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Kansas. K. R, Bryson (May 22)'. The moths of this species are numerous in 
Manhattan this spring. Several moths have "been taken on strawberry 
"blossoms. 
PECAN 
PECAN CIGAR CASEBEARER ( Coleophora caryaefoliella Clem.) 
Mississippi. G. L. Bond (May ~j)\ A heavy infestation of this insect on pecan 
was oh served in Jackson County. 
PECAN LEAP CASEBEARER ( Acrobasis juglandis LeB. ) 
Texas. P. L. Thomas (April 23) - On pecan at Waelder, Gonzales County. 
OBSCURE SCALE ( Chrysomphalus obscurus Comst.) 
Mississippi. N. L. Douglass (May 2*0 : Obscure scale is rather general in 
the Delta.. 
CITRUS 
GREEN CITRUS APHID ( Aphis spiraecola Patch) 
Florida. J. R. Watson (May 22): The citrus aphid has partially recovered 
from the infection of Empusa, which controlled it in April, but the 
infestations are not severe. The Chinese ladybeetle. ( Leis sp, ) has 
become established in Polk County. It has' spread from Orange County 
into Osceola and Seminole Counties. 
CITRUS THRIPS (Scirto thrips citri Moult.) 
California. C. S. Morley (May 6): Citrus growers are spraying and dusting 
for control of citrus thrips, in Kern County. 
. CITRUS RUST MITE ( Phyllocoptes oleivorus Ashm. ) 
Florida. J. R. Watson (May 22): Rust mites have been troublesome to citrus. 
SIX-SPOTTED MITE ( Tetranychus sexmaculatus Riley) 
Florida. K. T. Fernald (May 2*0: Has appeared lately in rather unusual 
abundance around Orlando. 
