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M embracidae : 
A conophora ferruginea Fowl, was t alien on peanut foliage April 20, 1933- 
Bolbonata pictipennis Fairm. wan taken on mandioca, Cassia sp. , and citrus 
in March and December 1933* 
Campylenchia nutans Gem. was taker, on Cassia sp. April 7> 1933 • 
Ceresa vitulus (Fab.) was taken on mango foliage April 2, 1933* 
Enchopliylluin malaleucun Walk, was taken on plum and Cassia sp. , a general 
feeder. 
Stictopelta acutula Fairm. was token on many legumes during March and April 
1933- 
INSECT CONDITIONS IN EGYPT MAY 22, I93U 
By Arthur H. Rosenfeld, 
Botanical and Plant Breeding Section, Ministry of Agriculture, 
El G-iza, Egypt 
Aphi s gossypii Glov. has bee:"' reported as lightly attacking ratoon and newly 
cultivated cotton plants on field edges. 
Entomologist Muhammed Kamel reports that the woolly apple aphid ( Sriosoma 
lanigerun Hausm. ) is the most serious apple pest in Upper Egypt. 
Lecaniu m persicae Fab. was found on grapevines in Shebin-el-Kom and on mul- 
berry at Marg, the only two records for Egypt, according to Dr. H. Priesner. 
The mealy plum aphid ( Hyalopteru s arundinis Fab.) was reported to be seriously 
injuring peaches in various localities in April. 
Dr. E. Priesner reports mealy bugs Pseudo coccus brevipes Cock, feeding on roots 
of Phoenix palm at Koubbeh Palace, Cairo. (Det. by E . E. Green) 
The potato tuber moth, or tobacco split worm ( Gnor imo schema operculella Zell.) , 
is seriously infesting about 2,000 acres, or over one fourth of the entire Egyptian 
potato area, the summer crop grown in the Delto, being invariably badly attacked. 
It is also reported on Solanums in Egypt. 
Chionaspis e uonymi Const, was intercepted by the quarantine inspection service 
on mistletoe, an entirely now record. 
Some thrips (Thysanoptcra) attack has been noted in propagation fields of 
cotton, about 3 percent at Karakis Farm and 5 percent at Azab. 
