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in every case on the European cork oak, upon which host it was 
evidently introduced from Europe. • 
Many complaints have "been received from Mississippi of damage 
"by the pecan bud moth to young p^can stock. 
A serious outbreak of fleas has developed in Atlanta, Ga. , which 
has attracted considerable attention of the Health Department of that 
city, A report of trouble from this ins ect has been received from 
Ocala, Fla, 
The gnat, Hi p-p elates sp. probably flavipes Loew, is proving 
extremely troublesome and annoying in the environs of New Braunf£ls t , 
Tex. - 
The usual quota of reports on termites v/as received from the 
Central States, 
Reports on the emergence of Brood II of the periodical cicada 
were received in large numbers throughout the early part of the 
month from Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, 
The emergence in Virginia was completed early in the month and the 
insects in that State have practically disappeared, A very interest- 
ing collection was made at Yazoo City, Miss,, on May 29 when in- 
side a boll weevil cage there emerged a' female periodical cicada. 
This belonged to the 13-year Brood XXVII, The only times that this 
brood has previously been recorded from any point in the United 
Stateswere in 1902, when it was reported as appearing on May 20 
at Suffolk, Franklin County, Miss., Anii thirteen years later, in 1915, 
Ivfhcn this brood was seen again at this place. 
ERRATUM 
In the first paragraph of the outstanding features of "the 
last number of the Survey Bulletin (Vol, 8, No, 4) the last sentence 
should read "Nova Scotia Fruit Growers Association is recHmmending 
early treatment for the red mites ***'J« ■« 
OUTSTANDING ENTOMOLOGICAL FEATURES IN CANADA FOE JUNE, 1928 
The area at present known to be infested by the European 
corn borer in Ontario and Quebec covers approximately 95,650 
square miles. It extends 575 miles from east to west and 385 miles 
from noth to south. Infestations have been found as far west as 
St, Joseph Island, 15 miles east of Sault Ste» Marie, and as far 
east as Bat is can on the St, Lawrence River, 50 miles west of 
Quebec City, The insect has now reached practically the northern 
limit of the corn-growing area in Canada, 
