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were consumed, died, or were plowed up, the caterpillars began to 
migrate to other vegetation, including garden plants of all kinds, 
Out particularly lettuce, radishes, potatoes, and beets, as well 
as some flo.vers. In some cases following the plowing of orchards, 
the foliage of young orange trees was attacked. At one place in 
Ventura County the caterpillars were so numerous that they assured 
the annyworm haoit, and thousands began migrating, necessitating 
the construction of trench barriers to protect near-by crops. 
Great quantities of worms were killed by running an automobile with 
the wheels on one side in the bottom of the furrow. 
'Che flight and succeeding infestation covered the entire area of 
southern California as far north as San Luis Obispo . Newspapers 
carried reports of flights so heavy that motorists were compelled 
tc stop their cars and brush the butterflies off tneir radiators. 
fruit insects 
apple 
SNOW-TWITE LINDEN MOTH ( Enncmos subsisnarius Hbn.) 
Indiana H. F. Dietz (May 23): The eggs of the snow-white linden moth 
started hatching about May 5. However, during the cold spell the 
caterpillars do not look normal. They appear to be starved and 
many of them have not been, aole tc move out to the leaves. Just 
what effect this will have on the expected outbreak of this insect 
for the coming season I do not knew. 
J.J. Davis (May 24): Eggs of the snow-white linden moth on apple 
were received from Portland on Aoril 11. 
APHIDIDAE 
Massachusetts A. I. Bourne (May 23): Apple aphids are considerably less abundant 
than normally. 
Pennsylvania S.V7. Frost (May 19): The rosy, green, and grain aphids do not 
appear to oe numerous this season on apple. 
Michigan R. K. Pettit (May 14): Plant-lice are appearing in the orchards, 
the eggs having mostly hatched by this time, in the southern part 
of the State at least. 
GREEN APPLE APHID ( Aphis pomi DeG.) 
Connecticut M. P. Zappe (May 22): Quite a number of aphids hatched but prac- 
tically ail of them have died in the vicinity of Milford, New Haven, 
H amd e n , and Ch eshire . 
Mississippi H* W. Allen (May 23): Young shoots cf both the young and the 
oearing trees heavily stocked, leaves curling, growth retarded. 
Report cased on examination of about 7 acres of orchard. 
