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The cowpea curculio was causing rather severe damage in po.rts of 
North Carolina and Alabama. 
Apple leaf hoppers increased in numbers and destructiveness very 
decidedly during the month of September. Reports of damage were received 
from Rhode Island, southward through the Middle Atlantic States to Georgia 
and westward to Oklahoma. 
The San Jose scale was reported as very abundant from Pennsylvania 
westward through the East Central States and southward to Mississippi. This 
insect seems to be on an upward trend in the East Central States. 
The Oriental fruit moth, was but moderately abundant and did little ■ 
damage over' the New England, Middle Atlantic, South Atlantic, and East 
Central States, Very late varieties of peaches in northern Ohio were 
severely damaged, the. lemon freestone being about 50 per cent. 
What has been tentatively identified as a European species of blister 
mite ( Phyllocoptes f ockeni Na." & Tr.) was collected in southwestern Idaho, 
where it was russetting the leaves of plum. This insect has not heretofore 
been recorded from this country. 
The grape loaf hopper developed rapidly during the early part of 
September and was reported from Iowa, Nebraska, Mississippi, and Utah as 
injuring grapes and woodbine, . . . 
- Mole, crickets were occasioning considerable trouble in the truck 
regions/ and Alabama. In Nebraska these insects were pore troublesome than 
ever before recorded. 
Blister beetles were quite generally destructive over the entire 
country from North Carolina" southwest wast to New Mexico. In the East Central 
and lest Central States they were particularly destructive. 
The false chinch bug was reported as damaging cabbage, corn, turnips, 
and alfalfa in Nebraska, Mississippi, New Mexico, and Texas, 
During the month the Mexican bean beetle increased in numbers in the 
drought area of 1930 to such an extent that it is "nearly as numerous in that 
ragion as it was in 1929. 
An extremely heavy infestation of Puller's rose beetle was observed 
at Chadbourn, N, C, whero it was very seriously damaging beans. 
The lima bean vine borer. was quite generally infesting lima beans at 
Chadb our n , N . C . 
Harlequin bugs were reported as generally very numerous throughout 
the South Atlantic States as far north as Washington, D. C, and were also 
quite troublesome in the southern part of the East. Central States. 
