graphisurus fasciatus
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GULT APHID (Lon* slfina caryae Harr.)


Massachusetts


E. P4 Felt (October 23): The large hickory aphid was re-
ported from Pittsfield. It occasionally becomes extremely
abundant on the branches of hickory, beech, and oriental plane.


OBSCURS SCALE (Chrso-,...lus obscurus Comst.)


Mississippi


C. Lyle and assistants (October): T-e obscure scale is
present on oak tr-.,:s in Corinth in large numIbers and has done
serious damage to some of the trees, causing the limbs to die
and we-Ceinr the whole tree.


PI1IE T-5E MOTH (Eulia rinatubina Kearf.)


Maine


Nevr Jersey


Vermont


North Carolina


Maine


H. I. Peirson (October 24): The pine tube builder was very
prevalent throughout the vicinity of Augusta. 2About 90 per
cent of the larvae have left the tubes.

E. P. Felt (October 23): The pine tube builder was reported
as injurious to pine at Tcnafly. It is a common species
locally and occasionally abundant upon individual trees or
groups of trees.


PIITE ,BLcr1: (Tctralopha melanogrammos Zell.)


H. L. Bailey (October 27): Thec pine webworm. was found in
considerable nurmers on Scotch pine plantations at Essex.

SOUT:-T. PITE B3ETLE (Dendroctonus frontalis Zimm.)

R. A. St. George (October 3): ITo southern ,ir.e beetle out-
breal:s were noted or reported during the s :-cr in the South-
eastern States except in the Bent Creek and Billy Moores
Creek areas of the Pic-h National Forest located near Asheville.


THITE-PIiF3 =VIL (Pissoles strobi Peck)


H. B. Peirson (October 24): A moderate infestation in Scotch
pine of the'white pine weevil has been observed at Oquossuc.


A BARK DEETLE (17 c'llisr:r!us Germ.)


Mississippi


C. Lyle (October 22): Bark beetles were reported abundant
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Maine


Wisconsin





Washington


A SAWrLY (TeodiDrion pinetum ITort.)

H ...Peirson (.October *.4'),*.:.. Two.-lots of nearly mature
larvae "4ere fund at Aug-usta. -

... PI LEAF SCALE (Chi-on-aspis pinifoliae Fitch)

E L. Chambers (October 26): TWhite pine in southwestern
-Wisconsin forest -plantinngs have-,been .showin- unusually heavy
infest'atiot (in spots) and trees in ornamental plantings have
shown heavy.infestations, continuing to grow heavier and
' heavier late this fall ..

M. A. Yothers (Sumnmer, 1.9-31); The pine leaf scale is found
commonly on pine trees in almost any part of the pine regions
of the eastern slope of the Cascade Mountains, lying .west of
Yald.nima and Wenatcheoe.-.

A R, DD0 C .(, ..n,.. I h o WODO

A .DTWQOD SIC-LE Z (Aoni-7'a shastac Colei-an)


California 0. Essig (October 20):- The redwood scale (A. shastae) was
first ta:en on -iant Sequoia trees at Atwell Mills, near Sequoia
N National Parkh in April, 1931. It occurred in great numbers
on the leaves and stems of certain young second-growth trees
only'in,.r-ore or less shady areas., along the highway, where road
dust contributed to the discQmfort of the infested trees.
Additional material was furnished in August, 1931, from the
..... same locality. Specimaenswere-referred to Prof. G. F. Ferris
S "who determined them as the above.


T* 0;TPL D WATJT ntel .
-WALLJT CATIPILLR (Datara Thte~errirna G. & R.)


Indiana


Nebraska


Massachusetts


J. J. .Davis Octoberr 24): Caterpillars .'ere reported abun-
dant at Zedford, October 7.
M, H. Swenk (September): .Continued to defoliate walnut trees
in the southeastern part of the State during the first half of
.'September, and complaints of suSh injuries continued to be re-
ceived until the end of the month.

.. WILLOW *

SEUMROPEAT WILLOW BEETE (Plagiodera-versicolora Laich.)
J. V. Schaffner, Jr.-. (September 24.)): C. .7. Collins observed
on August 26 several roadside willows from 25 to 50 per cent
defoliated in Norfolk, Walpole, and Wrenthan (Norfolk County).









II SECTS A F "CTI G G R H THOUTJ S "


A : D C R :" A :I 7 T T A L P L A :: T S

v:H: &RT3S (pGy1Topba-a1 so.)


H. Dictrich (October 20): Som-e azalea b-shes have 'lad all
their roots oite a'7 itn : vhite .ru.ibs. There was nothing
left e.cccDt a fe,' h.v ite st-Lbs of the lar.cr roots. Loc0ime'
tells :ie thiat this is tie wa-:- it works: All azalea FuIhes are
ec-vil1- *wtlcicd with o-ak leaves to :.ake the proper acie? soil
for their rowtlrat-nd to conserve .oistr.re. NTow i- the sporin
_heavy droves of a 'alt beetles co.e to town, settle in the
trees, and then in tihe d ti:-:e see! s::elter in the leaS M-iulch
ander tihe azalea b&'sses. Tien the', la t:eicir e as ad aes a
result a lar.e crop of "hi-te -rahs is found to Cfeed on the
azalea roots. Lodin-- tells T.e corzilaints a.re rettin7 coa--oner
all the time.


ZBL-T^-Y SI'1? -C-7. (Oberea m-ops Hald.)


Mas ss?.c --:.. setts




Connecticut


Mas sach.is et t s


A. I. Bourne (October 26): In earl, October there was
discovered to be a rather well established infestation of
0. ny-ops on various plaztin n7s of azalea and rododenron
here on the college ca-pus.

E. P. Felt (October 23): The azalea tvi.;z borer, 0. :..-ls,
3s found wor'hl.,-- in the sta.s of both azalea and rhododendron
at Gree:.wich.

