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IMPORTED CURRANT T7GRM ( Pteronidea ribs si Seooj 
"•'isconsin S. 3. Praftker (July 10): Defoliation general throughout the State 
in unsprayed plantings of currants and gooseberries. 
RED SFUDEH (Te trar.ychus t elarius L. ) 
NeT7 Mexico J. R. Douglass (July 19): The red spidur is causing serious damage 
to currant bushes in certain localities in the Estanoia Valley, 
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CORRECTION: A. I. Bourne (July 24): The report of the cranberry ueevil as 
Anthonomus sUturalia. Lee, published in Insect Pest Survey Bulletin, 
Vol. 5, No. 4, July 1, 1925, page- 181, should read Anthonomus 
mus cuius Say. 
BLACK- HEADED FIRE70EM (E hopcbota r.aevan a Huebn. ) 
A. I. Bourne (July 24): The second brood of the blackhead fire- 
, t7orm has been under vay since approximately the 12th to 15th of 
June. 
A LEAF BEETLE ( Colarpis frvogp. Say) 
P.. T7. Earned (July 8): On June 22 specimens of C olas-pis favosa 
r:ere found damaging blueberries at Gulfport. 
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OBSCURE SCALE ( Chrvsomphalu s obscurus Comst. ) 
E. F. Dietz (July 23): In the Burnett' -Pond region in the north- 
western corner of Posey County pecans were found to be heavily 
infested vrith the obscure scale. Light infestations of this 
scale were also found at Rockport, in Spencer County, on pecan 
and at Evansville on oak. 
7ALHUT APHID ( Chromaphis .iuslandicol-" Kalt. ) 
Utah Geo. F. Kno'.rlton (July 21 ): The ^alnut aphid is causing damage, 
especially early in the spring, in the southern part of Utah. 
There is less in the northern part of the State. 
CITPUS ' 
CORRECTION" A. E. Bottell (!>.y 22): In Vol. 5, No. 4, page 182, Totrrnychus 
citri Lie Ore go r should read Para t e t r?.n y chus citri McGregor. 
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