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F ALL C / NKER" ' PJ ' ( -Also^hiia pometaria H ar r . ) 
Connecticut M. P. Zappe (Kay 8): Larvae have just hatched at New Haven and Milford. 
New York G. E. Smith (April 28): A few egg-masses of this insect were found 
south cf Medina and south of Orleans County. 
Ohio H. A. Gossard (Kay li) : Eggs of this insect were received from Hinkley, 
FALSE APPLE RED-BUG ( Lv~idea mend ax Reut . ) 
Massachusetts A. I. Bourne (May 22): These insects began their characteristic 
scarring about the 7th of May at Amherst. This insect is evidently 
somewhat less abundant than last year, very few being reported from 
other sections of the State. At Amherst there seems to be a con- 
siderable increase over last year. 
New York C. R. Crosby and assistants: This insect is reported as being quite 
general throughout Dutchess County, where there are many bad infesta- 
tions. It is also reported though in smaller numbers fror Columbia, 
Rockland, and Ulster Counties. 
Maryland E. N. Cory (May 11): Slight damage to tender tips on check trees in 
experiment plats has been noted at Whiteford, Va. 
Virginia V. J. Schoene (May 23): There is more red-bug injury in the Winches- 
ter region than has oeen noted in previous years. The insect has not 
yet become a major pest in this section, however. 
APPLE UEAFKOPPERS (Several species) 
Massachusetts A. I. Bourne (Fay 22): The apple leaf hoppers began to appear in the 
college orchard at Amherst about the 8th of Kay. Present indications 
are that this pest will appear in greater numbers than for several 
years past . 
Connecticut K. P. Zappe (Kay 8): Young nymphs are just hatching at Milford. 
New York C. R. Crosby and assistants: These insects are reported as being 
very abundant throughout Orleans County. They are also reported, 
though not a serious pest, in Wyoming, Dutchess, and Ulster Counties. 
Virginia L. A. Stearns (April 22): The numbers of this insect have been 
rapidly on the increase during the past few years in Fairfax and 
Loudoun Counties, northern Piedmont. This species ( Erythroneura 
hartii Gill.) is the most important leafhopper on, apple in this 
section and probably the most serious of the minor apple pests. 
SAN JOSE SCALE ( .Asoidiotus pernicicsus Comst.) 
New York C. R. Crosby and assistants: This insect has been reported as quite 
generally abundant throughout the apple-growing sections of New York 
State. The pest is becoming more abundant and serious in Orleans 
County, and in places in Oswego, Wayne, and Wyoming Counties. 
