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Volo 6 September 1 (S l?2o No. 7 
OOTSTAJSDBTG EHTOMOLOG-ICAL FEATURES Iff THE TOTTED STATES FOE SUGUST, 1926 
The reports of the fall Hessian fly surveys are now "being received. The 
New York survey indicates an increase in infestation iron 2.5 per cent in 
1925 to 3*6 per cent this year. In Chic the infestation remains about the 
seme as in 1925* being this year S«.S> p'er cent and last year 7«5 pe r cent, 
la Illinois the fly is less prevalent than in 1925 jJ( exeet>fc in the asrfcjasrn and 
northwestern counties. 
In addition to the States reporting green-bug infestation in the last 
number of the Survey Bulletin, reports were received from Wisconsin end Iowa„ 
This makes the outbreak cover practically the entire upper Mississippi end 
Ohio River Valleys, 
The joint worm is reported for the first time from the northwest, an 
area about 12 miles square in Clackamas and Marion Counties, Oregon.; being 
very heavily infested. Inasmuch as stubble from this general region has beer. 
examined every year for the past 8 years, in connection with Hessian-fly 
work,this ps st is undoubtedly new to this region. 
Another unusual northern extension of insect damage was the serious 
outbreak of Diatraea geacclella Pyar in a restricted region about Racine, Wis. 
The alfalfa weevil has been found in four new counties in Colorado, and 
in Carbon and Goshen Counties- *?yo„ 
The codling moth is reported as decidedly more serious than usual in 
the East-Central and Southeastern States even under gocd spraying practices. 
The plum curculio is reported as decidedly less troublesome than usual 
in Georgia and Illinois* 
The black vine weevil has been found for the first time in southern 
California, and Fhthorimaea glochi nella Zell« is recorded for the first 
time from San Diego County, Calif., where it was attacking tomatoes. 
The cabbage maggot is reported as generally serious in the East«»Central 
States, reports having been received from Indiana, Wisconsin, end Io" ; a 
The distribution of the Mexican bean beetle has very materially increased 
during the present year. It is reported for the first time in the State of 
Maryland in Garrett County, the westernmost county in the State,, In Virginia 
it has extended eastward to Albemarle and Pittsylvania Coonties, so that 
it now covers the western half of that State. In ITorth Carolina it has re. ched 
the center of the State in Caswell County, and in Ohio the extension along 
the Lake is now complete and the insect in Indiana has spread westward 
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