. -801- - 
Virginia . June l4 . to . 28 : ( Continued ) ; -.'.r . 
Pittsylvania — — 1 
Prince. Willian--' — -— r-—- — -- TTT — ~ v~* 2 
Westmoreland ' — — — ----- — — ---^ — 8 
SNFJDPEAN WHEAT STEM SAVELY. — On July 11 to 21 , : 19'4l ‘j r Cephus pygmaeus L. 
was not found south or west of Frederick and Carroll- -Counties , Md.y where 
examination of 8 wheat fields, ■.■.■showed an-average culm Infestation of 6 percent. 
Prom June 2.3 to July 17.. it/ spread -oven most of , the eastern half of' Pennsylvania. 
Tho foiiovling tahulation summarizes , the results of a survey- hy counties in 
Pennsylvania and shows the pvcrage. percentage- of culms' infested in samples" 
taken from several fields' in each -of. ; the following counties: 
Pennsylvania . June • 23 to July 1 7-.: ■ 
Adams' — — ■ — — — — — — — , — — 5 
Berks — — — .-- r- — ----- — ... -y- — — *■ — g 
Lancaster — — — — -r--T-*--— — — — 11 
Lebanon — — — — — — — — 9 
Lehigh — — — — — T — — — — — — 10 
. 'Lycoming — — — - — . — — 4 
..* Mifflin — i— — 2 
■ Montour — — ■- — — 
Northumberland —A-—-—— — •, — > — -- — — — --A-- 7 
JAPANESE BEETLE^— — Yhe 1940~4l . brood of .t-ho - Japanese heotLe was character- 
ized by approximately normal spring development -.of the overwintering brood. 
Throughout most ...of .the .generally infested area abundant' and Well-scattered 
precipitation in. June and .July -fayored normal, pupation .and emergence, as well 
as providing optimum .conditions- .for "oviposit ion.- of the current* brood. Emergence 
in the Philadelphia, area began -about the middle of June and was : well under way 
by the first of July. Weather conditions- late In June' and in' July were gener- 
ally unfavorable for normal flight and.- feeding, activity, particularly in'July; 
during; the. latter month measurable precipitation • was recorded on 17 days, where- 
as only 10 days were recorded as clear-. As ' a result of these meteorological 
conditions the- usual..- adult-bee t ley activity was J.es.s ' apparent. Furthermore, be- 
causb of rapid foliage growth, beetle injury, while generally developing nor- 
mally, was much less evident throughout many parts of the generally infested 
area. Weather, conditions generally were unusually favorable for ovipo-sit ion 
during July ,. when normally .approximately 90 percent of the eggs ^re-laid. Most 
of the soil population was in- the second instao? b ef ore? drought , which was gener- 
al throughout the beetle area during the remainder of the yea.r, became acute* 
Serious drought was general throughout the generally infested area, beginning 
la.te in August and extending throughout the remainder of the larval-feeding 
