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Delastare CO. Houghton (April): This aphid ic reported attacking currant 
at Newark, about the same as in an average year. 
Iowa Fred D. Butcher (May 15) : Old adults are just giving birth to young. 
They average 8 to 15 young on each leaf attacked, and about one-fourth 
of the leaves on each plant have lice present. 
IMPORTED CURRANTWOBM f Pterortidea ribesi Scop.) 
New York C* R. Crosby and assistants: Larvae first appeared in Nassau County. 
Infestation is general, but eggs are numerous only in local spots. 
Worms are hatching. Ho serious injury is expected in sprayed 
plantings. Considerable damage is being done to currant bushes by 
the imported currantworm. 
Delaware C, 0, Houghton (April 23): This species is appearing in smaller 
numbers here this spring. 
Kansas G. A. Dean (May 22): Within the last two or three days several re- 
ports have reached me of the currantworm doing considerable damage to 
currants in Riley County. 
Nebraska H. H. Swenk (May 15): The imported currantworm was first observed 
doing damage to gooseberry bushes this spring on May 15. 
PEC£N 
AMBROSIA BEETLES 
Mississippi R. W. Harned (May 18): During the last few weeks we have received 
at this office quite a number of complaints in regard to ambrosia 
beetles on pecan trees* This is the first time since 1917 that we 
have received many complaints in regard to these insects. 
Georgia and 
Florida 
PECAN-NUT CASE-BEARER (Ac rob as is heb escella Hulst .) 
J. B. Gill (May 28): Injury to pecan nuts by first-brood larvae of 
this insect is reported from DeWitt, Ga. , Beconton, Ga., and Thcmas- 
ville, Ga., but so far the extent of damage is light. Present 
indications point to a very mild infestation of this insect during 
this season, while many orchards throughout South Georgia and North 
Florida have set large crops. No damage has yet been reported by 
growers from Monticello, Fla., in which section the pecan-nut case- 
bearer has been more or less destructive to nut crops during the past 
ten years. Ta'o effective parasites, namely Fxorista pyste Walk, and 
Hab robracon va riabilis Cush., have been reared in numbers from the 
overwintered larvae which attack the tender shoots of pecan early in 
spring before the nuts have set. It is generally believed that 
these two parasites are important factors in the natural control of 
this pest. 
