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Michigan 
Indiana 
TCILLOw CURCULIO ( Crypt or hynchus lapath i I. ) 
R. H» Pettit (August 9): Testerday we discovered some apples 
that had holes eaten in them and in the course of an hour: 
or two we found that Crypt or hynchus lapathi was the culprit. 
Today a gentleman from Lansing "brought in a number of plums 
with similar holes eaten in them and a specimen of Crypt or hynchus 
that he had actually caught in the act. He said a large 
proportion of his ripening plums were "blemished in this 
way. The injury amounts to more than a "blemish, however, 
since in the case of the plum "brown rot immediately shows the 
work of the "beetle* 
A LEAF-BEETLE ( Metachroma inter ruptum Say) 
J* J. Davis (August 22): Injury to apples "by an unknown 
insect was first reported "by Dr. B. A. Porter, who found, 
on July 13, considerable injury to the fruit of Grimes 
trees. The surface ds more or less covered with gouged - 
out places, often these being confluent so that eaten areas 
up to considerable size might be found on an apple. The 
insects responsible were not found. When Porter showed this 
infestation to me, a couple of weeks later, no additional 
injury had been done, although the total injury to Grimes 
fruit in this orchard was considerable. Specimens were 
submitted to W. P. Flint, who had reported similar injury 
by Metachroma interruptum Say, in western Illinois a year 
ago and he pronounced it as certainly the work of that 
beetle. According to Blatchley, it was collected but once 
in Indiana, namely in Vigo County, in the west-central part 
of the State, June l6. He also notes that it had not, 
previously to his record in Indiana, been recorded east of 
Kansas. This beetle is one which may become an important 
pest. The orchard where first found at Decker, Knox County, 
had been thoroughly sprayed according to the recommended 
spray schedule. 
PEAR 
Connecticut 
New York 
PEAR FSYLLA ( Psylla pgricela Foerst.) 
Philip Garman (August 20): This' pest is sevErely injuring 
a large pear orchard at Southington. 
E, W« Pierce (August 4): Hard-shell nymphs and flies of the 
second brood are appearing in considerable numbers in 
Ontario County. (August 11 ) : The dry weather has caused 
psylla to multiply rather rapidly. 
G. E. Smith (August k) : The weather has been very favorable 
for pear psylla development, and considerable honeydew covers 
fruit and foliage in some orchards in Orleans County. 
