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APPLE REDFJG (Lygidea mendax Rout. ) 
Kew York c. R. Crosby and assistants ("ay 21): Reports from workers in 
Fassau, Orange, Suffolk, Greene, Qncndaga, Columbia, " ; ayn.e, Nia- 
gara, and Monroe Counties indicate that this pest is present in 
moderate numbers in a few orchards "but the percentage of orchards 
infested is small. In the counties bordering Lake Ontario in- 
fested orchards aro confined principally to the southern part of 
these counties. In Greene County the first nymph of Peter oc ordy-- 
lug malinus was found on May 12. Lygidea mor.da:: , however, is 
now present in large numbers while the other species is not com- 
mon. This condition is reversed in Onondaga County. 
Pennsylvania H. 3. Hodgkiss (May 3): These were all in the first instar in 
neglected orchards in Dauphin County. Rather general. First 
report in 1327. 
H. N. Torthley (May ll): -Abundant at New Wilmington, Lawrence 
County last year. Just hatching. Grower could find none two 
days ago. Today found 25 per cent of terminal leaves stripped 
~oy feeding, with 1-H first instar bugs at each terminal. Trees 
just past full bloom. 
APPLE TREE BORER ( Rhizopertha collar is Erich. ) 
New York ";. E. Blauvelt (May 2): Considerable injury from the round- 
headed apple tree borer -'as noticed in several young orchards in 
Orange County. One borer dug out was in the pupal stage. 
LACE BUS ( Corythuca sp. ) 
Oregon Don C. Mote (April 1927): The first lace -'rugs, Corythuca sp. , 
were observed on apple trees by 3. G. Thompson April 12. a few 
were mating. May i no young rare observed. 
SAN JOSE SCAT.E ( Asoidiotus •ocrniciosn s Comst. ) 
• York ",". E. Blauvelt (April 3): This scale is rather scarce in most 
orchards in Orange County. No serious recurrence has been re- 
ported from orchards where no sprays have been directed against 
the pest. 
Virginia " T . S. Hough (May 15): A survey "as me.de of 25 trees per orchard 
in 12 orchards near Winchester. From 10 to 25 twigs per tree in 
the bud swollen stage were infested. 
a??LE FLEA Y/E3VTL (Orchcstos uallicornis Say) 
Illinois ".'. P. Flint (May 23): This insect lias been luito destructive in 
sod orchards in western and south-control Illinois. In some or- 
chards it is present in very large numbers. 