_..0-,::A T.......:P?.R.. ( .chc-.n. binotata S.' )

E. P. Felt (October 23): 77- asses of the two-2.-arked tree
hopper on do ,;ood "'ere received from Great Barrin;ton. This
insect is also ver- co.r-on or Cclastmrs or .ox'"ry warx.ork,
an=d its wor1, in connection rwitL oviposition, has cone to ad
on'-several occasions.


A LYGA7ID (Owc.-:,.ltis fasciatus jall.)


Vir-inia


C. R. T7illcy (October 23): Several p.::rso s iave brow'ht in
specimens of this insect, which seems to be occurrinI in
numbers on various vines and flowers in ich-ond. This is
the first time w:e have had cy:.plaints.


A 1.LACK SOAiF (Saissetia n.,1-r- riitn.)


California


E. 0. Essiz (October 20): In Au-aust G. F. Ferris called the
writer's attention to a Pittospoinm tree on the St.-nford
Campus which was rather severely infest.,d. The tree was rowing
near a building" ?.nd :.a" 'hve been in just the ri,'ht sort of'a


Alab- u:a

























Alabama


California


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protec-ted location-o .,r the .propaation of tle insect. Later
in September it w-.s collected on .,ralia and a conifer in a
nr.rsery in. San Rafael, arin Co-unty, w'.ere it was ,?npnrently
d-in niele in the open. The past feor winters hiave been
ratther :.ild ini Cali:ornia a~-id n.ay be responsible for t'he
present sho'i' f te coccid.

.CAi! CROICT2 (Ceuthophilus sp.) .

2. W. M.,endenhall (October 15): The cave or canel cricl:ets
were very bad and did considerably damage to seedlings in
-7r e enhou- s e 7i'n C o lum-bui s.

CYClMI.T 1II E (Tarsonemus pallidus Bank:s)

JJ. 1M. Robinson (October 21): 'Cyclamen mites are moderately
abu-ndant in a -reenhouse at Opelika.

C-R1T::OTJUSE COYTIP.DE (Scutigerella imm_.aculata :7ewp.)

E. 0. Essig (September 28): Garden centipedes are abundant
in. certain greenhouses and small areas in many parts of the
State.


CO7 ZAR 7TORM (Heliothis obsoleta Fab.)


.Maryland


Ohio


Illinois


E. N. Cory (October 22): This insect is injuring geraniums
and.cutting into the base of carnation buds.

T. H. Parhs (October 24): These larvae ruined many flower
buds of chrysanteiur.. in the greenhouse during September at
Logan. They also ate flowers and buds of calendulas both in
and outside of the greenhouse. Greenhouse men in Ashtabula,
Cuyahoga, Lorain, and Lucas Counties !have been losing heavily
during September and October f'or; corn ear worm injury to both
the ereen and ripening fruits. This I-p-oe of injury ts very
infrequent in greenhouses though of annual occurence to early
tomatoes during" July in southern Ohio.

W. P. Flintt (October 24): Greenhouses all over the State
have been invaded .b-" the adults and at the present time many
greenhouse crop's arc s:,'ffering severely, from_ the feeding of
Slarvaee.


FALL AL.,YOM (Laph -rma frugiperda S. & A. )


Michigan


E. I. McDaniiel (October 24): Larvae of the fall army worm,
.the corn ear.worm, and possibly some of their relatives are
appearing in'greenhouses in various parts of Michigan.
The moths are evidently flying' in from outside and producing
larvae which mutilate the buds and blossoms and later other parts
of chrysanthemun, rose, calend:ala,, geranium, and sometimes other
plants.





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Mississippi


Maryland


Maryland


Mississippi


sCTTT ,-GAFc SIUG (LiTr2 mairi.ns L.)

E. W. Mendcenhall (October 14): The spotted giantt .arden
slu-s are very bad. in ,ardlens in Columbus and do considerable
da.-:o.e to shrubs and ornamental plants.


CAITA

I-SSz2 CAK:A LEAF R1CILTR (Geshn cannalis Qaint.)

C. Lyle and assistants (October): Th.e lesser canna leaf
roller is very common on cannas at Lucedale and NTatchez.
(Abstract, J.A.H.).....




cC ..rOJUS -7 TIM (Phlyctaenia rubi.alis Guen.)

3. IT. Cory (October 22): The greenhouse leaf tier in
Prince Georges Covunt- on c.h:--.emums is worse than I
have ever seen it before.,

C2RYSA, THR.j M LIA] IIP.7 (Napomyza cry,,santhemi Kowarz)

7. ST. Cbry (October 22): Pivtorx-za chrysanthemi occurs
in'a -reenhouse on chrysanthenmmimsin Prince Georzes County.


CRTr 1:YRTL2 APHID (Myzocallis kahawaluohalani Kirk. )

Win. L. Gray (October 17); The crepe rytrtle aphid is very
abundant at Narchez, accp.. ed by sooty .ildew.


S DL DALIA

A :TITIDULID (Conotelus obscurus Er.)


Mississippi


Mi s sissippi


C. Lyle (October 22): Spec i'..-ns have been received recently
from Aberdeen, West Point, Kosciusko, and Oxford, where they
were reported as ab-indant on dahlia blooms.


F_: SCALU (Hemichionaspis as7idictrae Sin.)

H. Dietrich (October 20): T.e fern scale practically
destroyed all the -e rns at one -r':, house in Lucedale.





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G-LADIOLUS 'T.RI4S (Taeniothrips 4l13doli M. & S. )


New York


P. M. Sstman (October 9): Specimens of the gladiolus
thrips have been received from Rochester. From past reports
this pest seems.to have. been quite general throughout the State.


