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Indiana 
A SCALE INSECT ( Eriococcus sp. ?) 
C. R. Cleveland (August 19): Specimens of a scale, enclosed in an 
elongate oval white felt-like sac on pasture grass and red top, have 
"been received from Dale and Ndwburg. The sacs contain the female 
and masses of eggs. Fields at these points are reported as being 
heavily infested. The scale has not been identified but appears 
to be close to the 
genus iriococcus, 
B 3 U I T I IT 5 
APPLE 
New York 
Massachusetts 
G8E33S APPLE APHID (Aphis ^omi DeG. ) 
C. P. Crosby and assistants: The latter half of July and the earl: 
part of August have brought considerable increase in the green 
apple aphid throughout the apple growing sections of the State, 
both in the Hudson Paver Valley and in the Lake region. 
CODLING MOTH ( Carpccarsa •pomonella L. ) 
A. I. Bourne (August 20): Reports have been received from northerr. 
Worcester County that sids-worm damage by the codling moth is very 
serious in that whole section, caused by late appearing first brood 
larvae.' 
New York 
Illinoi: 
Missouri 
Washington 
C. R. Crosby and assistants: Side- to rm injury was not as prevalent 
as last year in the western part of the State, though rather more 
severe than usual in the Hudson River Valley. 
'.7. F. Flint (August 26): Second brood codling moth has increased 
in southern Illinois to. a cons id era Lie extent in unsprayed orchards 
which average, according to 'Mr. Chandler's figures, 2 per cent in- 
festation the latter part of June now shot? ah out 44 per cent infes- 
tation. A much lower percentage was found in the central and 
northern orchards. 
L. Kaseman (July 28): Second brood of moths and worms seem to be 
split, forming two broods. Part of the moths at Columbia appeared 
July 10 to 15 and a part of the brood is still in the pupa stage. 
Monthly Letter, Bureau of Entomology, Ho. 123 (July): "On July 8," 
writes S. J. Newcomer, "aa specimen of Caroocapsa pomonella var. 
simpsonii Busck was found in the rearing jars at the Yakima labor- 
atory. This is the 'only specimen of this variety ever reared at 
Yakima, although over 16,000 codling moths have been reared since 
the laboratory was established in 1919." 
