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Mississippi. C» Lyle and assistants (: Sept enter): The peaeh "borer is reported as 
abuidant fron Monroe, DeSoto, and Lee Counties, and moderately abundant fron 
the greater part of the State. 
ORIENTAL FRUIT MOTH ( Grapholitha nolesta Busck) 
Connecticut. P. G-arnan (September 24): More abundant in northeastern portion of 
the State than elsewhere. JTew Haven and Fairfield Counties are reported to 
have low infestation. 
Hew York. P. J. Parrott (September 22): Moderately to very abundant in western 
New York. 
Pennsylvania. T. L. Guyton (September 24): The oriental fruit noth is scarce, 
about 5 per cent of the fruit '. being worny in the Harrisburg district. 
Georgia. 0. I. Snapp (September 20): This insect lias caused more than usual in- 
jury near the city limits of Fort Valley, but as usual there was practically 
no fruit infestation in this locality. 
C. H. Alden (September 21): The oriental fruit moth is moderately abundant at 
Cornelia. Adults are still being caught in bait traps. 
Ohio. T. H. Parks (September 15): The ELberta crop of Ottawa County was harvested 
with very little loss from oriental fruit moths. The crop was harvested the 
first week in September and matured too early to carry many larvae. ELberta, 
harvested in Lucas County ten days later, had from 20 to 30 per cent infestation 
but without any serious loss of fruit. 
Illinois. W. P. Flint (September 22); There have been heavy flights of adults 
in the southern part of the State. 
Kentucky. W. A. Price (September 26): The oriental fruit moth is moderately 
abundant. 
Kansas. H. 3. Hungerford (September): The oriental fruit moth was found for the 
first time_ in eastern Kansas. 
Alabama. J. M. Robinson (August): The oriental fruit moth is moderately abundant 
in Brewton. 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (September 23): Peach twigs injured by larvae were received 
during the past month from Copiah, George, Jasper, and Jefferson Counties. 
Severe injury was reported in some cases. 
PLUM CURCULIO ( Conotrachelus nenuphar Host.) 
Georgia. 0. I. Snapp (September 19): Jarring records show that adults are still 
in Fort Valley peach orchards, although the peach harvest has been over for 
two months. The curculio population has increased recently in some orchards 
as a result of the late emergence of first- generation adults, and from present 
indications more curculios will enter hibernation this fall than a year ago. 
First-generation adults deposited a few second-generation eggs during the 
latter part of August, but the very small second generation was of little, if 
any, economic importance in the Georgia peach belt this year. On account of 
