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sent in one bark beetle that J. H« Langston identified as probably 
the hickory bark beetle, Lccopto gaster Quadrispinosus that -"as 
collected on pecan at Ruth, Rankin County, on April IB* No in- 
jury was reported and only one specimen was sent in, but this 
is of special interest because of the possibility that the hickory 
bark beetle might become a serious menace too pecan trees. 
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CITRUS MEALYBUG- ( pseudococcus citri Rissc) 
Louisiana A* W« Pressman (April 4): This insect is. appearing in numbers 
on figs, Ficus carica ,in New Orleans. The crop loss each year 
from this in- ect is estimated at from 20 per cent in years of 
light attack to 75' per cent in years of very heavy infestation. 
CITRUS 
MEDITERRANEAN FRUIT ELY ( Ceratitis capitata 17ied.) 
Florida Plant Quarantine and Control Administration (April 30); The 
Mediterranean fruit 31y, an extremely destructive pest in many 
tropical and subtropical countries where it causes an enormous 
damage by its attack on a wide variety of hosts, both fruit and 
vegetables, was discovered at Orlando, Florida, on April 6. 
On April 15 the State Plant Board of Florida after a prelimi- 
nary survey promulgated a quarantine covering all of Orange 
and Seminole Counties and part of Lake County, to include all the 
districts then known to be infested by this pest. 
Subsequent and more intensive surveys carried on up to May 1 
have led to the discovery of the fruit fly at the following 
points: Daytona Beach, Holly Hill, De Leon Springs, D eland, Oak 
Hill, in Volusia County; Eustis in Lake County; Narcoossee in 
Osceola County and Titusville and Oocoa in Brevard County. A 
single infested fruit was found on a cull-dump at Haines City 
in Polk County and a few infested Florida fruits were taken from 
truck shipments at Miami, Florida, Ocilla, Georgia, and in 
Louisiana. 
CITRUS iHITEFfy (Dialeurodes citri Ashm.) 
South Carolina M. H. Brunson (April 20): The citrus whitefly is scarce. 
Georgia M„ S. Yeomans (April 22): Adults of the citrus whitefly were 
seen on the 'dng April 20, various nlants infested. 
Arizona 
APH1 L S v Aphid i dac ) 
0. L. Barnes (April 23): On April 2, 15, and 23, Aphis medica- 
gir-is Koch a nd Myzus persicae Sulz were found on the new and 
tender foliage of young citrus trees in several groves north 
and northeast of Phoenix, The tender foliage on older trees 
was infected to some -extent also. The insects were very numerous 
on some trees. 
