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in the Sacramento, Elk Grove and Lodi grape districts where it 
severely injured grapes in 1926. No indication of in/jury during 
the season of 1927 up to date. 
. PECAN 
Alabama 
Mississippi 
Arizona 
Georgia 
Alabama 
PECAN LEA? CASE BEARER ( Acrobasis nebuleila Riley) 
J. M. Robinson (August 16): Aerobe sis nebuleila is particularly 
active in Baldwin and Mobile Counties attacking pecan trees. 
HICKORY NUT CURCULIO ( Conotrachelus af finis 3oh. } 
R, W. Earned (August 22): Pecans that had fallen from a Stuart 
pecan tree at Sunflower on July 23 were found to contain larvae 
or grubs of curculios belonging to the genus Conotrachelus. This 
may be the hickory nut curculio, Conotrachelus aff inis . 
FLAT-HEADED APPLE- TREE BORER ( Chrysobothris ferr.orata Oliv. ) 
Arizona News Letter (July 31): The flat-headed borer was found 
to have completely girdled some young pecan trees in a planting 
northeast of Phoenix. The tress were two years old from plant- 
ing and bore evidence of having been attacked by the insects du- 
ring the first season in the orchard. 
WALNUT CATERPILLAR ( Da tana integerrima G. &. R. ) 
R. M. Seeley (July 29)1 The black walnut caterpillar has "oeen. 
reported as unusually abundant throughout the State, especially 
on pecan and hickory trees. 
A CERYSOMSLID BEETLE ( Metachroma pallidum Say) 
R. W. Earned (August '22): On April 3, Mr. R. C. Price, formerly 
connected with the Plant Eoard of Mississippi, mailed to us some 
beetles collected on pecan at Mobile. These insects were mailed 
to Dr. L. 0. Howard, and vrere determined by M. S. Fisher as 
eta chroma pallidum. 
Georgia 
PIGS ■ 
SAM JOSE SCALE ( Aspidiotus perniciosus Corns t.) 
Snapp and Swingle (August 2): The San Jose scale has ^oeen found 
on the fruit of fig bushes in numbers sufficient to cause consid- 
erable damage. The insect apparently is not attacking the bush 
itself, but only the fruit. Spots on the fruit caused by this 
insect have been noticed for several years. 
LIBRARY 
STATE PLANT BOARD 
