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PECAN r . • 
PEC AIT WEEVIL ( Curculio cnryae Horn) 
South Carolina and Georgia. T, L. Bis soil (February 24): Infestations in the 
crop at Port Mill, York County, S. C., and in Lamar, Pike, and Sumter 
Counties, Ga. Injury apparently moderate, 
PECAN CARPENTER WORM (Cossula nagnifica Stkr.) 
Georgia. T. L, Bi'ss ell (February 24): Pecan trees at Monroe, central Georgia, 
observed to he infested on Pehruary 20. 
OBSCURE SCALE ( Chrys omphalus ohg curus Const.) 
Georgia, T, L. Bis sell (February 24): Ten-acre orchard of pecan trees at 
Means ville, central Georgia, infee ted : on January 23* Unusual to find 
pecans in Georgia infested. 
CITRUS 
FLCWER THRIPS ( Prankliniella trit ici Pitch) 
Florida. M. R, Os burn (February 28): Numerous in open citrus blossoms* 
GREEN CITRUS APHID ( Aphis spiraecola Patch) 
Florida. J. R. Watson (March l): Rather few in numbers, owing to dry weather 
of the winter that prevented much new growth on citrus. 
PURPLE SCALE ( Lepidosaphes beckii Newm. ) 
Florida. M. R, Osburn (February 28 ): Winter mortality low and many in egg 
stage at present. 
CITRUS RUST MITE ( Phvlloco ptes oleivorus Ashn. ) 
Florida. J. R. Watson (Earch l); Prevalent as the result of warm and Ary 
weather in the middle of February in the Citrus Belt. 
M. R. Osburn (February 28): Citrus rust mites numerous and late fruit 
being russettod where control measures are not applied* 
ALMOND 
CLOVER MITE ( Bryobia praetiosa Koch) 
California. H, J. Ryan. (February 9 )i Almond mite reported on almond at Glen- 
dale, Los Angeles County, on January 17* 
