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Pca aphid was very abundant in Maine, and locally in New York did consider- 
able damage. In Wisconsin the populations were' low. In Washington State heavy 
damage was reported from the Centralia district in the western part. 
The vetch bruchid is now known to occur in the six northern counties of the 
Willamette Valley of Oregon and in four counties immediately adjacent to this 
area in Washington State. 
Blister beetles are generally abundant and doing considerable damage over 
limited areas throughout the upper Mississippi and Great Basin States. This abun- 
dance is probably associated with the large numbers of grasshoppers in these areas. 
Corn ear worm is reported as damaging tomatoes over a wide area extending 
from South Carolina northward and westward' to' Indiana and Nebraska, also in Benton 
County, Wash. 
Heavy infestation of barreled and sacked potatoes on the Eastern Shore of 
Virginia by the potato tuber moth was reported during the middle of the month. 
An outbreak of a disease closely associated with western aster yellows is 
occurring on potatoes in western New York. This disease is supposed to be trans- 
mitted by the six-spotted leafhopper. 
The cabbage weevil ( C out orhynchus ass inilis Gyll.) was collected in several 
localities in Washington for the first tine. It is recorded from Pacific, Clark, 
Lewis, Cowlitz, Thurston, Pierce, Clallam, Whatcom, Skagit, end Grays Harbor 
Counties. 
Heavy infestations of onions by the onion thrips were reported from New York, 
Connecticut, and Washington State. 
Puller's rose beetle was reported as seriously infesting pimiento peppers in 
central Georgia. 
T^e codling moth did considerable damage in the Hudson Hiver Valley of New 
York State and in Delaware. Injurious numbers were also reported from Virginia, 
Indiana, and westward to Minnesota. 
Heavy infestations of aphids on apples are reported from Maine, New York, and 
Virginia. .. .. 
Heavy infestation of Georgia Belle and Elberta peaches by second-generation 
plum curculio larvae, is reported from central Georgia. A similar heavy infesta- 
tion is reported from Mississippi. Considerable damage is also reported from 
Texas, 
More damage by the raspberry fruitworn than ever before recorded was observed 
this year around Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minn. Heavy damage is also reported 
from Michigan. 
Although reported as doing considerable damage in some localities, the boll 
weevil as a whole does not appear to be more abundant than at this time last year. 
