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The hcssian fly situation in general does not seem to be serious. 
The lesser cornstalk borer was -unusually abundant in the South 
Atlantic and Gulf States. 
Chinch bug showed a marked increase in scattered areas in Iowa, 
Missouri, and Oklahoma. 
The corn leaf aphid was destructively abundant in North Carolina 
with numerous reports from Ohio westward to Nebraska. 
Second-brood codling moth v/as generally reported as moderately 
abundant, or scarce, throughout the Eastern States. In Washington State 
this insect increased in numbers rapidly during August and a heavy third 
brood is expected. 
Throughout the Hew England and Middle Atlantic States the European 
red mite was rather abundant. 
The socond generation of plum curculio was more abundant than 
usual in the Port Valley section of Georgia. 
Oriental fruit moth was abnormally abundant in the southern New 
England, Middle Atlantic, and South Atlantic States, reports of infestations 
also being received from Mississippi and Ohio. 
The walnut caterpillar defoliated many walnuts in the southern 
New England and Middle Atlantic States, westward to Michigan and Missouri. 
The yellow-necked caterpillar was reported attacking apples from 
Connecticut through Pennsylvania to Illinois, Missouri, and northward to 
Minnesota. 
The tarnished plant bug attacking various truck crops was reported 
from Vermont and New York. 
A serious infestation of the salt-marsh caterpillar in truck gardens 
occurred in central Maine. 
The tomato psyllid did considerable damage in Colorado, Montana, 
and Utah. 
Mexican bean beetle continued to spread northeastward in Maine, and 
in New York State this insect occasioned serious injury. Similar heavy 
infestations of beans were reported from New Jersey, southward to Florida, 
and westward, to Tennessee, Ohio, Indiana, Missouri, and Mississippi. 
Pepper weevil occasioned from heavy to very heavy damage in southern 
California. 
