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Mississippi 
Mississippi 
Missouri 
Mississippi 
Mississippi 
C. Lyle (Jure 23): The -first colony observed in 1932 at State 
College was found in a pecan tree on Junc21 by J. M. Langston. 
The colon::* was small. 
' FECA1T BULMOTK (Gretchena bol liana Sling.) 
G. L. Bond (June 18): Several outbreaks of this insect have 
been noted in the vicinity of laurel. 
WALNUT CATERPILLAR ( Da tana integerrima G. & R. ) 
L. Haseman (June 20): Colonies of ; r cung larvae have been 
hatching at Columbia since "about June 15. They are very abundant. 
R. P. Colmcr (June 19): : The first walnut caterpillar w.as : 
observed feeding on pecan at Moss Foint, June S. 
P3CAM PFflLOXERA ( Phylloxera devastatrix Perg. ) 
C. Lyle and assistants (June): Rather severe infestations 
were reported from Warren, Jasper, Jackson, Monroe, Alcorn, 
Lincoln, and Tate Counties. 
Mexico 
and 
Texas 
CITRUS 
MEXICAN FRUIT FLY ( Anastrepha ludens Loew)* _ . 
Plant Quarantine and Control Administration, Ue" r s Letter, ITo.18 
(June 1): Only one adult Mexican fruit fly was taken in 
Matamoros, Mex. , during April. Infestations have been found 
this season in 53 groves, in the brush on • the arroyo south of 
Harlingen, Tex., near the burial pit at-McAllen, and in a ship- 
ment of fruit in San Antonio. These infestations extended from 
Brownsville to Mission, but were heavier in the upper end of the 
Valley. 
The first known larvae Df A. pall en r. Con. were taken on April 
15. These larvae were feeding in .the fruit of Bumeli.a ar.gustifolia , 
a shrub that is common throughout' the brush lands of the Valley 
and 'mown locally by the Mexican name La Coma. It is possible 
that other native frv.it s and berries may be hosts of this- species 
but up to the present r.'e have been unable to find the larvae 
feeding in other fruits. The Bumeli o. fruits seem to be rather 
heavily infested in spots and * numerous pupae have developed from 
collected berries. No explanation is "; r 3t available to account 
for the presence of the adults in the citrus groves. A total of 
♦Correction: Under. Ahastrepha ludens Loew (insect Pest Snrvey 
Bul^etin, Vol. XII, ITo. 4, p. 15?) the subheading California 
should read Tex.o.s. 
