New York. M. Kisliuk, Jr. (August 15) : Estimated that this beetle was 
twice as abundant this year as last during the flight season late in 
July and early in August. Serious local damage to many crops. 
N. Y. State Coll. Agr. News Letter (August 8): Japanese beetles 
at the height of their destruction in the heaviest infestation ever 
observed in Westchester County. More in evidence in the northern end 
of the county in new areas, where they emerged 10 days later than in 
the southern end of the county. Forests being attacked where there 
is a variety of foliage. Little doubt that Japanese beetles are more 
numerous in Monroe County, western New York, this year than heretofore. 
Delaware. E. P. Felt (August 23): Reported as excessively abundant and 
injurious in the vicinity of Wilmington. 
Ohio. G. A. Runner (August 23): One specimen taken in a trap at Sandusky 
on August 19. This is the first record of the Japanese beetle in this 
area. 
ASIATIC GARDEN EEETLE( Autoserica castanea Arrow) 
New York. N. Y. State Coll. Agr. News Letter (August 8): Beetles have 
defoliated carrots in a few fields on Long Island where they have 
been causing a great deal of damage on a variety of vegetables. 
District of Columbia. I. Smith (August 19): Asiatic garden beetle very 
destructive in a number of flower gardens in tho northwestern section 
of Washington. Among tho plants most seriously affected are chrysan- 
themum, Shasta daisy, bcrgamot, rose, zinnia, and phlox. (Det. by 
E. A. Chapin.) 
M. Harriet Foster (August k) : Adults collected at night, feed- 
ing on flower-garden plants in the northeastern part of Washington 
on August 2. (Det. by E. A. Chapin.) 
FULLER'S ROSE BEETLE ( Pantomorus godmani Crotch) 
Virginia. H. G. Walker (August 20) : Larvae arc feeding on the base of 
azalea bushes, barking them below the surfaco of the ground. They 
practically ruined four beds of azaleas in a nursery near Norfolk. 
(Det. by A. Boving.) Larvae and pupae were found in the soil under 
an elm tree near Norfolk. The larvae apparently had been feeding on 
the roots of the tree, as there was very little other vegetation. 
South Carolina.. 0. L. Cartwright (July): Local outbreak at Westminster 
of Fuller's rose beetle on flowers and other plants. 
Florida. A. N. Tissot (August 23): The beetle continues to be abundant in 
two tung-oil groves near Gainesville. Egg laying now going on rapidly, 
the eggs being deposited principally under the old bud scales. This 
'insect also reported as doing considerable damage in a citrus nursery 
in Lakeland. 
