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infested States, is prohibited and should any such cotton arrive, it 

 must either be imniodiatcly sent out of the State or destroyed at the 

 option and expense of the owner, consignee, or agent. Cotton seed 

 from any k)cality can only be imported for actual cotton-growing 

 experiments in amounts not exceeding 100 lb., and intending importers 

 must first send full details to the State Commissioner of Horticulture 

 for a permit. Railway trucks that have been used for the transporta- 

 tion of cotton, cotton lint, or cotton seed must, upon arrival in California, 

 be thoroughly cleaned and such material removed and burned ; all 

 such trucks shall be amenable to all regulations of this order. 



Whitney (B. B. and L. A.). The New Zealand Peach Moth {Cteno- 

 psetiMis ohliquana). — Mthly. Bull. Cat. State Commiss. Hortic, 

 Sacramento, iv, no. 1, January 1915, pp. 48-49, 2 figs. 



This paper records the refusal at San Francisco, in April 1914, and 

 deportation of a shipment of peaches grown in New Zealand on account 

 of their being heavily infested with larvae of what proved to be 

 Ctenopseustis ohliquana (New Zealand peach moth), a native insect 

 of New Zealand, where it is exceedingly injurious. Short descriptions 

 of the larva, pupa and adult are given. The caterpillar invariably 

 enters the fruit at the stem-end and works round into the pit, which 

 often causes the fruit to split. Other larvae were observed apparently 

 devouring the flesh and making deep cavities in the fruit, much 

 reducing its commercial value. It is believed that if established in 

 California, this insect would cause as much trouble as Anarsia lineatdla 

 {peach twig-borer). 



Insect Votes.— Mthly. Bull. Cal. State Commiss. Hortic, Sacramento, 

 iv, no. 1, January 1915, p. 53. 



The twig-borer, Pohjcaon confertus, is reported as damaging prune 

 trees, where prunings have been piled alongside the orchard and 

 allowed to decay. The green apple aphis. Aphis pomi, De Geer, 

 occurred in the winged and wingless forms on the remaining leaves of 

 the apple trees, and eggs were in great numbers on the tips of the twigs 

 on 3(>th November 1914, when snow was on the ground ; at the same 

 time and place, adults and eggs of Bryobia pratensis, Garni., (clover or 

 almond mite) were observed in corresponding situations. Termites 

 are reported to be damaging lemon trees, and a small scale, Chionaspis 

 sp., as infesting cedar trees. Lepidosaphes ulmi, L. (oyster-shell 

 scale) has been found on all shipments of boxwood trees from Holland 

 inspected at San Francisco this season ; this scale is a general feeder, 

 attacking a great variety of trees, of which twelve are enumerated. 

 Icerya purchasi is unusually abundant in several parts of the State 

 and in one locality is becoming a serious pear pest ; apparently 

 Vedalia does nob flourish on the scale with this host plant. Aphis 

 nerii was seen on oleanders on 15th December, while Rhopalosiphum 

 arhuti is quite common on manzanita, causing the tips of the tender 

 leaves to curl and redden. 



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