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SHOT-HOLS BORER ( Scolytus rugulosus Ratz. ) 
Indiana J, J. Davis (Septe-rber 2 r ): The shot-hole borer was 
reported on poach at Lafayette, SenteTber 9, and at Fort 
Wayne or. beach and pluT, Septe-rber 14. 
Mississippi State Plant Board, Pr.es? Release (August 31): Fruit 
tree bark beetles were Toderately to very abundant in 
Alcorn and Panola Counties. 
PLIP' r 
A GALL "IT"] ( Phyllocoptcs fccker.i Ka. & Tr. ) 
Idaho C. Wakeland (August 28): I hod previously sent speciTens 
of the rite to Dr. Ewir.g rho wrote ae under date of July 31 
that he identified the species questionably as P. f ockeni 
l\fa. & Dr. He says they appear to be a European species 
which hod not been recorded in this country before and he 
colls it a rail rite rather than a rust -rite. We have not 
seen any effects of the rite os ca,using galls or blisters, 
but the leaves of prunes are decidedly russetted and the 
injury appears : :o be entirely superficial. 
L3SS3R PEACH BCHSL' ( Synanthcdon pic tines G. & R. ) 
Georgia 0. I. Snapp (September 2): There are very few larvoe in 
peach trees nor, as it is between generations at Fcrt Volley. 
Moths which will produce the overwintering brood of larvae 
ore now errerging. 
North Dakota J. A. Munro (SopteTber 31): Plurr borer injury has been ser- 
ious at Mandar- An inspection of a planting containing 
numerous varieties of -dutrs showed 90 per cent of the Redwing 
variety injured by the "■ st. Other varieties were not ser- 
iously i ttacked. 
LASF5:]hAY F^T AL. 
PEPPER X'D S-iLT MQTH ( A-pbidasis corn^toria Gucn. ) 
New York C. R. Crosby (August 25): Sneci'.en received frorr a city 
park, Uiagaro. F n lls. It attacks ra.spberry and currant. 
RASPBERRY ROOT BORER ( BoTbocie. ^arginata Harr. ) 
Washington J. Tilcox and ~. W. Baker (August 21 ): In an exarinatior. 
for this insect at Puyallup no adults were found, but several 
unmatched eggs ware found on the under surf oce of raspberry 
lcoves.- On August 27 T. W. Baker found unhatched eggs on El 
Dorado blockberri.es at Christopher, but on 1 ■ . errios 
adjacent to the blackberries no eggs or odults Were found. 
