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aphids (Aphiidae) 
Pennsylvania. H. E, Hodgkiss (March 24): Eggs abundant on apple trees. Re- 
ported as more abundant than usual. , 
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Virginia. A, M. Woods ide (March 27): Eggs of rosy apple aphid ( Anuraphis 
roseus Baker) began hatching at Staunton on March 24. 
Michigan. R. Hutson (March 28): Aphid eggs are unusually abundant everywhere 
in apple orchards. 
Kentucky. W. A, Price (March 24): Many apple grain aphids ( Rhopalos iphura 
pmnif oliae Pitch) had hatched on March 8 and were found crawling over 
apple buds. Rosy aphid eggs extremely abundant in. nary apple orchards. 
Still too early for hatching to occur, so no estimate of winter mortality 
is possible. 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (March 24): Specimens of woolly apple aphid ( Erios oma 
lanigorun Hausn. ) received from Vicksburg in Pebruory. 
Missouri. L. Hasenan (March 10): Despite a very severe infestation of rosy 
aphid over most of the State in 1938, overwintering eggs of aphids of all 
species on apple trees are extremely scarce. Probably fewer eggs through-, 
out central Missouri this winter than for many years. (March 22): Recent 
reprings at Columbia show only ap; lo-.oat aphids (R. prunif oliae ) on apple 
twigs forced in the laboratory. 
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PLUM CURCULIO ( Cpnotracholus nenuphar Hbst.) 
Virginia. A. M. W cods ide (March 27): Beetles observed beginning to enter peach 
orchards in the vicinity of Crozet today. 
Georgia. 0. I. Snapp (March 20): Adults began to appear on peach trees at Port 
Valley, central Georgia, on March 6 . Only 25 to 5 0 percent of fruit buds 
of Elberta trees were open when the first curculios were caught by jarring, 
Hiley peaches were from 50 to 75 percent in bloom and Early Rose just be- 
ginning Ivo bloom when first curculios appeared from hibernation. By 
March 12 , when Elbertas were in full bloom, curculios were appearing in 
numbers from hibernation, and by the tine three-fourths of the petals had 
fallen (March 18) had reached the center of orchards in numbers, the first 
one arriving on March l 6 . Control measures were started in orchards of 
central Georgia by March l 6 . As the average was only 1,25 ‘beetles for 
each. jarring per tree, the general infestation is not believed to be 
heavier than that of an average year and examination of hibernating 
material during the winter my prove it to be lighter. -Eggs had not started 
to form in bodies of females until March 11 * Mature and immature eggs 
found in bodies of many females caught on March 15 . Curculios still^ 
appearing from hibernation on March IS, although weather was cool and 
windy. 
