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On April 26 specimens of adult Ithycerus noveboracensis were sent in 
by Mr. 8S. R. Cockrill, of Rome, Ga., with a note to the effect that the 
beetles were doing considerable damage by eating into the buds of his 
newly set out apple and peach trees. The same gentleman also sent in 
at the same time twigs of apple trees infested with adults of Amphi- 
cerus bicaudatus. Cylindrical channels had been eaten down the central 
part of the twig, the exit being in most cases just above abud. This 
same beetle has become somewhat common in the station vineyard, and 
in aneighboring vineyard has become even more abundant. Specimens 
were collected from our vineyard March 15. 
Scolytus rugulosus is very much in evidence just now in certain parts 
of Georgia. The numerous trees weakened by last winter’s freeze 
have furnished them with an extended range of breeding grounds. So 
far as I have observed, only sickly or dying trees have been attacked. 
The plum cureulio began ovipositing by April 20 in early varieties of 
plums, and eggs were deposited later in most plums, also in apples, 
Crandall currants, and salmon berries. In apples aS many as seven 
punctures were observed, and the average in plums was certainly not 
less than four. The scarcity of peaches and plums generally, doubtless 
put the beetles in unusual straits for suitable places for ovipositing. 
Of Lepidoptera, the boll worm, Heliothis armiger, has been more than 
usually destructive in many parts of the State. At the station it was 
probably the second brood that practically destroyed early tomatoes 
and sweet corn. After this brood had disappeared, garden crops suf- 
fered but little from this insect, but by the middle of July complaints 
from cotton growers began to be heard, and in one or two cases our 
State entomologist, Professor Scott, found it necessary to visit the 
infested localities. | 
On May 16 Mr. C. Lancaster, of Eatonton, sent in a package of corn- 
stalks badly infested with larve of Diatrewa saccharalis. As many as 
seven larve were taken from a single stalk. Mr. Lancaster in writing 
speaks of the trouble as a complete epidemic all over the county. July 
5 Mr. J. B. Harris, of Tugaloo, 8S. C., forwarded a can of pupe and full- 
grown larve, and stated that great damage had been done to corn by 
this insect throughout his section of the State. A package of larve 
was also received from a correspondent in southeastern Alabama, with 
the statement that they had done much damage to corn in his neigh- 
borhood. 
The pickle worm, Margaronia nitidalis, has probably occasioned the 
usual amount of damage throughout the State. Cantaloupes, cucum- 
bers, and squashes were attacked, and the bloom of the squash in many 
cases was found to be badly infested. The succulent style was eaten 
and the young ovary bored into. The -petals were also more or less 
eaten. The insect was first noticed at the experiment station July 12, 
when nearly full-grown larvee were discovered infesting a patch of yel- 
low crook-neck squash. In many localities in the State they were 
noticed some two or three weeks earlier than this, and several different 
