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HICKORY SHUCK WORM ( Laspeyresia. caryana Pitch) 
South Carolina. W. C. Hetties (September 23): Above normal in abundance. 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (Septemher 25): Specimens and injured pecan nuts received 
'from Copiah County on September 11, Injured pecan nuts observed at State 
College on September 21, 
BLACK PECAN APHID ( Me 1 an 0 cal I is caryaef oliae Davis) 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (September 25): Reported as injuring pecan trees in Marion 
County on August 25. Prom light to medium infestation reported as general 
in the Meridian district, 
TWIG GIRDLER ( Oncideres cingula tus Say) 
South Carolina. P. Sherman (September 23): Twigs severed by hickory and pecan 
twig girdler showed up at Clemson early in September. 
Florida. J. R. Watson (September 2l): First attack observed in J VLachua County 
the first week in September. 
CITRUS AND OTHER SUBTROPICAL FRUITS 
C I THUS WHITEFLY ( Dialeurodes citri Ashm. ) 
Florida. J. R. Watson (September 2l): On the wing during the first half of 
September. Brood seems to be heavier than for several years in most 
sections. 
LEAF_F00TED BUG ( Lept oglos sus phyllopus L. ) 
Arizona. C. D. Lebert (September 25): Numerous on clusters of ripening dates on 
September 11 and on pomegranates on September 21 in the Phoenix area. 
Practically all of the pomegranates punctured and rendered unusable. 
TRUC K„C ROP INSECTS 
VEGETABLE WEEVIL ( Lis troderes obliquus Klug) 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (September 25): Reported as doing serious damage to turnips 
in Lawrence County. This is the earliest record this fall. 
CARROT BEETLE ( Ligyrus gibbosus Deg. ) 
.Kansas. H. R. Bryson (September lo): Injury continuing in the western part of 
the State. At Burdett 125 beetles removed from around the roots of 1 
tomato plant. Additional reports of injury received during the month from 
Hodge City. 
