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RICE 
RICE STALK BORER ( Chile plejadellus Zinck, ) 
Louisiana. W„ A. Douglas (September l6): In a survey of the rice section, 2,4 
percent of all rice stalks were found to have white heads caused hy this 
Borer and By the sugarcane Borer '(D. saccharalis ), Some fields had as high 
as 6 percent of white heads, from which no grain was produced. 
.Texas. W; A. Douglas (September l6): The percentage of white heads caused By 
this Borer and the sugarcane Borer in Texas r icefields was found to aver- 
age 2.3 in a survey of representative fields. Injury of this type reached 
as high as 20 percent in a field near Katy, Harris County, southeastern 
Texas . 
fRUII INSECTS 
SHOT-HOLE BORER ( Scolytus rugulosus Ratz.) 
Oklahoma, E. A. Renton (September 23) i ^Reported on plum trees in Grant, Choc- 
taw County, 
APPLE 
CODLING MOTH ( Carpocansa pomonella L.) ■ 
Massachusetts, A. I, Bourne (September 22): Of average abundance in the apples 
Being harvested. Apparently very Bad, in some of the Best orchards. 
New York, D, W. Hamilton (September 20): Injury By second-brood larvae continued 
to Be heavy through August 28 at Poughkeepsie, Injury throughout the 
Hudson Valley more severe than that of the last 3 years, and the number of 
orchards with heavy populations has increased. All larvae had ceased 
pupating By August 20, Only a few adults captured in Bait traps after 
September 1, 
Virginia* A. M. Woodside (September 23): Plight of first-brood adults continued 
from late in June until the first week in September, Infestation heavy 
in central Virginia. 
Tennessee, G, M. Bentley (August 29): The second Bro^d has Been serious in 
the apple-growing areas of the State, 
Indiana, L, P. Steiner (September 22): Inmost orchards in ' the Vincennes area 
the number of second-brood adults that Came to Bait traps during the peak 
of activity, August 24 to September 5, was less than during the first-brood 
peak in mid-July. Infestation well above normal, and an unusually heavy 
carry-over is anticipated, 
Missouri. L, Hasenan (September 26): Third-brood moths and larvae picked up in 
abundance in practically all sections of Missouri. In central Missouri 
most of the larvae are approximately half grown. 
