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CJTRU S aIT) SU3TRCFIC.iL FRUITS 
TBREE-LIM3D FIG 30RFR (ptycholss trilineatus L» ) 
R« 17. Harned (April 10): This insect sc ims to "be gradually on the 
increase in the State, and it has no"" 7 "been recorded frcm the 
three coast comities* In the spring of 1923 adults of this 
species ^ere reared. from fig t' i~s collected at Ccean Springs 
on October 9, 1922. In IJarch, 1925., Troy Thompson, of the U. 
S. 3ixeau of Entomolo gy, found the larvae of what is supposed to 
be this species causing considerable damage to fig trees at 3ay 
St* Louis, and Mr. Kimble Karman, of the Bureau cf Plant Industry, 
found the same insects at rork on fig trees in Gulfport. 
ROVE-BESTLE (staphylinidae) . . 
Arizona :~e-s Letter, Vol. 3 Ho. 3, (March 31): a. species cf rove- 
beetle 'vas oh served to he very numerous in citrus hloesoms on 
young trees near Scott sdale. Many of the flowers presented a 
black appearance in the center , because of the great abundance 
of these insects. 
GFUY CITRUS SC-^LL ( Coccus citric ola Camp.) 
3* R, 3rann (April IS): Injury in Tulare County from Februr- ry 
1 to December 1; $235,000 spent annually in control measures, 
spraying, and fumigation. 
C ITRU S '■: H IT iJLY (Dial eur odes c itri Ashm . ) 
T. D. Urbahns (March 31): Citrus trees along streets and in parks 
in Sacramento "ere inspected in company rrith R. 3- .foglum for 
-hitefly. Hibernating stages indicate that it "ill be at least 
t"'o ~eeks before adults appear. 
OLIVER FRUIT-FLY (Dacus oleae Rossi) 
California Teekly Fe— t Letter, Vol, 7, l T o. 3 (April 13): The 
olive fruit-fly is a common pest in all parts of Palestine and, 
together "ith the tree-boring caterpillars of the lecpard mcth, 
it is the primary reason for the poor oil crops of the olive 
industry there, according f a circular issued in January by the 
Institute of Agriculture and natural History of Palestine. 
This circular states that the olive fruit-fly in Palestine 
produces six generations annually in the ceastal-plain region and 
five generations in the mountains. The greatest infestation takes 
place in the coastal plain areas and the luscious varieties 
. containing the largest amount of oil suffer most. Despite seme 
expressions in scientific literature that indigenous olive tre c s 
iu Palestine and Fgypt will not be attacked by Dacus oleae , this 
pest has been found on eight of the eleven olive varieties indi-rencus 
in Palestine. The reason that the remaining three varieties have 
tc be considered up to date free of Drrus oleae is probably frying 
only to lack of thorough search. 
