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General spread of the vetch bruchid was reported from North Carolina and 
South Carolina. This insect also has "been discovered 4o miles south and across 
the Cascade Mountains from localities where it was formerly known to occur in 
Oregon. 
Second-brood codling moth was reported doing damage in parts of New Yor]p 
and New Jersey, southward to Delaware and Virginia, and in the Mississippi Valley. 
The insect seems to he above normal in Indiana. In Washington State the second- 
brood flight reached its peak during the middle of August. 
The oriental fruit moth was reported generally from Delaware and Indiana 
southward to the Gulf States. 
The grape trunk borer (Clytoleptus albofasciatus Lap.), which has caused 
severe damage in the Sandusky area of Ohio during the last 2 years, was again 
very abundant. 
General injury to strawberries and severe injury to flax in parts of the 
Willamette Valley of Oregon by the strawberry fruit worm was reported during the 
month. 
Unusual abundance of hornworms attacking tomatoes were reported from Ver- 
mont, New York, Kansas, and Utah. 
Second-generation Mexican bean beetles were reported as generally destruc- 
tive throughout the range of this beetle. 
Damage by the bean leaf beetle was reported from the Gulf region. 
Severe injury by the harlequin bug was generally reported from the Gulf 
region to Kansas and Kentucky. The insect was also reported from Nebraska and a 
few specimens were taken in Connecticut, the latter being the first recorded since 
1910. 
Heavy infestations of the onion thrips were reported from Connecticut and 
New York and the Black Hills section of South Dakota. 
The boll weevil was generally prevalent and destructive in the South 
Atlantic States and Gulf region. In Oklahoma and Texas hot dry weather has gen- 
erally held this insect in check. 
, ? GVGre - damage by the bollworm was reported from the South Atlantic and 
Mississippi Valley States, westward to Texas. 
The cotton leaf worm has done very little damage this year in the Cotton 
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Considerable increase in the pink bollworm was observed in Cameron County 
and the southeastern part of Hidalgo County, Tex, 
The cotton flea hopper was reported in damaging numbers from Oklahoma and 
Texas, 
