PECAN 
A BORER ( Conopia sc i tula Harr.) 
Mississippi. C # Lyle (February 2l): Larvae that probably belong to this 
species were sent in from Neshoba County, whore they were feeding on pec 
in January. 
OBSCURE SCALE ( Chrys omphalus obscurus Comst.) 
Georgia. T. L. Bissell (February 20 ) : 'Pecan trees in an orchard at Meansvill. 
reported as heavily infested on January 27. Found only in occasional 
orchards. 
Mississippi. C. L^le (February 21 ): Infested pecan twigs received from 
Lauderdale County in February. 
FILBERT 
FILBERT BUD MITE ( Briophyes a.vellanae Nal.) 
Oregon. B. G. Thompson (February 24): Unusually severe -in one variety of 
filberts in the Willamette Valley. Leaf buds become distorted and die. 
Distorted buds first noticed about February 5. • 
CITRUS 
SCALE INSECTS (Coccidae) ' 
Florida.. . J. R. Watson (February 26): Unusual* fall weather conditions checked 
fungus growth, allowing a marked increase of the Florida red scale 
( Chrys omphalus aonidum L,), the dictyospermum scale ( Chrysonphalus 
dictyospermi Morg, ) , and the purple scale ( Lepidosaphes beckii Newm. ) • An 
unusually heavy infestation of the snow scale ( Chionaspis citri Comst.) 
observed on mulberries and persimmons. Killed some Japanese persimmons 
in Alachua County. 
- GREEN CITRUS APHID ( Aphis spiraccola Patch) 
Florida. J. R. Watson (February 26): Very scarce owing 1 to unusual weather. 
CITRUS RED MITE ( Paratetranychus citri McG. ) 
Louisiana. I. J. Becnel (February 22): Especially abundant on leaves and 
tender branches of citrus in the extreme southern part of Plaquemines 
Parish. 
RED SPIDERS (. Tetranychus spp . ) 
California. R. S, .Wo glum (February): Continues active over a wide area, both 
coastal and interior, owing to mild weather. Eggs are very abundant at 
present in Los Angeles County and in many cases active spiders are numer- 
ous on the fruit, especially inside fruit, the undersides of leaves, and 
the wood. 
