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to continue to seek for new facts and new principles in our science, 

 we must strive nO less to bring the already well-known and well- 

 established facts into the common every-day practice of a much 

 greater number of our people. 



President Forbes : As there are two other papers on the list of a 

 similar character, I think we will postpone discussion until after they 

 have been presented. The next paper will be "Entomological Notes 

 from Georgia," by Mr. Worsham. 



liSTSECTS OF THE YEAR IN GEORGIA 



By E. L. Worsham, State Entomologist 



This year, as in the past, the board has devoted most of its time to 

 apple, peach, field and garden insects. The insects infesting the peach 

 and apple have been the most important, and much attention has been 

 devoted to these insects. Several new insects have been reported for 

 the first time, as doing considerable damage. The insects which stand 

 at the head of the list from standpoint of damage done are the 

 various scale insects. 



The San Jose scale (Aspidiotus perniciosus) is the most important 

 insect with which we have to deal, though it may be said that it is 

 not feared now nearly so much as it was a few years ago. Its spread 

 over the state is very slow on account of the rigid nursery and or- 

 chard inspection maintained by the State Board of Entomology. The 

 lime-sulfur wash is still the leading spray for this scale. In orchards 

 where this wash has been used for four or five years the scale has been 

 greatly reduced and the condition of the orchards much improved. 

 For the past two years the board has conducted experiments with a 

 number of miscible oils. Some gave very/good results, but it is yet 

 too early to say how they will succeed in the commercial orchards. 



The Cherry Scale {Aspidiotus forhesi) has been found quite numer- 

 ous in some cases, though as a rule it does not do a great deal of dam- 

 age. 



- Peach Lecanium (Evlecanium nigrofasciatum) has been found in 

 a number of orchards where spraying with lime-sulfur wash was not 

 practised last season. 



The Oyster Shell Bark Louse {Mytilaspis ponwrum) and the Scurvy 

 Bark Louse {Chionaspis furfura) were found in a few orchards and 

 on some trees they were quite numerous. The latter was found for 

 the first time on peach trees at Waynesboro. 



