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FBUIT INSECTS 
EASTERN TENT CATERPILLAR ( Malacosoma anericana^ E. ) 
Vermont. J. V. Schaffner, Jr, (June l4): Hatching at Springfield "began on 
April 29 on wild apple trees situated on a southeasterly slope in a 
rather protected spot. 
Connecticut. P, Wallace (June 10): Ohserved hut not common throughout 
Litchfield, Hartford, Tolland, New Haven; Middlesex, and Eairfield 
Counties. More abundant in Eairfield County than elsewhere* 
New York, P, B, Dowden (June l4)j Hatching just beginning at Pharsalia, 
Chenango . County, on May 2. 
Delaware. L, A. Stearns (May 3l)s Nests just becoming noticeable on May 6; 
nests and damage conspicuous by May 24; larvae now mature and migrating, 
Ohio, T, H, Parks (June 20)s Very abundant in the eastern counties during 
June, 
SHOT-HOLE BORER ( Scolytus rugulosus Ratz, ) 
Connecticut, P, Wallace (June 6): Abundant in peach at Hamden, Eifty 
percent of adults and pupae parasitized and dead in cells* 
Texas, R. K. Fletcher (June 2l): Found in peach on June 10 in Harris County, 
Washington, W. S, G-illard (June 5)^ Extensive injury to pear and apple 
in the Underwood locality, in Skamania County, on May 31* More abundant 
than heretofore, 
WESTERN SPOTTED CUCUMBER BEETLE ( Diabrotica soror Lee, ) 
California, A. E. Michelbacher (June 22): Some damge to apricots. An 
average of 4l0 beetles taken from each tree in an orchard at Brentwood, 
In several orchards the count per tree was between 200 and 300* 
A WEEVIL (PeritelinuB oregonus Van D, ) 
Oregon. S. M. Dohanian (May IS): About 10 percent of the trees in a young 
filbert orchard at Alvadore, Lane County (planted in February, 194o), 
were partially defoliated, and by actual count 3 percent were entirely 
defoliated. There were 2 foci in the 30 -acre orchard in which the damage 
was serious. Near these centers as many as 3^ weevils per tree were 
counted, and in a number of instances 8 to 11 weevils were found feeding 
on '1 leaf. Adults were seen feeding on 2 young walnuts planted in the 
filbert orchard, and on several prune trees in old orchards adjacent 
to the filbert plantation, (Det, by L, L, Buchanan.) 
