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PEACH : * 
ORIENTAL FRUIT MOTH ( Grapholitha moles ta Busck) 
Delaware. L, A. Stearns (April 7): Pupation was 66 percent and survival 90 per- 
cent on March 28. 
Georgia, 0. I. Snapp (April l): Moths reared from infested twigs of Photinia 
serrulata . collected at Griffin on September 20, 1936* (Det. by C. Hein- 
rich.) (April 19): Full-grown larvae of first generation found in green 
peaches at Fort Valley, central Georgia, on April 17, although no twig in- 
jury was observed. First nature larva of the season emerged from a green 
peach at Fort Valley on April 19* Less than the usual number of 'broods 
anticipated in dentral Georgia, as first twig injur;/ is frequently observed 
before this date, 
Alabama. J. M. Robinson (April 24): Observed as unusually numerous* 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (April 2l): Peach twigs injured last fall received on 
April 10 from Belmont, Tishomingo County. 
PEACH BORER ( Cpnopla exitiosa Say) 
New York, N, Y. State Coll. Agr, News Letter (April 24): Present and apparently 
more numerous than ever in Niagara County. 
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North Carolina. D. L. Wray (April 19): English laurel damaged at Greensboro, 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (April 21); Report of injury received from Oxford on 
March 27* 
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Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (April 20): Reported as attacking peach trees, and, in one 
instance, cherry trees in Nemaha, Johnson, Lancaster, ’Saline", and Nuckolls 
Counties from March 21 to April 20, 
LESSER PEACH BORER ( Cpnopia pictipes G. & R. ) 
New York. N, Y. State Coll. Agr. News Letter (April 24); Apparently more numerous 
than ever in Niagara County. 
, PLUM. CURCULIO ( Conotrachelus nenuphar Hbst.) 
Virginia, A. M. Woodside (April 22): Activity of adults at Staunton restricted 
,by cool weather. Those in captivity have fed very little w ith the exception 
of 2 days. Those in hibernation cages have not shown signs of activity. 
South Carolina. J. G. Watts (April j): Egg punctures observed on small plums 
about ^ inch in diameter at Blackville. 
Georgia. J. E. Webb, Jr, (April l): First beetles taken by jarring peach trees 
in the Cornelia district, as follows: J>S from 15 trees on March 28, as com- 
pared with 32 from 20 trees on March 21,1938, and 4 from 24 trees on April 
13, 1937* 
