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Podisus maculiventris (spined soldier bug) reared and released in area for 

 bio-control of larvae. Survey for H. brillians negative at Sacramento, Sacramento 

 County, and at Clovis, Fresno County. (Cal. Coop. Rpt.). 



WOOLLY WHITEFLY ( Aleurothrixus f loccosus ) - CALIFORNIA - Parasite releases total 

 4,764 on 22 sites in San Diego , San Dieg'o County. (Cal. Coop. Rpt.). 



HAWAII INSECT REPORT 



Turf and Pasture - Adults of a SKIPPER ( Hylephila phylaeus ) heavy in Bermuda grass 

 lawns at Hawaii Kai, Oahu; as many as 50 in single lawn. Several adults taken at 

 Kaneohe (windward Oahu) in this same host situation; all other infestations to 

 date recorded from leeward areas. (Funasaki et al.). 



General Vegetables - TOBACCO FLEA BEETLE ( Epitrix hirtipennis ) adults 4-8 per leaf 

 in small backyard planting of eggplant at Ewa , Oahu. (Au) . SOUTHERN GREEN STINK 

 BUG ( Nezara viridula ) nymphs and adults moderate in small backyard planting of 

 yard long and snap beans at Waihee, Maui. Eggs of Trichopoda pennipes (a tachina 

 fly) on about 50 percent of adult hosts. (Miyahira). 



Fruits and Nuts - A SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLY (Papilio xuthus ) light to moderate at 

 large in various areas on Oahu including Waialua, Ewa, Waianae, and Aina Haina. 

 Larvae light on citrus trees in these areas; damage sporadic and light. (Au et 

 al.). COCONUT LEAF ROLLER ( Hedylepta blackburni ) damage moderate to coconut 

 fronds on 50+ trees at Ala Moana Beach Park; about 30-50 percent of leaflets 

 skeletonized. (Kawamura) . 



Ornamentals - Nymphs and adults of a MEMBRACID ( Antianthe expansa ) infesting 2 

 bushes of night oestrum ( Oestrum nocturnum ) at Waipahu, Oahu. This is first host 

 relationship record for this new pest. C. nocturnum is ornamental shrub, although 

 fruit and sap said to be poisonous; used medicinally in tropical America to treat 

 epilepsy. (Wong et al.). Single larva of a NOCTUID MOTH ( Callopis tria sp.) infest- 

 ing fern at Waimanalo, Oahu. First reported in February 1971; previously reported 

 only from Diamond Head and Kahala area, Kaimuki, and Aina Haina. Confirmed to 

 genus only by E.L. Todd and A.H. Hayes. (Beardsley, Kawamura). All stages of a 

 CONIFER APHID ( Pineus pini ) light on 4 Pinus sp. saplings and heavy on one bonsai 

 Pinus sp. at Olinda, Maui; causing dieback of terminals. Extensive surveys 

 conducted on Oahu revealed widespread infestations in several residential 

 districts. (Miyahira, Kashiwai) . 



Miscellaneous - A LYGAEID BUG (Neacoryphus bicrucis ) adult taken off single Pinus 

 sp. at Kahului, Maui, for a new island record. Previously reported only from islands 

 of Oahu, Molokal, and Lanai. (Miyahira). 



Weather of the week continued from page 560. 



record for Sheridan. Temperatures in the 40's were common Thursday morning from 

 Montana to the Great Lakes. The Dakotas to Missouri cooled to the 30's and 40's 

 Friday afternoon. Some of these recorded colder temperatures than had ever 

 occurred in any July: Huron, South Dakota, 37°; in Nebraska, Valentine 38°, Grand 

 Island 42°, Norfolk 42°, Omaha 45°, Lincoln 46°; in Iowa, Burlington 46°, Des 

 Moines 47°; Kansas City, Missouri, 52°. The temperature at Agate, Nebraska, dropped 

 to 29°, the coldest July temperature of record for Nebraska. Afternoons were cool, 

 too. Maximums over the northern Great Plains Thursday were mostly in the 60 's 

 and low 70's. St. Cloud, Minnesota, warmed only to 58° Thursday. The weekend 

 brought a warming trend to the central and eastern sections of the Nation and 

 temperatures started their return to normal. In sharp contrast to the cool autumn 

 weather that spread over mid-America, July heat intensified in the West. Many 

 stations from Washington and Idaho to California and Arizona saw 100° at least 

 once over the weekend. One of the hottest temperatures that has come to our atten- 

 tion was 121° at Furnace Creek, California, Saturday afternoon. Most places west 

 of the Rockies averaged warmer than normal. Much of the Great Basin averaged 3° 

 or more above normal. Above normal average temperatures also occurred in New 

 England and in portions of the Atlantic coast. A large area from the Dakotas to 

 the Great Lakes southward to northern Texas averaged 9*-14* cooler than normal. 



