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CHERRY 
UGLY_NEST CATERPILLAR ( Oacoecia cerasivorana Fitch) 
Pennsylvania. L. E. Dills (July 25): Cherry tortrix abundant in Mifflin County. 
CHERRY FEUITFLY ( Rhagoletis cingul'ata Loew) 
Oregon. S. C. Jonos (August): Damage in Lane County not so severe as in 1937 or 
193S. Infestation about normal in other Willamette Valley counties. 
PUTNAMS SCALE ( Agpidiotus ancylus Putn.) 
Ohio. T. H. Parks (August 4): Infested cherry twigs sent from Cleveland, (Dot. 
by H. Morrison. ) . t 
PEAR 
A PEAR-3LIGHT BEETLE ( Anisandrus pyri Peck) 
Massachusetts. A. I. Bourne (August 22): Damaging a commercial planting in Pali 
River, in lower Bristol County on July 18. 
, PLUM ‘ ■ ' 
PLUM GOUGER ( Anthonomus scute liar is Lee.) 
Oklahoma. F. A. Fenton (August 19 ): On plum trees at Paden, Okfuskee County, 
A MITE ( Eupalopsis mali Ewing) 
Washington. E. J. Newcomer (August 18): A mite, tentatively determined by E. A. 
McGregor as this species, reported recently. Investigations show it to be 
,• distributed generally throughout the Yakima Valley on Italian prune. When 
numerous it appears to cause some longitudinal rolling of the foliage. In 
the Yakima Valley it has been found on apple, pear, cherry, and apricot acU 
joining prune orchards, but appears to be on these fruits only as a straggler 
GRAPE 
A BORER (Clytoleptus albof asciatus Lap.) 
Ohio. G. A. Runner (August 17): This cerambycid, which has caused severe damage in 
a large vineyard In the Sandusky area during the last 2 years, again very 
abundant. The larvae are in the main trunks of older grapevines which show 
decayed spots. Agreeing with previous seasonal-history records, the period 
of heaviest emergence of the adults came late in June and early in July, 
Serious infestation apparently confined to one locality. 