A THRIPS (Tgniothrips atratus montanus Priasner)
Massachusetts R.'Sasscer (September 26): Thrips that were sent to
J. R. Watson, Seoberiber 1 from galdiolus, .from Longmeadow, Mass.
wore determined as the uropean thrips Taeniothrips atratus
montanus. Dr. Watson says that this species' is a very common
thrips in Z-rope. "It looks very much as if it may have been
introduced in", ladiolus.bulbs. This has never been recorded
from this country before. This may possibly prove to be quite
a pest on gladiolus. It. seems rather peculiar that our
introductions should be of the variety montanus, which is
.confined, .toofAustria and the Balkans, rather than the common
S.. Thropean ,.species"!'.


Connecticut


LILAC

.&ITT OT (Vesp c'rabro I.)

E. P. Felt (Octooer.23): The Earopean hornet has been
exceptionally abundant in several localities in the vicinity
of Stamford. They attracted, notice mostly because they injured
lilac branches- .. .


BULB MIT.: (Rhizog.lyphuq hyacinth Bdv.)


Ohio


2. W. Mendenhall (October 15)'! Ily plants in one of the
greenhouses in Greenville are badly affected with bulb mites.
The plants are ,not making any growth but are looking very
sickly. Lilies being propagated in one of the greenhouses in
Springfield are.-so badly infested that the plants were taken
up and destrQ0red; also a greenhouse grower in Columbus reports
the saeie 'thing, '


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BUC3C1ix BUT=T-FLY (Junonia coenia Hbn.)


Ni s sissippi


C. Lyle (October 22): Larvae of Junonia coenia were
collected from snapdragons at Greenwood on September 25.






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I N S E C T S A T T. A C K I T G MAN AND

DOMESTIC C ANI MALS

MA(Culicinae)
MOSq.'JIT03S (Culicinac)


Oregon


North Carolina
and
South Carolina



Florida









South Carolina


Geoargia


Florida


E. H. Stage (Septer.-ber 18): Mosquitoes are abundant in
certain situations about the Portland area at this tLmo.
Anoh.oles ipmctipennis Say end A. maculipcr'nis Mcig. are
readily taken from widely scattered wvatcers of various types.
Culex tarsa.lis Coq. and C. pipiens L. are abundant about
polluted water. Adult.' Aedes vex7ans iicig. from mid-June
broods still -ersist and are very bothersome near Wahklenna
Falls.

SA::D F:IZS (Culinoides sp.)

D. G. Hall (October 22): The abuna. ce of the t-7o dominant
summraer sit-marsh s'ndflies, C. A.elleus Coq. and C. furens
Poey, is rapidly decreasing, ,their place being" occupied by
C. c-ni thorax Hoff. .which will be the -:ost abundant during the
fall season.

J. B. Hull and W. S. Dove (October 12): Sand flies (Culicoides
sp.) were abundant about the ZKeys and islands in the vicinity
of Tnapa during different times of the :ear. This section is
noted for tarpon fishing and the tourist fishor:ncn suffer the
effects of sandfly bites. C. m.elleus, C. furcns, and other
species of yellow sand flies are m-ost abundant in the littoral
regions of Florida.

YE GNATS (Hippelates spp.)

W. E. Dove (Octobor 20): 7ith the dry autumn there has
been a. marked decrease in the number of eye gnats in the
vicinity of Charleston. During last autumn they were especially
abundant during the rainy season.

J. B. Hull and J. Z. Dove (October 9): Zye gnats, H. pusio
LMall., were rnost abundant at ,.7il--ington Island in the vicinity
of a small ditch lcodin.- from an outside toilet.

J. 3. Hull and W. Z. Dove (October 10): According to
residents in the vicinity of St. Augustir.neo, eye rnats are
very iano-iiC to :,,n in *th.se parts. They occur during the
warmer months of the year.







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CATTLE

STABLE FLY (Stomoxys calcitrans L.)


South Carolina







Florida






Mi s souri


F. M. Prince (October 15): With the advent of the very
high tides of this month there was an abrupt decline in the
number of stable flies at Folly Beach. Previous to this
time mules could not graze. They went into yards having
shade and into garages, leaving hundreds of the flies in
such places. Occasionally some of the flies bite man, but
there was a decided preference for the mules.

W. E. Dove and J. B. Hull (October i7): Previous to the
recent spring tides dog flies were very common along the
coasts near Jacksonville. The flies were not abundant away
from- the coasts. Dog flies are sometimes very annoying on
Mullet Key and about Fort DeSoto. A few raccoons occur on
the island.

L. Haseman (October 22): Stable -flies have been -
unusually abundant for October at Columbia, also in the.seuth-
eastern part of the State.


HORIT FLY (IHaematobia irritans L.)


Missouri


L. Haseman (October 22): The horn fly has been unusually
abundant for October at Columbia, also in the southeastern
part- of the State.


HORSE

HORSE BOTFLY (Gastrophilus intestinal is DeG.)


North Carolina


General


R. W. Leiby (October 22): An unusual complaint for our
Insect Survey records in this State was made on October 5.
The remnants of an adult were identified as the horse botfly.
A vdrY.h-arian reported a farmer as declaring that the insects
were stinging his mules and causing consternation in the
pasture field.


HOUSEHOLD AND STORED-PRODUCT

I N S E C T S.

TERMITES (Reticulitermew sp.)'

