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Minnesota. A. G. Ruggles (May): W. G. Werner reports white grubs as very 
abundant in a lawn infestation at Kasson, in Dodge County. 
Mississippi. C. Lyle and assistants (May 23): Injury to the foliage and 
"buds of pecan trees has been observed in several sections of the State, 
especially near Grenada, Jackson, and Brookhaven. 
Louisiana. W. C. Pierce (May 15): It has "been difficult to collect specimens 
of Phvllophaga feeding on new growth of pecan trees in the vicinity of 
Shreveport since the first adult appearance on the night of March 2h. 
Heavy infestations of the "beetles are known to occur around the towns 
of De Ridder, Elizabeth, and Trout. In the De Ridder vicinity damage 
to pecans is confusing, owing to the combined attack of May "beetles, 
the leaf case bearer ( Acrobasis .yog land is LeB.), and a lepidopterous 
larva of undetermined species. Most damage occurred to yard trees and 
outside rows of commercial plantings. Very few pecan trees were noticed 
around Trout, and these showed practically no injury. The beetles seem 
to prefer feeding on sweet gun and oak trees, which were almost defoliated. 
Conditions are about the same around all of these points of outbreak. 
The towns are located in cut-over pine land sections, with very little 
of tho land in cultivation. The outbreak at Trout is widely separated 
from those at Elizabeth and De Ridder. 
JAPANESE BEETLE ( Popillia japonica Newn. ) 
United States. C. H. Hadley (April): In the monthly report for March 1936 
a preliminary statement was made on larval mortality due to the cold 
weather in January and February. Additional surveys to determine the 
kill were made during the first 10 days of April. Findings in these 
bear out the previous statement that mortalities have "been high in some 
areas in New Jersey, south of the latitude of Trenton, in the southeastern 
corner of Pennsylvania, in northern Delaware, and in northeastern Mary- 
land. In much of this area mortalities above 50 percent are indicated. 
In areas where there was a heavy snow cover on the ground, as was the 
case in the northern half of Hew Jersey and in Pennsylvania, north and 
west of Philadelphia, mortalities are small, usually less than 5 percent. 
ASIATIC GARDEN BEETLE ( Autoserica castanea Arrow) 
Pennsylvania and New Jersey. L. 3. Parker (April): Numerous and well-distri- 
buted diggings in areas previously heavily infested with these grubs 
indicate that the larval population is noticeably decreased this year. 
This fluctuation has been observed before as a local condition, but it 
seems to be prevalent throughout the Philadelphia area. Less extensive 
diggings point to a similar condition in Union County in northern New 
Jersey. 
ASIATIC BEETLE ( Anomala orientalis V/aterh.) 
Connecticut. W. E. Britton (May 22): Larvae have been identified from many 
lawns in New Haven and West Haven, thus considerably extending the areas 
infested by this insect. 
