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C. R. Crosby and assistants (July): The first flies to b. 
observed this year were seen in Orange • no. Albany Counties on 
June 23. By the end of the first week in July this insect 
had reached the peak and by July 15 the emergence was pretty 
veil completed and flies ac decreasing in numbers throughout 
the lower Hudson River Valley. 
R. H. Pettit (July 12): The apple maggot emerged in Ingham 
County July 5, at Grand Rapids July 8, and at Hart in Oceana 
County July 11. Vc are expecting it out in a few days in the 
Traverse district. These dates arc determined by observations 
in various parts of the State and warnings arc sent to growers. 
CRANBERRY ROOT rVORM "( Rhabdoot rus picipee Oliv.) 
C. R. Crosby and assistants (July): This insect has been r - 
ported from Wayne, Monroe, and Ontario Counties in rather de- 
structive numbers on apples. 
ROSE LEAF BEETLE (Nodonota puncticollis Say) 
C. R. Crosby and assistants (July): This insect seems to be 
quit: prevalent in the lo- cr Hudson River Valley in Orange, 
Ulster, and Columbia Counties, where it is doing considerable 
damage to apples, 
EUROPEAN RED HITS ( Parrtetranychus p ilosus Can, & Panz.) 
P. Carman (July 24): Abundant in some orchards in New Haven 
and Hartford c ountics, -here it is attacking apples. If any- 
thing, less abundant than usual, 
C. R. Crosby and assistants (July): This insect was generally 
below normal throughout the lower Hudson Riv.r Valley, but by 
the end of the month was incre; sing in numbers. 
OYSTER-SHELL SCALE ( Lepidosaphes ulmi L/) 
H. C. Severin (July 20): This insect is moderately abundant 
in the eastern part of the State. 
::. H. Swenk (June 15-July 15): In addition to those reports 
of infestations of apple orchards mentioned in rcaort of May 
18,_duringthe Tr period here covered similar reports have been 
received, from Knox and Colfax Counties, where this scale seems 
to be unusually troublesome this year. 
Connecticut 
PEAR 
PEAR PSYLLA ( Psyllia pyricola Forst.) 
P. Garman (July 24): This insect is reported in average 