T. E. Snyder (September): During the month of September
124 cases of damage by termites were reported to the Bureau
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reported from each State:


Alabama, 11
Arkansas, 4
California, 5
Conmiecticut, 2
District of
Columbia, 5
Florida, 13
Georgia, 6
Indiana, 3
Kentucky, 1


Louisiana, 4
Maryland, 1
Mississippi, 1
Missouri, 5
N;ew Jorsey, 2
New York, 3
North Carolira,
Ohio, 3
Oklahoma, 4


Pennsylvania, 4
South Carolina, 6
Tennessee, 7
ATexas, 8
Virginia, 15
'Jest Virir.nia, 2
6 Wisconsin, 1
Philippine Islands, 1
Hawnaii, 1


Indiana




INebraska



Mi s souri



Alabama




Mississippi


J. J. Davis (October 24): TeTnites were destructive to
buildings at Attica and Lafayette, early in October. At
Knox (September 26) termites wre attacking a corn crib and
were also eating into the ears of corn.

M. H. Swenk (October 26): Itie termite R. tibialis Banks
was reported destroying fruit trees in Hrjrlan County during
the third week in October.

L. Haseman (October 22): Numerous corMl.aintsabout ter--.ites
r:vo been received from all over the State, where the pests
are working in houses and in one case in soft maple shade trees.

J. :0:. .Robinson (October 21): Territes are abundant in an
apartment building at Auburn and in houses at Decatur and iMobile.

ARG!TTIhS ANT (I r i domyr0ex. hi.l i s .:.yr)

C. Lyle and assistants (October): The Argentine ant
situation at Hattiesburg is quite distressinJ. Complaints nre
coming in from every part of the infested area.


A YELLO7 ArT (Lasius interjects ::'r)


Kentucky


W. A. Price (October 24): Winged forms of L. intcrjectus
were taken in large numbers from foundation tirners of a
house at Carlisle.


S:,:IALL2F. BAM0O0 B OE (Dinoderus ;rinutus Fab.)


I:assachusett s


E. P. Felt (October 23): A cosxrolitan powder-post "eetle,
D. minutus, was received from the eastern part of the Sty.te,
where it had been workirn.g in the bamboo fr:;-.u of an orn..ne..tal
screen.


CARPET BE3TL (Anthrenus scrophalariae L.)


California


H. Ryan (October 17): The buffalo carpet beetle is more
numerous than usual.








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Ohio


Al ab cna


South Dakota


Nebraska


South Dakota


E. 0. Essig (October 20): Larvae are unusually abundant in
houses in the southern -oart of the State this summer and fall.

CIGARETTE BEETLE (Lasioderma serricorne Fab.)

T. H. Parks (October 24): Injury to upholstered furniture
was quite severe in a home in Columbus visited in early October.
Both beetles and larvae were present.

J. M. Robinson (October 21): The cigarette beetle is very
abundant on furniture at Sheffield.

SAW-TOOTHED GRAIN BEETLE (Oryzaephilus surinamensis L.)

H. C. Severin (October): The saw-toothed grain beetle
is very abundant in many sections of the State.

M. H. Swenk (October 26): Reports of i-nfestation of stored
grains, especially stored wheat, with the saw-toothed grain
beetle and other stored grain pests continued to come in
during the first half of October.

COYFJSED FLOUR BEETLE (Tribolium confusum Duv.)

H. C. Severin (October): The confused flour beetle is
very abundant in many sections of the State.


BEAN 7Z2VIL (Mylabris obtectus Say)


Kentucky


W. A. Price (Dctobczr 24):. 4-un-;c~vil complaints have been
received from Eliz.bdAhtotir,Lexington, Corbin, Glasgow,
Paducah, Litchfield, Webster, Berry, Defoe, Mayo, Bardwve..,
Hanson, and Bryanville.


GRAITAARY WEVIL (Calendra granaria L.)


South Dakota


H. C. Severin (October): The granary weevil is very
abundant in many sections of the State.


A SILVERFISH (Lepisma sp.)


North Carolina




Kentucky


H. W. Leiby (October 22): Many more complaints than the
usual number have been received due to the presence and
injury by silverfish in houses. The complaints have extended
throughout the summer.

W. A. Price (October 24): Silverfish are damaging wall
paper at Louisville, Lexington, and Bowling Green.








PIX7IT OUAA1TTI::: A:_D COT:.OL A7 Ij IST LTIOi


Notes abstracted from the Kelws Letter for September, 1971.
(so. 10, Issued October 1, 1931.)

Not for in.blication

PE: 30LI, 7.:TCP' (Pectirophora gos'..:iella Saund.)

Within the related area 32! rushels of trash were e-amined in the
Salt River and Gila Valleys of Arizona. The results were all neg-ative.
In t-he 3i- of Te:-,s the first bale was gin.ed on Auust 15, and 79
larvae wer: teen from three-fourths of a 'cushel of trash. The second
bale was pinned on Auguist 29, and from one-third bushel of trash 353
pin: boll worms were talen. On Augst 31, 471 pink boll worms were
taken from 1 bushels of trash. This makes a total of 854 specimens
taken from 2-1/3 bushels of trash.
The regular weCd:>l- infestation counts from 23 selected fields in
Maricopa and Pinal Counties, Ariz., were continued throughout the month
of Auguast. A total of 23,600 bolls and 5,000 squares were exasnined;
also 1,690 bolls from fields which had been found to be infested during
I.y and June. The results of al] the above examinations were negative.
In the Tucson area 875 Acres were inspected. This makes 2,100 acres
which have been covered. There still remain some 400 acres to be in-
spected, which will cor-plete the entire*acreage in this district.

*JAPAITSE _-- :T: (Popillla Japonica YTewm.)

For the first time since the Japanese beetle has spread to the
blueberry sections of the pine barren region of e[ew Jersey, it has been
necessary to fumiat blueberries as a requirement for their certification.

This season's co'.tinr activities in the vicinity of the clay pits
centering around :c'. Brunswick, IT. J., rev-' -led initial infestations in
practically all of those establishments in which Janr"ese beetles iad'
not heretofore been found.
T'.,t Japanese beetles in Connect- cut fly hi'-h .:s shown when 69
were collected off the roof of a clubhouse in IZew London. Report
received by one of the men looking after the traps in that city, indi-
cating presence of beetles about the club, led to the se?.rch which
captured the specimens. Tv;) b-etles also were cam-Lht in traps placed
on the roof of the clubhouse.

