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have teen emerging, and on account of the mild infestation by 
the f ii 1 st-brpod, laryae no. severe, damage to the nut crop is 
anticipated by the second generation. It is invariably the 
; first-brood larvae that cause the heavy damage t° *ho nut crop. 
First-brood larvae have "been found, to do quite heavily parasitised, 
Florida Wi'-*o:iii ^J.-'.'H^.teson' (June '22.) : ' Hut case-bearers, Acrobasis spp.,have 
*" v " ;i '. _ *'•;''; 7 l 'heon ver-y'- destructive to pecans in the northeastern part of 
l " *•''■'■' '''-'Florida.-' They have' destroyed over 75 per cent of the crop about 
:: 'Jacksonville, AbouVMonticello (F. F, Walker) they are not so 
abundant as they were last year and" have destroyed about 20 per 
cent of the crop. In western Florida there is practically no 
damage , (F. : \1, talker). ; They were two weeks later thru usual in 
'/./'' .emerging this year.' '■ ■ ' ■•■• '• • ' ■■-'• ■ • 
\ PECAN 3UDM0TH ( ProteoToteryx bolliana Sling.) 
Indiana J. J. .Davis (June. 24): The pecan "bud worm was reported from 
Russiaville-, 'June- 8, as destructive to "bud's of young pecans and, 
/ .. ■ , to a lesser extent, walnut trees. . 
Mississippi R. P. Colmer (June 2): Pecan budmoth larvae caused severe 
damage to young pecan trees in .the vicinity of Three Rivers. 
HICKORY SHUCK WORM ( Laspeyresia caryana Fitch) 
Georgia J. B. Gill (May 27)': In the vicinity of Albany, the pecan 
shuck worm is already causing damage to the green nuts and this 
pest will no doubt be troublesome in many pecan sections of the 
State, resulting in considerable damage to the immature nuts 
_: : ' "". and the crop at harvest time. 
Mississippi R. 17. Earned (June 19): A correspondent at Learned sent to 
us on June 12 some pecans containing shuck worm larvae",. He 
wrote: "I find a great number of the pecans in my orchard in- 
jured in this manner. The insect started its work about a 
■•■•.' week ago. A greater percentage of damage, seems to have been 
.:. .. done on the Pabst trees than any others." 
:. ...'•;■'.:. WALNUT CATERPILLAR ( Pat ana integerrioa G. & R.) 
Georgia J. B. Gill (June 25)': The walnut caterpillar is just be- 
ginning to make its appearance in the pecan orchards of Georgia, 
Evidently there will be only minor injury by this post during 
the ensuing season, 
Mississippi, J, P. Kislanko (June 19): Three adults of the walnut cater- 
... ■ .. pillar were caught in the light trap at Wiggins' on June 19, No 
colony in the orchards has yet boen observed this year, 
J. M. Langston (June 23): I observed a colony of xvalnut 
caterpillars on a pecan tree at A. & M. College, on June 22. 
..,-, This is the first time I have observed this species during 1931, 
