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A BOSTRICHID ( Bo strichus bicorni s Web,) 
Oklahoma, F, A, Fenton (April 25): Reported on apple trees at Okmulgee, 
LOCUST LEAF MINER ( Chalepus dor sali s Thunb.) 
Alabama, F, E. Guyton (April 17): Abundant on foliage of young apple 
trees at Auburn. No apparent damage, 
EUROPEAN RED MITE ( Paratetranychus pilo sus C, & F.) 
New Hampshire, J. G, Conklin (April 19 ): First hatching observed today 
on apple trees at Durham, in southeastern New Hampshire, 
Connecticut. P, Garman (April 24): Fairly abundant on fruit trees. Egg 
hatching is about normal. 
New York. R, W , Dean (Aoril 24): Overwintering eggs began hatching on 
April 20 in the Hudson Valley, approximately 10 days earlier than 
usual, 
N, Y. State Coll, Agr. News Letter (April l4): Eggs of the Euro- 
pean red mite began to hatch in the vicinity of Kinderhook, Columbia 
County, on April 20. Today, April 26 , the hatch is complete. In 
western New York eggs are numerous on peaches, 
Pennsylvania. H. M. Steiner (April 28): First eggs hatched on April l 6 
in the vicinity of Arendtsville. Half of 1,000 marked eggs examined 
daily were hatched by April 20 when Stayman, Wine sap, and McIntosh 
apple trees were in the full-pink stage. 
Michigan. R. Hutson (April 22): Eggs are common on apple trees all over 
the State and are also numerous on plums and sweet cherries. 
PEACH 
PLUM CURCULIO ( Conotrachelus nenuphar Hbst,) 
Virginia. A, M, Woodside (April IS): First adults jarred from peach 
trees in Albemarle County on April' 15. Larger numbers on Aoril 17 . 
First adults found in Augusta County on April l 6 , 
Georgia. W.H, Clarke and C, H. Alden (April 18): First adults collected 
by jarring trees at Cornelia, in northeastern Georgia, on April 11 . 
Sixty- three were taken from 15 peach trees on April 17 . 
O. I. Snapp (April 21 ) : Adults began to leave hibernation in 
large numbers on April 3 * after the mean temperature was above 60° 
F, for several successive days; the first adults were seen on March 
17, and mating was observed on Aoril 3» Adults. ‘reached the center of 
peach orchards on April 4, ■■ Peak of appearance was reached on April 
15 , when an average of 5*4 beetles per tree were removed from test 
