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FRUIT INSECTS 
YELLOW-NECKED CATERPILLAR ( Da tana ministra Drury) 
Connecticut. G. H. Plumb (August): Larvae very abundant in the following 
localities: New Haven and Seymour, in New Haven County; Canton and 
Windsor, in Kartiord County; and Greenwich, in Fairfield County. 
Stripping quite heavy on smaller oak trees at Windsor. 
Pennsylvania. H. E. Hodgkiss (August 25): Yellow-necked caterpillar 
generally abundant in apple orchards. 
Illinois. W. P. Flint (August 2k): Abundant throughout the State. 
Minnesota. A. G. Buggies and assistants (August): Abundant near Hibbing 
and Virginia, in St. Louis County, and on apple, ornamental walnut, and 
black walnut trees in Dakota County, both counties in eastern Minne- 
sota. 
Missouri. L. Haseman (August 2k): Second-generation larvae beginning to 
appear at Columbia. 
RED-HUMPED CATERPILLAR ( Schizura concinna S. & A.) 
Maine. E. H. Lathrop (August 22): Increase in infestation in central 
and southern Maine this summer. 
Pennsylvania. H. E. Hodgkiss (August 25): Reported from various locali- 
ties throughout the State. 
Montana. H. B. Hills (August 20): Observed at Dixon, northwestern 
Montana. 
SHOT-HOLE BORER ( Scolytus rugulosus Ratz.) 
Indiana. L. F. Steiner (August 25): Adults found boring into the fruit 
on a weak apple tree at Vincennes, southwestern Indiana. Tree showed 
no evidence of prior attack. Feeding apparently incidental to 
oviposition. As many as eight feeding cavities on individual apples. 
SAN JOSE SCALE ( Aspidiotus perniciosus Comst.) 
Texas. R. K. Fletcher (August 22): San Jose scale recorded from Bexar 
County, south-central Texas, on plum and pecan. 
APPLE 
CODLING MOTH ( e&rpocnpsa pomonella L.) 
New York. D. W. Hamilton (August 26): First-brood adults began appearing 
in bait traps at Poughkeepsie on July 2k; peak captures from August 
2 to 5; daily bait-trap captures tapering off from August 5 to the 
present, when few moths being captured. Second-brood entrances 
