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Massachusetts 
Massachusetts 
FatJIT-TREB LE^F RGLLBE ( Cacoecia ar^yroswila Walk*) 
New Mexico Faul M* Gilmer Upril 3): In San Juan County an outbreak of the 
apple leaf-roller of serious proportions is reported. I "believe 
the situation serious enou-.h in the fruit-grow ina; sections of 
San Juan and Colfax Counties to warrant a thorough investigation. 
3UD&GRM MOTH (Tmetocera ocellana D. & S. ) 
*U I- Bourne (April 25): The "bud moth ^ork is making itself 
apparent as the apple buds are begins ing to unfold and develop* 
Indications point to about the usual abundance of this west. 
T3I7T CATSRPILLaR (Ual ar. o s ona aner icana 3?ab») 
a. I. Bourne (^pril 2^): The apple tent caterpillars continue 
to be abundant in all sections of the State. The young be.-^an 
hatching here at Amherst on «.pril 3 and 3, ^hich was approximately 
12 to 1^- days- earlier than the date on vrhich they bewan to hatch 
a year aao. I find that throughout the State, as a '-hole, they 
are hatching much earlier than they did last year, and by about 
the same number of days as above. 
Connecticut M. ?, Zappe (~pril 18): First egg masses hatched April 2» They 
have all hatched now, and ^ebs "begin to he noticeable. There "re 
more in the southern half of the State than in the northern. Cn 
""ild cherry and ap^le. 
Illinois "7, P„ Flint (^pril 23): This insect has "been very abundant in a 
few southern Illinois couaties, occurring mainly south of a line 
drawn through Randolph, Ferry, Hamilton, and 'Thite Counties. The 
insects have appeared earlier than usual and 50 per cent are now 
in the stage of nature larvre. Damage to commercial orchards has 
been very slight, but wild cherry, T ild plum, and ha^s have been 
completely defoliated in many cases* In a fe? instances nests have 
been noted in peach orchards. 
L3GF.OD ::CTH (Zeuzera ■o.yrinr. L. ) 
Pennsylvania E. S. Hodgkiss (april 29): Pound a single leopard-moth larva in an 
apple orchard near Media in Delaware County, This was the cnly 
specimen found during pruning operations and it damaged a side 
branch so badly that it broke off. This is the first case of the 
leopard moth in Delaware County as far as my records show. 
SPRING 3oT53a'.703M (paleacrita vornata Peck) 
Missouri E. Easeman and Mr, wade (April 21): Canker.^orras are attracting 
attention in some places. 
TjBSISSSQ ~La5- t T-'.:UG (lywun -nratens iq L» ) 
Massachusetts A. I. Bourne («.pril 25): These bugs have been taken in unusually 
larre numbers from early flo -ers and blossoms in the re-ion 
directly around amherst. The increase in abundance is so narked 
that we are planning to keen very clo c e watch on this insect 
