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TOBaCCO SPLIT70RM ( Phthor imaea o per cul el la Zell.) 
Florida F„ S. Chamberlin (May 8): Slight damage is being caused by 
this insect in fields of bright leaf tobacco. 
TOBACCO H0RB70RM (Proto parce sexta Joh. ) 
Florida F, S. Chamberlin (Hay 6): The tobacco hornworm is making 
its first appearance in tobacco fields this season.. 
GaRDEN SLUG- ( Agriolimax agrestis L.) 
Florida F. S. Chamberlin (April 30); A slug, apparently the garden 
slug, has been found doing slight damage to newly set tobacco 
at Quincy. 
FOREST aND SHADE- TREE INSECTS 
MISCELLANEOUS FEEDER S 
PERIODICAL CICaD^ ( Tibicir.a sept end sscim L. ) 
Illinois 17. P. Flint: Nymphs of the periodical cicada were found about 
5 or 6 inches below the surface of the soil in southern Illinois 
on May 15. 
Mississippi R» 17. Karned (May 27): Brood XXIII of the periodical cicada 
is now appearing in large numbers throughout a large part of 
the State. So far. specimens have been received from Carroll, 
Calhoun, Benton, Bolivar, Copiah, BeSoto, Holmes, Lafayette, 
Leflore, Madison, Marshall, Rankin, Sunflower, Yalobusha, and 
Yazoo Counties. 
GIPSY MOTH (Porthetria dispar L.) 
Massachusetts A. I. Bourne (May 23): The gipsy moth began hatching about 
the middle of the month. On the whole they are finding them 
rather fewer than last year, In western Middlesex County Mr. 
Farrar reports finding only 20 egg masses in 1,200 young apple 
trees. 
BR07N-TAIL MOTH, (Suproctis chrysor rhoea L.) 
Massachusetts A. I, Bourne (May 23): In Essex County Mr. Stevens, who has 
been connected with the clean-up work, reports the pest very 
generally spread throughout that section, "out very few in number 
both in orchards and along the highways. 
In Middlesex County the pest in orchards seems to be practically 
extinct, Mr. Farr reporting from the town of Lincoln finding 
only six or seven in a block of nearly 2,000 trees. 
In the northern part of T/orcester County the pest is practically 
wiped out, except for x^ild growth end along the highways. i n the 
southern part of the county one grower reports finding approxi- 
mately only one nest to 1,000 trees in his orchards, and from 
his observation believes this is typical of that general 
locality. In fact, many growers in that section have come to 
tegard 1 that as having reached a negligible store as far as 
