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A SCARABAEID ( Pachystethus marginata Fab.) 
North Carolina. C. H. Brannon (June 25): Seriously damaging apple leaves 
and fruit in an orchard in western North Carolina. 
EUROPEAN BED MITE ( Parat e t r any chus pilosus C. & F.) 
Massachusetts. A. I. 3ourne (June 25): European red mite has been very abun- 
dant in many orchards and seems to be giving more trouble this year than 
usual. 
Connecticut. P. Carman (June 19): European red mite is present in some loca- 
tions and is abundant in a few orchards. 
PEACH 
PLUM CURCULIO ( Conotrachelus nenuphar Hbst.) 
Vermont. H. I. Bailey (Juno 18): Adults of the plum curculio were found on 
apples at Montpelier on June 8. 
Connecticut. P. Gar man (June 19): Plum curculio is from moderately abundant 
to severe in some orchards in New Haven County. 
Rhode Island. A, E. Stcne (June 22): Plum curculio apparently more abundant 
than during the past two seasons. 
New York. N. Y. State Coll. Agr. News Letter (June): The plum curculio is 
causing more damage than usual in some orchards in western New York. 
Georgia. 0. I. Snapp (May 28): The first new beetles of the season emerged 
today from soil in the laboratory at Fort Valley. May 28 was also the 
emergence date of the first new beetle in the laboratory last year. 
(June 12) j New beetles are now emerging in numbers from the soil in 
commercial peach orchards at Fort Valley. Recent thundershowers have 
facilited their escape from the soil after a long drought. We took SS 
new beetles from 2U trees in a commercial orchard today where there 
were practically no beetles last week. (June 18): The first eggs of 
the second generation were recorded yesterday. Eggs were obtained from 
2 of 156 individual pairs examined. These pairs emerged on June 2 in the 
laboratory, somewhat earlier than in the field. (June 19): The infestation 
at Fort Valley continues to be less than that of an average year. No 
trouble from a second brood is anticipated in varieties ripening before 
the Elberta, 
C. H. Alden (June 22): ^'he peak of first-brood emergence occurred 
in the Thoraaston section on June 9* The first curculio was caught on 
June l6 at Cornelia; peak emergence has not occurred there yet. 
Tennessee. G. M, Bentley (June 20): T he two-month drought and the plum cur- 
culio attack on unsprayed orchards have caused a heavy drop of plums and 
peaches. This, however, is true only of the uncared-for trees. 
