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PSA APHID ( Illinoi a p isi Kalt.) 
Kansas. H. R. Bryson (March 20): Pea aphids are more plentiful than usual. 
They are more abundant on fall-sown alfalfa than on the old stands. Winged 
forms were found in the fields as early as February 15. They are reproducing 
rapidly at present and if the cold, dry weather continues, an outbreak is 
likely to occur. Unlike other years, the infestations do not occur in 
spots, but they are generally distributed over the entire field. 
California. A. E. Michelbacher (March 21): The pea aphis on alfalfa is not so 
serious this year as it was last. 
SUGARCANE 
SUGAR CAME BORER ( Diatraea saccharalis Fab.) 
Louisiana. W. E. Hinds (March 26): Winter mortality of the sugarcane borer 
appears to be unusually low. Possibly this is due to the fact that the 
winter has been unusually cool through February and March, with less 
fluctuation between maximun and minimum. Minimum temperatures have not 
gone below 25° E in the real cane belt. Pupation of hibernating larvae 
often occurs during February, but this year the first pupae were found 
during the last week of March at LaPlace. 
FRUIT INSECTS 
APPLE 
CODLING MOTH ( Carpocapsa porno ne 11a L.) 
Vermont. H. L. Bailey (March 28): The codling moth is moderately abundant; 
some larvae have been reported dead from winter killing. 
Massachusetts. A. I. Bourne (March 28): From such observations as it has been 
possible to make at Amherst we anticipate a considerable mortality of the 
codling moth. 
New York. P. J. Parrott (March): Many hibernating larvae have been killed by 
low temperatures in some sections of western New York. 
New Jersey. T. J. Headlee , R. C. Burdette, and E . F. Driggers ' (March): The 
codling moth is moderately abundant. 
Delaware. L. A. Stearns (March 23): Ifc.ere has been a 40-50 percent mortality of 
overwintering larvae. No pupation yet. 
Georgia. C. H. Alden (March 19): There has been no pupation noted at Cornelia. 
Missouri. L. Kaseman (March 21): At Columbia the recent -14° F. temperature 
has apparently killed about 30 percent of larvae exposed above the snow line. 
Kansas. H. R. Bryson (March 20): The codling moth wintered over in greater 
numbers than it has been known to do previously in northeatern Kansas. The 
