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Examinations made in New Jersey indicate that the corn ear worm was 
unable to withstand the severe winter temperatures. In Missouri, however, 
some pupae have beun found that passed the winter successfully. 
The March cold spell in Missouri, when temperatures reached 14° below 
zero, resulted in the death of about 30 percent of the codling moth larvae 
that were above the snow line. Heavy mortality was reported from the New 
England and Middle Atlantic States. From Kansas to the Pacific Northwest 
winter mortality has been negligible. In Kansas a few pupae were found 
during the first part of February and in the Pacific Northwest -pupation was 
well under way during the second and third weeks of March. Reports from 
Washington and California indicate that along the Pacific Coast codling moth 
development is some 10 days to 3 weeks earlier than usual. On March 13 a 
moth was collected in the field in Sacramento County, California, and by 
the 24th the adults were out in considerable numbers. 
The San Jose rcale appears to have suffered severe winter mortality in 
the New England and the Middle Atlantic States. Similar severe winter 
mortality is reported from Missouri. Observations made in Massachusetts 
indicate that -50° F. resulted in killing 89 percent, -22° E. in killing 75 
percent, and -18° F. in killing 70 percent of the scales above the snow line. 
The first plum curculio collected this season at Fort Valley, Ga. , was ■ 
found on March 21, indicating the probability of two broods in this section. 
Grape leaf hopper populations are very heavy in the San Joaquin and 
Imperial Valleys of California, and present indications are that infestations 
will be severe. 
A small infestation of the vegetable weevil was found in Sacramento 
County, Calif., this spring. This is said to be the first positive record 
for this insect in the Sacramento Valley. 
The Mexican bean beetle suffered heavy mortality in open fields in New 
Jersey. This does not, however, preclude the possibility that this insect 
successfully wintered over in the wooded areas. Adults that had success- 
fully passed the winter were collected late in March in West Virginia. 
The harlequin bug suffered complete mortality in open fields in New 
Jersey. No reports on this insect from other northern States have been 
received. 
The cotton leaf worm produced successive generations throughout the 
winter in Haiti, the last two pupal periods coming the latter part of January 
and the latter part of February. Observations that will be made in Florida on 
the first appearance of the moths this year may possibly be associated with 
the observations being made in Port-au-Prince. 
Possibly owing to the very mild winter in the West, the fall and spring 
canker worms produced adults during the early part of January. The infesta- 
tion in Kansas is the heaviest in many years. 
The European pine shoot moth suffered heavy winter mortality, as high 
as 99 percent mortality having been recorded from points in Massachusetts 
and 80 to 90 percent in Connecticut. 