GIPSY IMOTE (Porthetri' disar L. )

Leven rc lar scouting crews were enr3-ed throughout August in-
spectin7 extensive wooden areas in six townshipr in the Adirondack
reo'-on of thelio barrier zone, nancly, Chc serfiel, Crown Toint, EFsox,
Ticondcroga, Westport, and Willsboro, N. Y. Scven ::'.w York Conserva-
tion Departmnent crews .rc scouting in the townships of Canaan,
Austorlitz, and Hillddale. YTo indications of ...syr moth infestations
were reported by either F:deral or State forces op1rating in the barrier
zone during Autrnst.






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Four ITew York State crews were scouting in the township of ITorth
Hempstead, Nassau County, Long Island, and have reported the discovery
of one infestation, but inasriuch as no clean-up work has yet been done,
it is impossible to determine the extent or intensity of this infestation.


MXICAIT FRUIT FLY (Anastropha. ludons Loew)

Operation of approximately-1,100 fly traps in the groves on the
American side of the Rio Grande resulted in the capture of two specimens
of A. palleus Coq. during th.e Month of.August. One of these was..- taken
in a grove near mission on the llth, and the. other,.was taken in a grove
on the outskirts of Brounsvilla on the 8th. It will. be recalled that
an adult was taken in a grove south of Mission on July 14. Following
the finding of these specimens a thorough examination. was made of fruits
and berries growing in the Valley in -an effort to locate the host food,
out all inspections gave negative results.
The operation of 177 traps in 58 premises in Matanmoros resulted in
the taking of 23 ad-lts. Adults wore ta:en in four premises which had
not been previously reported as infested.
In-spection of f rait arriving in the market at ,Matamoros from points
in the interior of MTexico revealed infestations, in apples, oranges, 7
peaches, and Pears. A total of 45 larvae were taken from these fruits
during the mo.nth.


1TARCISSUS ?UI3 FLY (Merodon equestris Fab.)

The .7a'a-.-. ton inspection house reports an interesting discovery
of a larva in a small narcissus bulb (InTarcissus bulbocodiun conspicuous)
not more than 2 cm. in total length. Th1is larva was found in a shipment
arriving September 5 from London, Ragland. The occurrence of larvae
in such ,small bulbs is so unusual that photographs have been made of
the specimen.







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I:TSCT CO:'DITII'S JiT "cE"CO F-CM: JA:UA.Y TO JTE S0, 191.
By.Ing. Julio Requlrnme Inda,
Chief, Department of technical PRblications,
Office of'Federal Service for the Defense of A-riculture,
S3-'3 Jacinto, D. F., Mexico.


In the vicinity of Coatepec, Vera Cruz, there was a notable decrease
in the fruit fly Arnastrepha ludens Ioew on orange. The mango continues to
be attached bs3 this insect, but each time to a less degree. This insect
was oobsecrved on riaL-o, g-ava, plum, and orange in Coscomatepec, Vera Cruz,.:
It was cor:m'.on on oranges and custard applles (Annona) in I:uala, G'uerrero,
at all times but it h.as not caused as much dama-ze as usual this year on
account of careful watch for insects and good cultivation. Observed on
ora,!e in Putla, Oaxaca.

Anastrenpa striata Schiner is cor:mion at all times on guava in Iguala,
Guerrero. It has 'not caused as much daage as usual this year on account
of careful watch for insects and good cultivation.

jia57trepa.i fratercula Wied. wa.s observed attacklcin a variety of
fruits, especially when uncared for, in the vicinity of Merida, Yucatan.
3oL.ion at all times on ITaiche (Br,. -mi-a crassifolia) and plumn in Igriala,
Ga.errero. It .hi not caused so much dmeag this year as usual on account
of careful cultivation and a close lookout for insect pests.

Aleyrodes citri Rile-,I & Howard was found on leaves of oran':e in the
vicinity of Coatepec, Vera Cruz.

Stephanoderes coffea.e H:--. was observed attacking the coffee tree in the
vicinity of Coatepec, Vera Cruz.

Dactylopius destructor Comnst. was ob!ervd4 attacl-in,- the coffee tree
in Coatepec, Vera Cruz.--

Anthonomrus Lrandis Boh. -.'wi cor.rnon on all Malvaceae grown in the
Grijalva River Valley fromi Chi,.-.a de Corzo to Concordia, Chiapas. It
bo-a:-. its Cepredations in March. It was, also present in the vicinity
of Acapulco, Guerrero,and was observed in all parts of Oaa-ca, where
cotton is grown, principanly in Santo Domingo during March.

Alab_)oa ariillacea Iron. was observed on cotton in the vicinity of
Acapulco, Guerrero.

Diatraea saccharalis F ab. ws observed on sugarcare in I -.71a,
Guerrc ro.

In the State of Oa-._ca, Soheorh-r' incurren:s G,.,il. occurs e2&c-.lly
on suigarcane the rear round, but it doer.- no very considerable .{e.







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Heilipus lauri.Boh.. was observed on avocado in March in Santa Ana
Tiapacoyan, Oa- aca, and also in Iguala, Guerrero.

Trioza koebelei Kirk. was observed on avocado in Coscomatepec, Vera
Cruz.

Rynchophorus palmarum L. is an endemic species on the Island of
Carmen, Cpmipeche, and causes considerable damage to the coconut. Coconut
in Iguala, and Acapu ico, Guerrero, is attacked bby this insect.
Scyphopho rs acupunctatus Gyl]. is common on the seedlings of
Aguave in Campeche and does considerable injury, especially to plants in
uncared-for nurseries. It is also common in Yucatan.

