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RASPBERRY FHUI^vWOEM ( Byturus unicolor Say) 
Washington J. Wilcox (September 2): Soil sif tings at Puyallup 
showed 30.4 per cent to be in the first '■*:' -jf inch. None 
was found below 4 inches. Percentages in the various 
stages of development were: 56.6 per cent adults, 34.8 
■ per cent, pupae, and 8.7 -oer cent larvae. No berries were 
left on the vines. 
BROWN SOFT SCALE ( Lecanium coryli L. ) 
Washington S. S. Crumb (September 17): In Texas blackberries the 
older canes were plastered with a Lecaniu rr, probably 
caore ae L. Half and sometimes three Quarters of these canes 
were dead, probably due to the scale, although there is a 
possibility that these canes naturally die back at this time 
of year. 
A MITE ( Erio-ohyes essigi Hassan) 
Washington W. W. Baker (July 13): Wild black berries ■ ( Rubus 
leuco dermis ) around Puyallup are mottled, -rod, white, . 
and black by this mite. This snecies has never been 
observed before on this host. 
J. 'Tilcox and W. W. Baker (August 22-24): Several severe 
infestations to Evergreen and Himalaya, blackberries have 
developed near Puyallup and Bellevue. Bush. blackberries of 
the varieties Texas, Snyder, El Dorado, Ward, and Kittatinny 
have been examined near Puyallup and Summer and found to 
contain mites, but no typical red berry symptoms were observed. 
Red raspberries en<5. loganberries were examined and the mite 
found, but no red berry symptoms. 
G-RAPE 
Ohio 
GRAPE BERRY MOTH (Polychrosis viteana ClerrO 
T. H. Parks (Sent ember 25): Grape berry moths are causing 
considerable injury in some commercial vineyards at the west 
end of Lake Erie. The degree of infestation is ,as high as 
30 to 40 per cent in a few badly infested, vineyards, but does 
not average high over the, western Ohio grape belt. The 
situation is not so bad as it has been in some previous 
years. 
GRAPE LEAFrlOPPER ( Erythroncura co-res Say) 
Iowa C. 1". Ainslie (September 14): At Sioux. -City several varieties 
of this soecies -haye done severe injury to grape, woodbine, and 
other vines', destroying their appearance and vitality. They 
arc present in swarms this fall, favored by the recent dry hot 
weather. 
