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Calif ornia. E. 0. Essig (September 10): Defoliating vineyards in great abundance 
in certain areas of the San Joaquin Valley and doing considerable damage. 
SIGHT-SPOTTED FORESTER ( Alypia octoraaculata E. ) 
Texas. 0. G. Babcock (September 15 ): Severe on native and cultivated grapes in 
the vicinity of Sonora during the first 3 weeks in Angus t. 
GRAPE SAWED Y ( Srythraspides pygmaea Say) 
Virginia. C. R. Willey (September 2): Larvae and adults of a sawfly collected 
at Glade Spring /Washington County, where they had defoliated several large 
grapevines, (Larvae det. by R. A. Cushman; adults dety by G, A* Sandhouse. ) 
GRAPE PHYLLOXERA ( Phylloxera vit ifoli&e Pitch) 
Hew York. E. P. Pelt (September 23): Galls* in some abundance reported from near 
Farmingdale, Long Island. 
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RASPBERRY 
RASPBERRY CAES BORER (Oberea bimaculata Oliv, ) 
Minnesota. A. G. Ruggles and C. E. Mickel (September 13): Reported as damaging 
raspberry all over the southern part of the State. 
RASPBERRY ROOT BORER ( Bembecia marginata Harr.) 
Washington. W. W. Baker (September 20 ): Adults began to emerge during the first 
2 weeks of August and most of them had emerged by the last week of August. 
First eggs were found on August 9» Eggs parasitized by Telenomus sp, ob- 
served first on August 24. In collections of eggs made on September l6 the 
paras it izat ion ranged from 6.7 to 4l,4 percent. 
PECAN 
CASEBSARERS ( Aq rob as is spp. ) 
Florida. S. 0. Hill (September 24): Owing to the unseas onably dry weather in 
the Monticello district, Jefferson County, and the consequent drying up of 
the leaves, the nut car. ebearer (A. caryae Grote) and the pecan leaf case- 
bearer (A. guglandis LeB.) went into hibernation early. A few hibernacula 
observed late in July, and a considerable number went into hibernation dur- 
ing August and the first part of September, 
PRC All CIGAR CAS EBEARER ( Cplepphora caryaefoljella Clem) • 
Texas, R. K. Fletcher (September 22): Sent in from Webb County. 
