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Indiana. J. J. Davis (June 22): Plum curculio is more abundant than usual 
throughout the State. Injury was observed only a few days after petal 
fall in southern Indiana, during the week of May 3* 
Minnesota. A. G. Ruggles (June 20): Plum curculio has been moderately 
abundant . 
WESTERN SPOTTED CUCUMBER BEETLE ( Diabrotica soror Lec.) 
California. H. C. Donohoe (June l) : A grower in the vicinity of Fresno reports 
that the western twelve-spotted cucumber beetle is seriously damaging ripe 
early peaches. It attacked home vegetables and ornamental garden plants 
more severely than in a normal year. 
SHOT-HOLE BORER (Scolytus rugulosus Ratz.) 
Georgia. T. L. Bissell (June 9): Infestation of peach trees by bark beetles 
at Griffin is very noticeable in some orchards. The beetles bore into 
the base of leaf clusters and of fruit pedicels, killing the leaves. 
Injury is traceable to the improper disposal of poach prunings. A report 
of plum, similarly infested comes from Columbus. 
Alabama. J. M. Robinson (Juno 2); In Double Springs peach troes were dying 
from winter injury and shot-hole borers were attacking the dying trees. 
A CURCULIONID (Sitona prominens Csy.) 
Georgia. 0. I. Snapp (June 19): Those beetles are more abundant at Port Valley 
than usual. They have the habit of congregating on peaches in the de- 
pression around the stem. 
ORIENTAL PRUIT MOTH ( Grapholitha molosta Busck) 
Connecticut. P. Garman (June 19): The first generation of the oriental fruit 
moth is extremely scarce. 
New York. N. Y. State Coll. Agr. News Letter (June): Twig injury has been 
observed in orchards in Monroe and Orleans Counties. 
Delaware. L. A. Stearns (June 23): Paras it ization of first-brood larvae is 
below normal. The first second-brood eggs were deposited on June 17, and 
the first second-brood larvae hatched on June 21. 
New Jersey. G. J. Haenssler (May 18): Pirst-brood larvae began entering peach 
twigs in the vicinity of Moorestown about May lU, approximately 2 weeks 
earlier than last season. In several orchards in Burlington County infested 
twigs are already fairly abundant and the first-brood infestation is con- 
siderably more severe than that of 1935 • (May 26): The first-brood 
infestation is very light at Glassboro and Richwood, in Gloucester Co\mty, 
and at Lawrencoville and Glenmore, in Mercer County. 
