Valley of Texas was rc-oorted during the third week in the month. 
Slight to severe damage to peas by' pea aphids was reported from Maryland 
southward. to the Gulf region. These insects were also reported as doing some 
damage to alfalfa, in Oklahoma, Utah, Kentucky, and Missouri. 
Severe dosage to sweet clover by,, the sweet clover weevil was reported 
over the northern two-thirds of Illinois. •••■■--. 
Hatching of European red mite was reported during the third week in the 
month from New York and Pennsylvania. 
Eirst pupa.e of codling noth were recorded on April 25 at Poughkeepsie, 
N. Y. , 9 days ahead of the average time for pupae. Pupa.tion was well under 
way by the last week in the month in the South Atlantic and Erst Central States. 
By the second week of the month about 20 percent of the larvae had pupated in 
Washington State. 
Rather heavy populations of rosy apple aphid were recorded from New York 
and Pennsylvania. 
Peak emergence of plum curculio in the Cornelia area of Georgia occurred 
during the first week of April. In the Fort Valley section adults were 
leaving hibernation in large numbers during the first week in the month. 
This seems to indicate a full second-brood attack of the late peach varieties 
this year. ‘ • 
Reports of large numbers of citrus whitefly attacking satsuma oranges, 
privet, and gardenias were reported from Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi. 
The first Mexican bean beetle wa.s collected in the field at Norfolk on 
April 24. This is about 6 days later than last year. 
Boll weevil activity was reported from Tex~s curlier in the month than has 
been reported in recent years. Throughout the remainder of the Cotton Belt 
activity was retarded by cool evenings, 
A single moth of the cotton leaf worn wa.s collected on Anril 14 at Me. tenor os 
immediately across the river from Broxmsville, Tex. This is the earliest 
date on record of the occurrence of this insect this far north. 
