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The oriental fruit moth is emerging and a few twigs were found 
infested in Virginia, Pull-grown larvae reported from the Port 
Valley, Ga, , district. The insect was reported from Texas for the 
first time, having "been discovered on wild plum in the easterij part 
of the State, 
The plum curculio is 3 weeks later than usual at the Port 
Valley, Ga, , district and the infestation is lighter than us\ial* 
The Colorado potato tee tie is appearing on potato and tomato 
from New York westward to Missouri and southward to South Carolina 
and Mississippi, as well as in Utah and Washington, Considerable 
injury is being caused in Missouri and Mississippi, 
The Mexican bean beetle is appearing in the Northeast and rather 
severe infestations are developing in the South, 
The bean leaf beetle is more abundant than usual in the South 
and is present as far north as Illinois, 
The boll weevil is unusually scarce throughout the Cotton Belt, 
The cotton flea hopper is appearing in considerable numbers in 
Texas, 
-Cotton aphids are injuriously abundant in most of the Cotton 
Belt. 
Brood XIV of the periodical cicada is beginning to appear, 
Cankerworms are abundant in the Northeast and extend as far 
west as Nebraska and Kansas, 
Aphids on rose reported as injurious in many scattered localities 
throughout the country. 
