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is sufficient to cause serious injury "by the second generation 
unless proper control measures are taken against the first~ 
exoneration nymphs., 
OYSTER-.SHELL SCALE ( Lepidosavhe s ulmi. 1.) 
Ohio 3* W, Mendenhal}, (Hay h): Tdie oyster-shell scale infests a 
variety of trees una I find it quite "bad on some of the honey- 
locust in Springfield, th:s year. The poplar are very badly 
infested in Ohio 
Indiana H. F. Dietz (May IS): The oyster-shell scale, light brown form 
of S-lenn, began hatching at Indianapolis on. May 1% 
J, J, Davis (May 2p): The oyster-shell scale appears to be as 
miner o as as a year rgo No hatching has eccurr-d at La Fayette 
up to date. 
SCURFY SCATS ( Chionaspis farfara latch) 
Indiana -J. J. Davis (May 25): Ihe scurfy scale appears to be as numerous 
as a year ago. ho hatching ha.s occurred at La Fayette up bo da.te, 
3UR0FEAN RED hlhh ( Larrte tranychus pilosus C. & F.) 
Massachusetts A., I*. Bourne (fey 21)? The European red mite was observed to 
be hatching on May 6 and 7, here at Amherst. Mr. 7ftiitconib,who 
is locate! in the eastern part of the State, reports finding 
them hatching some days earlier than this, and that by May 7 
close to [30 per cent of the eggs hi d batched, indicating that 
in the particular region of Jliddlesex County the overwintering 
ergs hatched three or four days earlier than this date., On the 
whole it appears that there is a slight increase in the abundance 
of this pest this present season as judged by reports •■•hich we 
have received thus far, 
Connecticut M. P. Zappe (Kay IS): Mites are ^<ary plentiful in New Haven 
and Fairfield Counties on unsprayed trees and also on somo 
sprayed trees that had not been very thoroughly sprayed with 
miscible oil at the delayed dormant period. 
New York C. R. Crosby and assistants: infestations in Ulster County, 
-hide general, do not appear to be severe. 
P3AR 
PSAS THRIFS ( faeniothrips incensequens Uzel ) 
Sew York C. R. Crosby and assistants: In Orange County 3 on April 17, 
only a few specimens were found, whereas in Columbia County, 
on April 23, thrips appeared in numbers on pears, in fact on 
all species of fruit trees. In Ulster County a few individuals 
vrere found on April 20. Their numbers increased slightly on 
April 21. The buds ™ere sufficient.lv ooen tc allov: the insects 
