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The weevil Pseudocneorrhinus setosus Eoelfs was recorded from Hew York State 
for the first time in August, ; ' ' 
s stinkhug continued to he a serious pest in parts of Hehraska, Oklahoma 
Texas, and Utah, j 
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Chinch hug was seriously numerous in southwestern Oklahoma and the border** 
ing section of Texas, ' : 
Corn, leaf aphid damaging corn from Hew York to Hehraska, also reported in 
southwestern Oklahoma, 
European corn horer generally reported over the eastern part of the infested 
area, with heavy infestations in western Hew York and in the Philadelphia area of 
Pennsylvania, 
Complete defoliation of alfalfa hy the alfalfa caterpillar is reported from 
California, 
Vetch hruchid continued to spread in western Oregon, 
Codling moth is more abundant than last year in Connecticut, in parts of 
.Virginia, and from Ohio westward to Illinois, 
Heavy infestations of white supple leafhopper are reported from Hew England 
southward to Virginia, 
Severe infestations of European red mite are reported from Hew England, Hew 
York, and Pennsylvania, 
Eor the first year since I923, the Elherta peach crop was harvested before 
second-generation plum curculio eggs were laid. 
The known area infested by pear psylla in Washington State was foxind to be 
materially larger than previously anticipated. 
Blister beetles continued to be reported as abundant over the entire country 
east of the Hocky Mountains. 
Very heavy infestations of trucking areas by the southern mole cricket were 
reported from Florida, 
Squash bug quite generally reported over the greater part of Eastern States, 
, Severe damage by melon sphid is reported from southern Oklahoma and northern 
Texas, 
Pepper weevil dama-ging pepper crop in California as high as 50 percent in 
some fields. 
Boll weevil damage, although not abnormally light except in Texas, was build* 
ing up rapidly during the month over the greater part of the Cotton Belt, 
