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PEU I T INSECTS 
COAST TENT CATERPILLAR ( Mai aco soma pluvial is Dyar) 
Washington. E. J. Newcomer (June 7) 5 Pound defoliating many apple, 
pear, alder, cherry, and other trees, in Snohomish County. 
W. W, Baker and B, J. Landis (June l6): Extremely abundant 
at Gig Harbor, Purdy, and Wollochet Bay on May 24, and at various 
places on Vashon Island late in May and early in June. Hosts on 
Vashon Island included apple, cherry, pear, aspen, willow, ha- 
zel, mountain-ash, currant, gooseberry, and, to some extent, cul- 
tivated Rub us sp. Larvae abundant at Winslow, Bainbridge Island, 
on June 13 > some having migrated to strawberry fields, where 
occasional feeding was observed, Peeding also observed on Rham - 
nus purshiana and salmonberry. Larvae abundant over a wide area 
* east of Skykomish on June 11, some feeding observed on thimble- 
berry, alder, and willow. 
ROSE LEAP BEETLE ( No do not a puncticollis Say) 
New York. N. Y. State Coll. Agr. News Letter (June 26): Very abun- 
dant and damaging apples, peaches, pears, and grapes in south- 
eastern counties the first 2 weeks of June. Still found in small 
numbers but injury is ceasing. 
Pennsylvania. C. C. Hill (June S): Observed abundant and attacking 
rose at Carlisle. 
OBLONG WEEVIL ( Phyllobius oblongus L. ) 
New York. N. Y. State Coll. Agr. News Letter (June 5)s Observed in 
western New York on apple foliage in Monroe County and on sweet 
cherry and apples in Wayne County. 
SAN JOSE SCALE ( Aspidiotus perniciosus Comst.) 
Georgia. 0. I, Snapp (June 19) : Infestation on peach at Port Valley, 
central Georgia, still greater than that of an average year. 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (June 24): Heavy infestations on untreated 
trees in Lauderdale County. 
Oklahoma. P, A. Penton (June 20): Reported on peach from Welch, 
Craig County. 
Washington. L. G. Smith (June 20): In the migratory stage in north- 
central Washington, 
E. J. Newcomer (June 19) J The San Jose scale parasites re- 
ported as Aphelinus sp. on page 71 of the Insect, Pest Survey 
