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ing this pest quite generally destructive this summer on cur- 
rant and gooseberry. 
M. H. Swenk (May 15-June 15): The imported currant worm was 
very injurious to gooseberry and currant bushes during the 
period from May 28 to June 8 all over the eastern part of the 
State, westward, in the Platte Valley, to Kearney and Buffalo 
Counties. 
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New York 
CURRANT STEM GIRDLER ( Janus integer Nort.) 
C R. Crosby and assistants (June): This insect is very 
abundant in some plantings in Chautauqua County and is also 
doing some damage in Orange County. 
CURRANT APHID (Myzus ri'ois L.) 
E. L. Chambers (June 20): Currant bushes seemed to be quite 
generally infested with this pest this summer in the southern 
part of the State. 
BLACK VINE "TEE VI L ( Brachyrhinus sulcatus Fab.) 
weekly News Letter, N-Y. State College of Agr^ , June 3: 
Orange County. The roots of gooseberry bushes are being 
injured by 3. sulcatus . 
CHESTNUT AND HAZELNUT 
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A WEEVIL ( 3alaninus auriger Casey) 
F. E. Brooks (June 24): Beetles issued from the soil about 
the middle of May. Their numbers indicate a heavy inf estat ion 
next autumn of the few remaining chestnuts at French Creek. 
F. E. Brooks (June 24): Adults were found in numbers on 
the catkins of Japanese chestnuts at Denton on June 7. 
HAZELNUT "EEVIL ( Balaninus obtusus Blanch.) 
F. E. Brooks (June 24): Beetles issued from the soil at 
French Creek late in May and early in June. A normal infesta- 
tion of hazelnut is indicated. 
FILBERT BUD MITE (E riophyes avellanae Nal.) 
A. L. Quaint ance (May 14): A letter from E. P. Felt reads 
as follows: "Mr. Bartlett has been growing filberts at 
Stamford for some years, and you may be interested in learn- 
ing that the filbert bud mite of Europe is generally present, 
not only on Mr. Bartlett' s bushes, but also on those of Dr- 
