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nmi CUECULIO (Conotrachel-us ne-.iuT?har Hbst.) 
A« I. Bo-urne (June 2U): I'he pl-un crrc\--l3.c V7?.s tinusiially late 
in making its appearance this year.. Here at Aiiherst there was 
no ai^a of the adult -until the S'-h of Jo'.iz, Ihis -^late was 
approxirately a Treeh, or slightly over, later txian th.e calyx 
spraj" of apples, Tlins far we have seen very little scs.i-ring 
of fruit caused "by this insect. Under date of June 17, Mr, 
Farrar of Middlesex County reiorts finding very ferr scars as 
yet. IAt* Calkins of northern TJorcester County reports the 
approximate date of first appearance as around the 12-ch to 
lUth for this perticulnr section, and reports from Mai*l"boro 
in the central or southern part of the county make this date 
aroujid the 9th and 10th, In isolated orchards the pest has 
teen doing considerahle damage but generally tliroughout the 
county does not seem to he quite as se\'ere as last ye?r, Mr, 
?iske, another gro77er in Worcester Coixnty, reports f ii:ding no 
visible evidence of injury bj/ the curculio up to the lUth of 
June. Mr, Gould, in the rzestern p-rrt cf HcV^ipshire County, reports 
having collected the adults beginning about the Sth or 10th of 
June, and reports that up to the present time drinage to the 
fruit by the stings has been very slight. 
Connecticut M» P, Zappe (June 2k): Unsprayed crab apples nearly 100 per 
cent injured. Curculios appearsd a little earlier than usual 
this year at Haraden, 
Delaware 
C. 0. Houghton (June): Apples, especially, h-ave bb en badly 
injured by this insect in Ithis section (Menark) and a heavy 
drop of fruit has occurred of late. 
Georgia 
Oliver I. Snapp (June 1^): The peach crop is remarkably free 
from curculio injury tliis year, and is the cleanest since 
191s. Sarly varieties are nor moving free from curculio damage 
at Fort Valley, 
Missouri 
L, Haseraan (June 20): Has been abundant in the central part of 
the State; cherries, plums, and apples show serious injury. In 
souJt cherries larvae ai'e about one-half grov7n. 
Michigan 
T2HERRY LEAF'B'SZILZ (Ga lerucella cavicollis Lee. ) 
R, H* Pettit (June 2k): Receiving dailj^ numbers of this insect 
from the cherry belt of the State, The cherry belt extends up 
the northern half of tlie T7e&': cjasb and into the Upper peninsula, 
Galerucella seems to be more numerous than in previous years, 
iilWO-SPOTTSD iilTQIvIALA (Ar-omala binot_ata Gyll.) 
Nebraska 
M. H, Swenk (May 15-J'(^ie I5): During the last week in May the 
beetle was complained of as eating the leaves and gnawing at the 
young fruits of cherries in Fillmore County, 
