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adopted and put in force a regulation prohibiting tlio importation of 

 cotton seed from points in Texas or Louisiana unless such cotton seed 

 is accompanied by a certificate, signed l)y a duly authorized State or 

 Government entomologist, stating that it has been fumigat<'d in such 

 manner as to kill all adults, pupa', or larvte of the boll weevil that may 

 be contained therein. 



October 2;} the writer found a num])er of pines dead and dying upon 

 a ridge near Cornelia, Gn., which showed the work of a scolytid. The 

 work was identified by Prof. A. D. Hopkins as that of Deiidrocionus 

 froulalis. So far as we are informed, this is the most soutliern i)oint 

 from wliich this destructive st)ecies has been i-ejiorted. The outbreak 

 at Cornelia is at present being investigated by Mr. W. F. Fiske, of the 

 rnited States Division of Entomology. 



^'arious insects of minor importance have appeared in greater or 

 less numbers during the vear. 



INSECT NOTES FROM CONNECTICUT. 

 By W. E. Bkittox, Neic Haven, Conn. 



Plant-lice have been extremely abundant the past season, and espe- 

 cially the green apple plant-louse (probably ^l/>/</.S' pomi DeG.), wliich 

 caused much danuige to nursery stock and young orchard trees. This 

 pest attacks the leaves and stems of the new shoots, causing the leaves 

 to curl and noticeably checking the growth. Most of the nurserj'^ 

 stock this season is below the usual size on account of the injuries 

 caused by this aphis. In one large nursery the tops of the trees were 

 < lipped in kerosene emulsion to kill the lice, but most nurserymen think 

 that they can not afford to apply any form of treatment to growing 

 nursery stock. The green pea louse {Xectarophorn pisl Kalt.) was 

 less abundant than during the preceding season, though many late 

 peas were injured. 



Pear trees were greatly injured bj' the pear psylla (Psi/Ihi j)>/rii'o]a 

 Forst.), which was unusually nl)undant, and many trees droi)pe<l their 

 leaves completely during .July and August. As this isa dillicult insect 

 to combat, very little is usually dime by the fruit growers. We found, 

 however, that a large proportion of the nymphs and some of the adults 

 could be killed by a careful spraying, even in July, with soap and 

 water (1 j)ound in 4 gallons). 



Lady beetles of nearly all kinds were abundant during the season. 



The San Jose scale insect lias increased with great rapidity, and 

 many trees that were very slightly infested in early summer are now 

 eompletely incru.sted. At the date of this writing (December l)the 

 young are still crawling, though we have liad freezing weather tor a 

 week or more. The lime, sulphur, an<l salt mixture was used last win- 

 ter on more than 40,000 trees in Connecticut, mo.stly in orchards, with 



