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years in the vineyard it appears to "be on the increase at this 
time* a noticeable parasitism is present. 
A '.7EEVIL ( frl^ptoscelis souamulata Cr« ) 
a. E« 3ottel (April lU) : Determined "by Dr. E» C Van Dyke 
as a ehrysomelid, Glyptoscelis s xyuamulata . Attacking grapes 
in the Coachslla Valley, Riverside County. 
CURIUM! 
Connecticut 
Wyoming 
CURJUET .iFHID ( Myzus ribis L.) 
V<". 2. Eritton (^pril 2k): Already forming "blisters on partly 
grown leaves at 11 e^ Eaten, 
CDffi-UMT "ORES ( Synr.nthedon timiliformis I.) 
C. ?» Corkins (April 2U)» Specimens of a currant borer (probably the 
imported) have been r eceived from the county agent at «.fton» The 
amount of damage is unknown* 
SCO SEE ERR Y 
BLaCK GCCSEDERRY #ORER ( Xvlocrius a<?assizi Lee. ) 
Cregon Don C* Mote (March 20): First adult found on gooseberry cane at 
Salem, 
GOOSEBERRY MIDGE ( Dasyneura grossulariae Fitch) 
Oregon Don C. Mote (March 20): First-generation adults almost disappeared 
at Salem, Observed k adults in 3 hours. 
F'ChK 
PECaU CCSSID (.Cossula. nagnifica Stkr,) 
Forth Carolina F. Sherman (March 31); The striking borer is of r egular occurrence 
in oak and pecan, but 1st not often reported; tr;o reports thus far 
this year. 
CR^ISSREY 
YSLLCKMISaDEB ElRS./'ORM ( Peronea minuta Rob.) 
Massachusetts a. I. Eourne (April 25): Mr. Lacroix, from the Cranberry 
Substation, reports - observing overwintering adults of the yellow- 
headed fireworm flying in abundance on bogs in Plymouth County on 
.April 15 T and aotes er;^ laying in full sving. This, he states, 
is fully tno veeks ahead of the usual procedure. 