Azochis grypusalis Walk. was observed on fig trees in February in
*Igula, Guerrero.

Toxotry^?anc. curvicauda Gerst. attac7ced papaya in the State of
Oaxaca.

Cosmopolites sordidus Germ. was observed attacking banana in
'Coscomniatepec, Vera Cruz.

There was an abundance of the woolly aphid (Eriosoma lanierum
Hausm.) on apples in Vigas, Vera Cruz.

Heliothis obsoleta Fab. attacked corn from the month of March in
Acapulco, Guerrero,ando also in the vicinity of Tuxpan, Vera Cruz.

LIaphynga sp. We hIave been informed th-at some caterpillars, possibly
Laphyma sp. and Prodenia sp., are damagin. vegetable gardens and fruit
trees on the Island of Cozumel, Quitafia Roo., but we *do not have information
as to the amount of injury. L. frugi7perda Ybn. attacked corn in Iguala,
Guerrero; and in Mazapa de .adCero, Mariscal, and JiquLipilas, Chiapas.

Agrotis c-nigrum L. caused considerable darsmage to o'or.n corn in the
vicinity of Tuxpan, Vera Cruz. This cutworm attacked corn in MTarch in
many parts of the State of Oaxaca.

White grubs (Phyllophaga spp.) attacked corn and broad beans in Vigas,
Vera Cruz, and also in Iguala, Guerrero, during February.

Macrodactylus sp. attacked growing corn in the vicinity of Tuxpan,
Vera Cruaz. Corn and broad beans in Vigas, Vera Cruz, were attacked.

The larvae of Lamellicorn beetles, probably Strategu!s sp., attack
corn in Coquematlan and Cucuhtemoc, Colima. Strategus julianus Burm. is
very abundant and injurious in Soyalo, Chiapas.






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Atta fervens Say is very injurious to oran:'cs in the vicinity of
Alvaro Obre_-on, Stato of Tabasco. This ant attacl-s ceeO-corn at planting
time in the vicinity of *'-::'an, Vera Cruz. It also attacked various plants
in the vicinity of Herida, Yu.catan, but did not cause any serious ,.:e.
It was noted as attacli:ig corn in Alvarez.. and C-..anhtemoc, Colina. This
ant attaclceK corn in ILala, G.errero, during Febiary.

rilac:L-.a corrupta Muls. h-s da":a'.ed frijolcs (beans) in Alvaro
0'- -eon, T:L,?sco, to the extent of 10 per cent of the crop. In Coouc.atlan
and cucuiLitemioc, Colirna, this insect attacked frijoles. In the State of
Oaxaca frijoles were attacked by :. cor-:'upra and also by another species
of Ilachnia.

Anthoior:.us eueniiCano .-as, occasionally observed da-:.\:i:-r peppers
in I-u:la, Gaerrero.

Potatoes in Visas, Verz Cruz, suffered an attack by Lycophotia
nargaritosa saucia Hbn. producin- a loss of fromi 8 to 10 per cent of the
crop.

.Mur-q.._tla histrionica Haahn attached cabbage in the State of Oaxaca.

Melittia satyriniforuis .bn. attacired squash in Iiuala, Guerrero,
in February.

Heliothis virescens 'Fa;. caused considerable da-iage to tobacco in
Acapulco, Guerrero.






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INSECT CONDITIONS IN PORTO RICO DURING SEPTEMBER, 1931
M. D. Leonard
Insular Axperiment Station, Rio Piedras, Porto Rico

The sugarcane borer (Diatraea saccharalis Fab.) was worse, according
to S. C. McCall, local Manager of the United Porto Rican Sugar Company on
Vieques Island, on the 1931 crop, a total of about 3,500 acres, than it was
during the two p-orevious years. He stated that Japanese cane, usually sup-
posed to be somewhat less infested than other varieties, was the worst in-
fested of all during this past year.

Adults of Dyscinetus barbatus Fab. began appearing again at lights on
September 2 at Isabela (G.N.7.).

The yellow sugarcane aphid (Sinha flava Forbes) was reported on Septem-
ber 27 by S. C. McC.]Ilto have been absent on Vieques Island during the past
year as far as he could observe. Its absence or at least scarcity was
probably due to much more than normal rainfall on that Island.

The leafhopper Protalebra brasiliensis De Long known to be a minor
pest of sugarcane, has continued abundant throughout the month on Bidens pi-
losa at 7l Morro in San Juan.

The coffee stem-n borer (Psychonoctuam personalis Grote) was received
under date of September 29 in injured branches of coffee trees from Corozal
with the statement that considerable damage was being done to the trees by
the hollowed-out branches being broken off when they were bent down by the
pickers.

The coffee leaf miner (Leucoptera coffeella Staint.) was generally
distributed and quite abundant on a large coffee farm in the vicinity of
Jayuya, visited Se-otember 9-10. Apparently not much damage was being done,
however, to bearing trees.

The green scale (Coccus viridis Green) was observed September 9-10,
to be general, though not very abundant on a large coffee farm near Jayuya,
the younger leaves and shoots being more commonly infested as usual.

The coconut scale (As-idiotus destructor Sign.) was reported by Mendez,
Coconut Specialist at the Insular Station, as being not nearly so abundant
at Cabo Rojo during September as it was five or six months ago. As far as
could be observed, on September 26 practicallyy every coconut palm on Vieques
Island was more or less infested with the coconut scale, those towards the
eastern and drier end of the Island especially so, many palms having a
sickly and yellow appearance and in some cases even the fruits being almost
encyu,t ed- wil% the scal e s.






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A bro'.n a-ohid was abundant on a nilber of tce tender shoots and young
leaves on a fairly large grame arbor at Puerto Real, Vieaues Islani, on
September 38.

