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r.v : -z-:, and tents were being st.\rt ring the latter pert of the month 
in the Carolinas, G-eorgia, and Virgini . 
The apple maggot is reported for the fir?t time :.-. I .::: Count;- in 
the extreme northeastern part of Nebraska. 
The European red mite appears to be increasing in z . ice in the 
East Central States, particularly in the Northern States. This insect 
has recently become established in central California. 
Eggs of the fruit tree leaf roller are present in sufficie; * numbers 
to indicate trouble in Wisconsin, while in the infested parts of Idaho 
this insect is extremely scarce. 
Adults of the plum curculio began leaving hibernation in rather 
large numbers by March 17 in the Georgia fruit belt, while up to the 
third week in the month no adults had been seen in Delegare and Virginia. 
This emergence is unusually late and may prevent the development of a 
second brood before the Elbert a harvest in the southern part of the 
Atlantic Coast region. 
The unusual abundance of the citrus aphid in Florida , reported in 
the last number of the Survey Bulletin, has been very materially reduced 
by severe dashing rains. 
Reports of serious damage by the vegetable weevil continued to be 
received from Mississippi iurin March. This insect is now known to oc- 
cur in portions of ten counties in the San Francisco Bay district of 
California. 
Reports of more or less serious damage by several species of mole 
crickets have been received from Alabama', Mississippi, ana North Carolina. 
Serious injury to ash by the ash borer is reported from parts of 
North Dakota. 
The gloomy scale is unusually numerous in North Carolina. Last 
year many shade trees were killed by this insect. 
7'".-. finding of the euonymus scale attacking Japanese spurge 
( rachysandra terminalis j in Pennsylvania adds a new plant to the list of 
hosts of this insect. 
Many reports of damage by termites to buildings -ere received .. 
the month. These came fro... I de South Atlantic, hast Central, and Gulf 
States. 
Seed of cabbage palmetto _-... a ■ ?n severely damaged by bruchids 
( Pcicyvierus gleditsiae L. ) in *rrt.ie 
