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GRAPE LEAF FOLDER ( Pesmia funeralis Hbn. ) 
Illinois. C. L. Metcalf (August 27): I have a report of an infestation of 
the grape leaf folder at Louisville, Clay County. Complete defoliation 
has occurred. 
Mississippi. J. M. Langston (.August 21): On August 10 a correspondent -at 
Van vieet , Chickasaw County, sent to us grape leaves with the following 
statement: "Almost every grape leaf is folded up like. this." 
PECAN 
BLACK PECAN APHID ( Mclsr.ocallis c^ry.aefoliac Pavis) 
Georgia. T. L. Ei?sell (August 2U): The "black pecan a^hid is harely evi- 
dent in orchards at Walden. It is increasing in numbers and injury 
on Schley pecons in Milner, and will .probably cause defoliation of this 
variety. Stuart and Mobile pecans are generally free. 
PECAN VIES VI L ( Curculio caryae Horn) 
Georgia. T. L. Bissell (August 23): The first adult (male) was found on 
August 2 at Experiment. Abundant on August 13 at Milner in Stuart pe- 
cans and on August 21, 127 weevils were .jarred from one Stuart tree. 
Emergence began about 2 weeks later than in 1933- Weevils arc now 
abundant at Walden in one pecan orchard ( Schley variety) near hickory 
trees. 
TROPICAL FRUIT 
FRUIT FLIES ( Anastrepha spp. ) 
Tex^s. P. A. Hoidale (August 25): The operation of traps in the Tex-s 
citrus groves for the week ending August 25 resulted in the taking of 
the following adult specimens: A. poll ens Coq. — Mission 1, McAllen 1, 
Donna 11, Raymondville 2; A. serpentina 'Vied. — Mission 1, McAllen 2, 
Fharr 1, La. Feria 1; Anastrepha sp. ( fraterculus auet.) — McAllen 2, 
V/eslaco 1. Five adult A. ludens Lowe were taken in the traps in Mata- 
moros and 2 larvae of A. ludens and 9 of A. serpentina were taken from 
fruit shipped in from other parts of Mexico. 
THREE-LINEP FIG 30RER (Pty chod es triline^tu? L. ) 
Mississippi. G. L. Bond (August ll): The three-lined fig borer continues 
its heavy dame ;e to fig trees along the coastal section of Jackson County. 