Adults of Dia-mrcT,"en s- :i, lri L.. were less abundant than a short time
ago at Isabela, only one or tv.wo eg clusters bei:. .-,_ in several hours'
search in the citrus nurseries, whereas -nanzy tv:cr? Lyi tow-.'s tho end
of Auwust in the same -place in a muc. shorter ti--e <-...':'c..tt).

.An undetermined snail -- re- ...4 -; 7 ... K Jrlar
experiment Station as s'releto-i -:r'es in .-- c_ c' -..... : I
thousand .,r'L-efruits at the e;:'-, .f: :ir- at Irujilo A. to te- last of
Au'gust. The seedlings were not more than 6 inches in hci.Ut and were
genc'r.-lly infested, about 5 -oer cent being killed before control measures
could be adopted.

The -oapaya fruit fly (To:otr.yonna curvicauda Serst.) Vas not found in
several fruits crIt -cn on a far- ne'ar Po:ce on S'?te-ber 9. The owner
stated that no i'J'-':'d fruits had been notic for several wee's, ;where-
as for-merly theiy : n heavily infested. As -reviously rep-orted, -.any
infested fruits had been destroyed and I suspect that this resulted in
grcatly reducing the infestation in this -olanting.

The scale Pseudo-arlratoria ostreata Ckll-. -was abundant on a nu:-ber of
gra-nefruit. trees near Ponce on Se-ote-uber 9.

The cassava shoot borer ('Lonchaea chalyrbea 'Jeid.) was received under
date of October 2 from the local ACric'iltural Agent at Bayamon who stated
that for some little ti-ne the insect had been very coe"rn'n in all the
cassava plantings in the district and had considerably reduced the yield.

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By the eaw.L pxrt o- -..e ., On U osiL o1 e cotton had been harvested
around Isabela and during the month larvae of the pirn boll vw'orm (Pectino-
phora gossypiella Saund.) were abinidant in altcr-.ate hosts, especially in
the bolls of the -naga tree (Montezut-a seciossisiua)(G.7:.v.)."

Only one moth of the bean pod borer (Etiella zinckenella Treit.) was
taken during three nights' collecting, Scnte-iber 25-27, at Puerto Real,
Viequos Island.

The moths of the bean leaf folder (ITacoleia indicate Fab.) were fairly
comon at light Septe-ber 25-27 at Puerto Real, VieQues Island.

The ben aphid (Arhis ruinicis L.) was four-d on Sete-tbcr 8 in Con-
siderabole mnmbers on mamiy of the vines on the patch of polc li-no at the
Rio Piedras Station; in so-ne cases the long stems of the vines were cr)owVded
and there was a light to mn-vierate infestation on --'v lcves.








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The bean lacebug (Corythucha gossynii Fab. ) was present in abundance
September 8 at the Station. The insect was observed in moderate numbers
on a number of castor bean plants in different parts of the Island, Septem-
ber 26 28.

A mealybug, Pseudococcus sn. was found September 8 generally though
lightly distributed throughout a fair-sized -natch of -Pole li-nas at the Sta-
tion on both leaves and stems.

Moths of the melon wor-. (Diaohania hyalinata L.). were fairly common
at light during three nights' collecting, September 25 27, at Puerto Real,
Vieques Island.

The small black squash bug (Pycnoderes incurvus Dist.) was fairly com-
mon at light during three nights' collecting,, Seotember 25- 27, at Puerto Real,
Vieques Island.

The Hawaiian beet webworm (Hyeenia fascialis Cramer) continued to be
abundant throughout the month on the veed Gonohraena disrersa at 31 Morro
in San Juan.

Grasshoppers did considerable injury to several large tom-nato plants
grown for ex-erimental purposes in the greenhouse at the Rio Piedras Station,
during the latter -art of the -onth. The injury was by young green nymphs.
Adults have not as yet been obtained.

Adults of the sweet-ootato weevil (Cylas formicarius Fab.) were not un-
com mon during three nights' collecting at light at Puerto Real, Vieques Is-
la-id, Semte-iber 25 27. Arturo Riolla:-o, the local Agricultural Agent,
stated that he had observed the insect as generally distributed and very in-
jurious since he had been on the Island fro-m September, 1930.

The corn ear worm (Heliothis obsoleta Fab.) infested practically every
ear of sweet corn at Isabela during the month (G.T.W.).
was received
A leaf beetle, Metachromna antennalis .'-eise/from the Aguirre Sugar Com-
pany was *. under date of Se-otember 4 for determination. The beetles
were said to be -oresent in enormous numbers and doing great damage to rose
bushes. Out of over 1,000 good-sized rose bushes over 400 had been killed,
the beetles first eating the flowers, next the leaves, and finally gnawing
off the bark of the woody -parts. The beetles first appeared in the spring
of 1929 and were -present the following year and this year from April into
September. It was stated that when disturbed the beetles drop readily. This
species was originally described from Porto Rico in 1885 by J. Weise and has
apparently not been reported outside of the Island, Here it has been re-
corded as rather badly attacking cotton at Quebradillas in June, 1922, and
was found between leaves and in spider nests on various plants on the beach
at Arecibo in May, 1923.






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The chinch bug, Blissus leuconterus Say, w.as reported by A. J. Harvey
(who submitted specimens for determination) as causing severe damage in a
large -asture of molasses or "malojillo" ricls at Santurce on SePotember 12,
many large areas having been killed out. Mr. Harvey also stated that he
had recently observed similr injury in a large nasture of the same grass a
little east of Carolina.

