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R. Watson. (April 23 )• Very abundant all month, about the 
heaviest infestation since 1925. Young citrus leaves have "been 
seriously curled over most of the Citrus Belt. 
CITRUS WHI TRULY ( Dialeurodes citri Ashm. ) 
Florida. H. T. Fernald (Aoril 12): Adults now very abundant on citrus 
trees in Winter Park, 
J. R. Watson (April 23): Adults of D. citri and ©. ci trifolii 
Morg. have been generally seen on young growth in Citrus Belt dur- 
ing the last month. 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (April 25): Specimens infesting Cape-jasmine 
received from Copiah County on April 2. Reports of injurv were 
received from the Meridian district and Harrison County, where 
privet and gardenia plants are the hosts. Adults are beginning 
to emerge in the southeastern part of the State. 
A THRIPS ( Frankliniella cephalic -a bi spinosa Morg.) 
Florida. M. R. Osburn (April 22): Many observed in grapefruit blooms 
on lower east coast. 
FIG 
A TEUSBRI OFT D ( Blapstinus rufipes Csy. ) 
California. D. F. Barnes (March 11 ): Heaviest infestation seen since 
1930 on a fruit ranch northeast of Fresno, in a large number of 
excelsior pads discarded in 19^0 by peach pickers. An average 
of 430 beetles found in each of 6 pads examined. 
FIG SCALE ( Leoidosaphes ficus Sign.) 
California. C. K. Fisher (April 4): Eggs beginning to hatch today on 
fig trees at Fresno. 
DATES 
RED DATE-PALM SCALE ( Phoenicococcus narlatti Ckll.) 
California and Arizona. C. K. Fisher (April g): Overwintered females 
fairly numerous on leaf bases of date palms at Terape, in southern 
Arizona. Very few crawlers present, indicating that reproduction 
ha' 3 only begun and probably had not spread to new growth. About 
same conditions found at Indio, in southern California, but no 
crawlers observed. : 
