are apparently getting v/ell established again, and ne?/ infestations have teen 
found "by the nursery inspectors in the 12 southern counties now known to have 
infestations. 
SCURFY SCALE ( Chionas-pis furfura Fitch) 
North Carolina. Z. P. Metcalf (October 25): The scurfy scale is abundant on apple 
at Blowing Rock. 
EUROPEAN RED MITE ( Paratetranychus nilosus C. & P.) 
California. S. Lockwood (October 9): The European red mite was somewhat .r.ore 
than normally abundant in the principal pear-growing sections of the State. 
This may have been due to the cool, late spring of this year. 
PEACH 
PEACH BORER ( Aegeria exitiosa Say) 
New York. P. J. parrott (October 23): The peach borer is very abundant. 
Georgia. 0. I. Snapp (October 20): Moth emergence was practically completed in 
the field at Fort Valley by September 22, much earlier than usual, and the 
pupation season started earlier than usual. The insect was less abundant- 
than usual on account of the work of predators in 1932. 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (October 23): Complaints of infestations have recently been 
received from various sections of the State. 
Colorado. G. M. List (October): The peach tree borer has increased a great deal 
in plantings of sour cherry in northern Colorado during the past two seasons. 
Ordinarily but few of the growers in this section treat for this insect, but 
this season it is advisable for most of them to use treatment. 
LESSER PEACH BORER ( Aegeria pictipes 0. & R.) 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (October 23): A grower at Shuqualak in Noxubee County 
recently reported that his peach trees had been injured. 
ORIENTAL FRUIT MOTH ( Gravkolitha molesta Busck) 
Georgia. 0. I, Snapp (October 20): Pupation has ceased at Fort Valley; all 
larvae are now in hibernation. 
Ohio. T. H. Parks (October 23): The oriental fruit roth is moderately ab tidant. 
Quinces have been ruined and peaches along Lake Erie are moderately infested. 
,no 
There are/ peaches elsewhere in Ohio this year. 
Kentucky. 17. A. Price (September 23): The oriental fruit moth has been very 
scarce in Kentucky throughout the season. It has been impossible to id 
wilted twig material sufficient to mate a satisfactory recovery count in the 
orchards where Macrocentrus ancylivorous had been liberated last year. 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (October 23): Peach twigs sh injury were recer.; 
received from Drew, Sunflower County. 