A horn fly (Haematobia irr.tanti L.) was observed to be very a.L dint
on all the oxen in Vieaues Island on Se-otember 26-28, and S. C. McCall stated
that it had been worse this year th,-n usual. One bull was reported covered
with flies and in a gfre,,tly weakened condition if indeed not dying. The con-
siderably more than normal rainfall my be partially responsible but in
Porto Rico the -onest is ordinarily worse on the South Coast vchich has con-
si1crsbly less rainfall than the North Coast.

The bostrychid beetle Rhizo-ertha dominica Fab. (R. musilla Fab. A. J.
Mutchler det.,)accordin-7 to Dr. T?-T. A. Hoffman of the School of Trooical
Medicine in San Juan,has been a bad pest in the books in the library for
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IITSECT CONDITIO1S IE. HAITI DJRIUJ JULY, 1931
Dr. J. G. Myers
Imperial Institute of Entomology
Trinidad, 3. 1I. I.

The s.';rc-ne butterfly (Calisto -oulchellus Lathy) was observed on
July 29 heavily infesting about three acres of sugarcane in a very damp
situation near Cape Haiti in Limbe Valley. Almost every leaf was more or
less eaten by the caterpillars.

The brown ant Soleno-Dsis geminata Fab. was observed on July 31 to have
killed about 20 per cenit of the young! gra-?efrulit trees (planted in January)
on 200 acres at Ca-oe Haiti by rinf4ing the bark at the base.

An undetermined mirid (reddish adults) was observed on July 29 injuring
a small patch of upland rice between Cape Haiti and Limbe. The bug was
abundant in spots, caus._.v- a yellowish or v.hitish mottlin of the leaves,
and the infested patches were considerably stunted. The s-me insect was
also present in two other localities far from rice, on the grass Fa!palun
distichum, which is -oro'-bly its natural food plant.

A black and spiny ncntatomid ba, was -oresent -and breeding on a S"mall
patch of upland rice between Cape Haiti and Limbo.






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INSECT CO71ITIONS I: TH-2 DOMIMCAY :PUtLIC DU.I:-TG SEPTME7R,: .1931
: .-' *" 'Juan Gomez Menor. '
EXto-moloPist of the Agricultural cExperiment Station, oca, Dominican Republic


S'... Blissus leucopterus Say is veiy rare and only found on sugarcane.

7hite grubs (Phyllophaga spp.) arc very seriously damaging the roots
o'f coffee':at Samaia. '' "

The co'rn' lantern fly (Pere,grinus maidis Ashm.) is very injurious to
rice in the northern wart of the Republic.

rice is infested by the ortalid uxesta annonae Fab. which produces a
stem rot by admittin; bacteria.

Rice roots iere attacked by Pseudococcus sn.

Mormidea yosilon L. -produced "em-.ty grai-n" in rice.

Ischnorhinchus cham-oioni Distawt is injurious to cotton at Bonao and
Mo c a.

Le-pidosaphes ;loverii Pc.... is present but scarce on citrus at Moca
and Samana.

Toxoptera aurantii Boyer was' found on the leaves of Citrus bigaradia,
C. decumana, and other s-ecies. It is controlled to some extent by the
fungus Acrostala.mnus arhidum.

Homaledra sabalella Chem. is veryr abundant on coconut ralm and. Orcodoxa
caribea at Moca and Santiago but very scarce in Samana.

Coconut is severely infested by scale; As-oidiotus Terniciosus Comst.,
in Samana. This scale is slightly chech:cd by Sc -n'u- --anamensis Gorham,
Asnidiotiphaus citrinus Cra'e7 and Aphelinus chrysomphnli Mercet.

Coconut is also infested in a minor vway by Ischnas-iis longirostris
Sign., Dias-is boisduvali Sign, and Pseudococcus nimae Mask. in Samana.

SI ^Tle green t scale, Coccus viridis arecn, is very abundanrt on eoffte and
Psidium guava, but is v'ell controlled b-r the fungus C e-nalos-oorrium lecanii.

The moth Erinnys ello L. is very common on maniiot (cass,... The
larvae are parasitized by Aoanteles flaviventris Cress. and the eags by
Tr cho gra-nma sp. ..- . ......









The Cuban-laurel thrii:-s (Ga aoth'ri-s :zeli Zi-wn.) .:. very numerous
on jYieus nitid.-, at 3ani, Smn Josc ce Oco,, and ('oc".

Ornenis s-. is injurious to GiC.-no-nu ceylzdicun in Ja'nao.

Co-nstoc'ricllL: subrlis Co-st. io v(ry cK in@cnt on Sobsl doninguensis
end other noalrs at H'.to de Ypque ,?nd Sai frlncisco de '"ncoris.

Asterolecrniurn 1anceol; ,tu-n Green vas attacking leaves and stens of
Bsambuso sp. in Sar-na.

Asterolecani'u. bahnbusae Ddv. v,: s found on the leaves and stcs of --X:-
busa in Y.oc:*..

The San Jose sc:',e (As-idiotus 'rniciosus Co-n-t.) is attacking, -oa-oya
and g.uava in Samant.

Corizus hyalinus PRb. v'as found attoclin<- ton- to at ",oca.

The doer fly Cry .o-03o costatus -aob. is ver/ trouolezomi to man and
horses in vet pl aces in Sananr-d "'oca.

Solenopotcs ca.illattus -hderlein is very -bunIant on cttle in Bonao.

The biting goat louse (Bovicola cai-rae 3'irlt.) is nrcvalent on Coats
throiu ho-t the R-oublic.

The hog louse (Hae-ato-oinus suis L. ) is very numerous in Moca 3anii.

Gliricola distinct v.'inr is foun7 on -uinca pigs.

The small body hen louse ("'eno-non Lflidu- Titz.) is very -orevalent on
dom-nestic poultr' throuwl-hoat the Re-oublic.

Col'x'L, icol;, colu' c, L. vas found infesting -nieons in Santo Do-nino
City.


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