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Inf estation "by the plum curculio in the Port Valley section of Georgia is 
heavier than usual. A fairly heavy' drop of peaches is also recorded from the 
Cornelia section of Georgia. Increased abundance of this insect was reported 
from Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, and Kansas* : . 
Large pecan trees were completely defoliated. by a tortricid, Cacoecia in~ 
funatana Zell., in southwestern Louisiana, This appears to he a- new pecan pest. 
Potato flea beetles were seriously damaging potato foliage late in the month 
in New York, Virginia, and Indiana. Heavy- infestations were also reported from 
the pacific Northwest. 
The bean leaf beetle was generally prevalent along the south Atlantic sea- 
board and in the East Central States. .• 
The pea weevil reached its peak of migration into fields on May S in Oregon 
and between May 13 and 15 in Washington and Idaho, 
The pepper weevil was discovered in two -additional counties in Plorida— . 
Charlotte and Hillsboro. 
Flights of moths of the beet webworn were observed in the latter half of the 
month in Utah, Idaho, and Montana. 
Large populations of beet leafhopper. were reported in the Promontory Point 
breeding area of Utah, This is the heaviest infestation in the last k years for 
that area. 
Heavy populations of overwintered cotton boll weevil were reported from South 
Ca,rolina, Georgia,. and Plorida, with somewhat heavier emergence than least year in 
Louisiana and Texas, 
A very unusual outbreak of 'cankerworns covers a wide belt from Ohio across 
Illinois and Indiana to South Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas. Elms and unsprayed 
apples in many places are completely defoliated. 
