T, L, Bissell (March 22) t One plum curculio jarred today from five trees 
at Experiment, central Georgia, the first insect of the season seen end the 
first jarring* First records of the season for last 4 years ore as follows: 
March 25, 1935: April 6, 1936; April 26, 1937: March .24, 1936* 
G. F. Moznette (March 23): First. hibernating beetles caught today by 
jarring peach’ t roc’s ' at Albany. Beetles night have appeared earlier except 
for prevailing cold weather the previous week, March 13 to IS, Beetles 
taken only on trees in outside rows, next, to native growth, 
J. E, Webb, Jr. (March 23 ): Fifteen peach trees in Elbert a orchard in 
the Cornelia section were jarred on March 22 .and 15 trees in another orchard 
. on March 23 , but no plum curculios were caught. . 
BEETLES (Coleoptera) 
Georgia. 0. I* Snapp (March 6): First adults of Panto no rue godmnni Crotch of 
the seas on captured on peach t roes at Fort Valley, 
J, E. Webb, Jr. (March 23 ): Anonw insects jarred from 15 Elbert a trees 
in the Cornelia section on March 22 , and 15 other trees on March 23, were 
P, godnani . Diabrotica duodecinpunc-tata F. , and several species of lady- 
bird beetles, 
ORIENTAL FRUIT MOTH ( Grapholitha moles ta Busck) 
Mississippi. C, Lyle (March 24); Injured peach twigs received from Jackson in 
December 1936 and from Columbia in January. Reports of injury received 
from Olive Branch in January and Van Vleet in February. 
PEACH BORER ( Cpnopia exitiosa Say) 
Maryland. E. N. Gory (March l4): Attacking peach roots at. Sykes vi lie, 
Georgia. 0. S. Osborn (March 25): Specimen of borer collected at Poulan, Worth 
County. Said to be destroying a number of cherry-laurel tree^ ( prunus 
carol ini an a). (Det. C. Heinrich as Conopia sp, exitiosa . ) 
Mississippi, C. Lyle (March 24): M^re than 24 reports of injury received be- 
tween October 1936 and March 1939* 
Kanshs, H. R. Bryson (March 24); Reported from Coyville on March l6, 
TARNISHED PLANT BUG ( Lygus pratensis oblineatus Say) 
Virginia, A, M. Woods ide (March 27): Observed on peaches in small numbers today, 
Georgia, J. E. Wobb, Jr, (March 23): Jarred in some numbers from peach trees 
in Elberta orchard in the Cornelia section on March 22 and 23* 
