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FRUITINSEC'TS 
FLATHEADED APPLE TREE 30RSR ( Chrvsobothris f en o rat a Oliv.) 
Iowa. C. J. Drake (July 20): Observed damaging apple trees through central and 
eastern Iowa. 
Nebraska. M. K. Swenk (July 23): Complaints of damage to several species of 
elm and hackhcrry trees received "between June 21 to July 20, from loca- 
tions scattered throughout the State. 
Kansas. H. R. Bryson (July 28): Borers, particularly flatheaded apple tree 
"borers, are quite abundant but reports of injury fewer than last year. 
Oklahoma. P. A. Fenton (July 22): This pest is far less numerous than it has 
been in years, and at present, there is comparatively little oviposition. 
Utah. G. P. Knowlton (July 6): These borers have damaged apple and naple trees 
at Iiyrum, in northern Utah, 
SHOT-HOLE BORER ( Scol.vtus rugulosus Ratz.) 
Tennessee. 0. M. 3entley (July 23): Pound to bo badly infesting Chinese 
arborvitae at Woodbine, Davidson County. 
Idaho. R. W. Haegelo (July 5): During June large numbers of these beetles were 
found in scattered prune orchards in Ada, Canyon, and Payette Counties, 
southwestern Idaho, greater numbers than usual being present. 
3UFPAL0 TREEHOPPER (Ceresa bubalus P. ) 
Michigan. R. Huts on (July 25): Adults collected on pear in 3errien County, 
southwestern part of the State, on July 10. 
Missouri. L. Haseman (July 23): Adults are abundant on various garden plants 
and shrubs. 
SAN JOSE SCALE ( Aspidiotus pernio iosus Coras t.) 
Ohio. E. W. Mendenhall (July 21): Pound in an apple in a nursery at Cambridge, 
in east-central Ohio. The outbreak was rather severe. 
G. A. Runner (July): Reports indicate some increase of San Jose scale 
in the Sandusky area, north-central Ohio, over 1937. 
Wisconsin. E. L. Chambers (July 23): Much less scale than usual. 
Georgia. 0. I. Snapp (July 15): Infestation on peach trees at Fort Valley, 
central Georgia, is still less than that of an average year. 
Oklahoma. P. A. Fenton (July 22): Reported as killing peach trees in Wister, 
LeFlore County, on the eastern border of the State. 
