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ITew Tork* F, Y, Coll* ■‘''‘•^r* Hev;s Letter (jWrast 4): This is the first 
year that comorcial growers in ^''^estchester Coroity have had serious 
trouble with Japanese hoetlc affecting sweet corn, Ike hectlo destroyed 
85 percent of the raspberries, Rejjorted that i^rivate estates did not 
harvest over 50 percent of blackberries owing to beetle danage. Both 
large and snail estates, together with one known connercial fruit grower 
with 90 acres in the lower end of the county, arc taking out their 
grapes and peach and lolun trees on account of the crops being destroyed 
by beetles. Reported as occurring in snail nuribcrs in up-State counties, 
Pennsylvania, B. P, Coon (August 9)» Heavy population appears to be over, 
v/ith fenales beginning their oviposition. Injury to sone crops at 
Lancaster has been heavy, but due to early spring energence, sone crops 
are escaping serious injury, 
Virginia, L, D, Anderson (Aujgust 20): Catch in 24 traps at the Virginia 
Truck Lxperinent Station stands a,t 12,026 to date, as conpared with a 
total of 1,580 beetles caught during the 1940 season, an increase of 
7,6 tines. Beetles are now very scarce, 
Illinois, C, C, Conpton (Auegust 23)1 Few record of infestation .found in 
Highland Park, Lake County, north of Chicago, and up to Augirst 12 over 
4,000 specinens haxl been talron in that vicinity. Scattered nov; infesta- 
tions have also been noted in Chicago, The situation in Bast Saint 
Louis remains unchanged. Single specinen reported from Bloomington, 
v;hich is a new record for central Illinois, 
A I'/BBVIL ( Calomyc torus sotarius Roclofs) 
Connecticut, J, P, Johnson (August 23): Fow occurs in a.t least 12 tovms 
in Connecticut, Observed feeding on 4l species of plants to date, and 
favorite hosts seem to include many of the lolants found in flower gar- 
dens and certain weeds. Reported as migrating into houses, a total of 
2,400 being collected from 1 window well, while many others were ob- 
served in 2 other windov/ i\rells of the same building. 
Few York, R, St. Oeorge (August 2l); In the middle of July thousands of 
these woevils apxe ared in a frame house at Montauk Point, on Long Island, 
(Bet, L, L, Buchanan.) 
bHITE-PRIlIGBI) BEETLE ( Pantomorus leucolona. Boh, ) 
Florida,, L, J, Padgett (Aiigust 5)« ^^0 new infestations were reported from 
the Florala area, 
A FITIDULID ( Glischrochilus fasciatus Oliv, ) 
Illinois, C, L, Metcalf (August 23): Fumber of specimens submitted from 
Be Kalb County'", in northern Illinois, where they vrere found feeding 
extensively on the fn.T.its of corn, beans, green poppers, tomatoes, and 
apples. 
