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taken off, presumably also due to these 'beetles. Young developing leaves were also 

 fed upon and maturing apples also suffered by the beetles eating portions of the 

 epidermis and pulp. I took some of these beetles with me to the Oregon Agricul- 

 tural College and identified one beetle with the collection in the Entomological 

 Division as Ltidius suckleyi. Another species I had in hand I could not be sure of 

 but it resembled closely Limonius discoideus, a species which in Oregon affects the 

 buds and the blossoms in the same way. 



A report came to me through Mr. W. H. Brittain, Provincial Entomologist and 

 Plant Pathologist, at Vernon, mentioning species of weevils which affect apple 

 buds in the Okanagan. I understand that in Washington State, as well as in 

 Oregon, hud weevils are important factors to be guarded against. 



A letter. with an enclosure of some apple twigs was forwarded to me from 

 the Agassiz Experimental Fatm as coming from Yahk, B.C., a place almost on 

 the border line of British Columbia and Washington State, in the Valley of the 

 Columbia River. The insect contained was dead, but that as it was lepidopterous 

 it might be referable to the injury by the larvge of the Biid Moth, which at times 

 takes on a boring habit in the petioles of leaves and young twigs of apples. 



My attention has been drawn on one or more occasions to the malformations 

 of apples in the Lower Eraser Valley. The fruit on the tree would be nearly full 

 grown, but a certain number would have remained small, deformed, and very 

 " lumpy," There would often be a cluster of apples showing this appearance, as 

 if they had not developed for lack of proper nourishment. I was at a loss to know 

 the reason for this in so far as no insect could be found, neither did the " lumps " 

 show any appearance of insect sting or feeding punctures. While in Oregon, 

 Mr. H. F. Wilson, Assistant Entomologist at the Corvallis Station, drew my at- 

 tention to apples in the college orchard there showing what appeared to me to be 

 the similar injuries as those on the apples in the Lower Eraser Valley. He was 

 making a special study of the insects which caused these malformations and said 

 it was due to the Eosy Apple Aphis, {Aphis sorhi), an insect which is the most 

 serious apple aphis pest in Oregon — The Woolly and the Green Aphis ibeing pre- 

 sent. 



Aphis sonbi passes the winter and spring on the tree, migrating to some un- 

 known host plant during the summer, returning in due course to the apple tree in 

 the fall. 



In the Eraser Valley the Woolly Aphis (Eriosoma lanigera) is to be found in 

 nearly every orchard, but its presence has not attracted very marked attention on 

 the part of the growers. The Oyster Shell Scale is a serious pest when left alone 

 and not sprayed. It seems more abundant on the Coast region than in the interior. 

 The combined action of this scale and the Tent Caterpillar has succeeded in 

 killing a large number of the wild crab apple trees on the Coast, a fact that is 

 not deplored. 



In the very early spring a small black weevil, MagdaKs aenescens, may com- 

 monly be seen in the orchards of the Lower Eraser Valley. But its attacks are 

 restricted to dead bark tissues, particularly in association with the fungous known 

 locally as the Black Spot Canker. 



Syneta alhida is a small whitish beetle commonly occurring in the spring on 

 apple trees in the Eraser Valley. It is reported as devouring portions of the ex- 

 terior of the fruit of young developing apples and maturing cherries. 



The San Jose Scale, so far as is known, is not found in British Columbia. An 

 occasional outbreak in the past has been reported, but to-day the country is believed 



