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Mississippi. C. Lyle (May 33): On April 29 a correspondent at New Albany, 
Union County, reported that May beetles (P. bipartita Horn) had Severely 
injured pecan trees. May beetles have been very abundant during the past 
several weeks, attacking pecans, roses, and other tender growth. They 
were doing serious damage to roses in Hinds County on April 23. 
JAPANESE BEETLE ( Popillia japonica Newm. ) 
New ^ York. C. H. Hadley (May 23): The heaviest infestation in New York, which 
is at Long Island City, shows this spring a marked decrease in turf injury 
due to treatment of the turf in the large Community Courts. Many of the " 
small private lawns still show grub injury. The heavy part of this infesta- 
tion covers about 10 city blocks. 
Pennsylvania. C. K. Hadley (May 23): Pield surveys in the New Jersey- Pennsyl- 
vania area in May show larvae congregated near the surface of the ground and 
actively feeding. In general, in the older infestations a decrease in num- 
bers is indicated as compared with the same time in 1932, but in more re- 
cently infested sections the usual increase has been experienced. A consid- 
erably-greater proportion of the grubs occur at this time in the earlier 
stages of growth than was the case a year ago. 
ASIATIC BEETLE (Anpmala orientalis Waterh. ) 
Connecticut. \Y. E. Britton (May 24): Larvae ascended to the surface of the 
ground earlier than in some other seasons. Injury to untreated lawns is 
being reported every day. 
New York. C. H. Hadley (May 23): The infestation in meadowland at Jericho, 
which was first observed in 1931, has become serious enough so that approxi- 
mately half an acre of turf is now ruined and extensive plots without a 
living plant are not uncommon in this area. 
ASIATIC GARDE:: 3EETLE ( Autoserica castanea Arrow) 
New York. C. H. Hadley (May 23): The grubs are more numerous on Long Island 
than they were a year ago. 
Pennsylvania. C. H. Hadley (May 23): A new and quite heavy infestation has 
been found in the Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia. 
COMMON RED SPIDER ( Tetranychus telarius L. ) 
Mississippi. C. Lyle and assistants (May): The red spider is very abundant on 
strawberry and ornamentals. It is very abundant on plants in general at 
Ocean Springs. There is a heavy infestation on 6amellia .ia.ponica in the 
vicinity of Pascagoula. Injury to various ornamental plants has been re- 
ported recently from Caledonia and Columbus, Lowndes County, Belzoni, Hum- 
phreys County, and Quitman, Clark County. The correspondent at Calcdor 
indicated that the infestation was very heavy, the arborvitae plant being 
almost completely enclosed in the webs. 
