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Missouri 
Sonnecticut 
5Tew York 
Massachusetts 
Massachusetts 
Maryland 
E. ?. Felt (May 26) : There is a v^ry general* abundance of the 
le tent caterpillar, especially in the e:st~rn part of the 
3t£kte, a very considerable proportion of the "did cherry trees 
being defoliated and some unsprayed orchards -rather severely 
injured » 
T. E„ Snyder (May 8): Th^ tent caterpillar tents ( Malacosoma sp. ) 
on -7ild cherry trees bet-eon Washington, E. C. , and Baltimore, 
Md. , on May "( ^vere very numerous, often 6 tents on one tree, 
tents not large as yet in woodland^ 
Jo J, Bavis (Ma.y 25): A. recently hatched apple tent caterpillar 
infestation in an apple orchard' was reported from T7alkerton 
on May 8. 
J, R.aDouglass (May 21): The tent caterpillar, Malacosoma 
ameri cana Fab , first egg masses hatched on May 18 in the foothill 
region west of the Estancia Valley. 
SPRING CAttKERWORM ( Palec-crita y^rnata Peck) 
L. Kaseman (May 21): Only a light inf esV-tion is shoeing up in 
the central part of this State and ve are not receiving complaints 
from othjr parts of the State. The -'orms are just half grov-n. 
TALL CAMERWOHM (Alsophila -eo motaria Earr. ) 
ML P. Zappe (May 18):. A fe'vr young larvae have bejn seen but are 
very scarce as compared with lart year throughout the State. 
FALSE APPLE REE BUC- ( Lygidea mendax Reut.) 
E„ P. Felt (May 2S) : Red bugs are. somewhat numerous locally, 
though to date are only moderately abundant in the "icinity of 
Albany,, 
A. I. Bourne (M-.y 21): The ap-oie red bugs as yet have failed to 
make their appearance at, all conspicuous. Over the State as a 
whole these appear to bj much scarcer than normal. 
APPLE LEAF 301 1 ER ( Empoasca rrali Le3 , ) 
A. I. Bourne (May 21): The apnle -leafhoppere pare rather conspicuous 
as yet by their absence. All 'these species rr-j prnctiaally absent 
from our orchards; at least they have not m;" le their ^ye-irance 
up to this time. In fact,, there is such a scarci ty of aphids 
and loafhopners that many gro-7. rs did not include nicotine in their 
pink spray, nor do they contemplate the- use of it in. the.calyz. 
ROSS LEAP^OPPER ( Bmpor rcsae L.) 
H. S. McConnoll (May 22): Eho* h s "? n slight iamagQ to leaves 
in some orchards in the western portion of the State. The in^statiai 
