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I H U I T INSECTS 
FALL fSBWORM ( Hyphantria cunea Drury) 
Georgia. J. B. Gill (May 25): The first brood of the fall webworra is unusually 
heavy and is destroying much foliage in pecan orchards of south Georgia. The 
insect is also common on persimmon, sweet gum and other trees along the edge 
of woodlands. 
Ohio. T. K. Parks (May 12): Moths were brought to the office with the statement 
that they were present in a basement and coming into the living rooms of a 
dwelling house at Columbus. Upon inquiry it was learned that elm trees in the 
yard were badly infested last summer. These probably crawled into the basement 
to pupate. Emergence was somewhat earlier than would be expected out of doors. 
Mississippi. C. Lyle and assistants (May): The fall webworm was first observed 
on gum trees in the vicinity of Lucedale, George County, on May 18. 
A SCARABAEIL (Hoplia trifasciata Say) 
Massachusetts. A. I. Bourne (May 25) : We received collections from Hampden County 
in the western part of the State and from Bristol County in the eastern part. 
These beetles were found in large numbers feeding on foliage of various fruit 
trees. It is not uncommon to find them present on foliage of fruit trees, but 
we have seldom had complaints of their presence there in such abundance. 
APPLE 
APRILS (Aphiidae) 
Massachusetts. A. I. Bourne (April 27): We found the apple aphid (Aphis pomi LeG. ) 
first making its appearance about the 18th to the 20th of the month. Thus 
far throughout the State there has been little evidence of plant lice. Colonies 
that we have observed have been for the most part the gtfain aphid, Rhopalosiphum 
prunifoliae Pitch, and in general, wherever there have been colonies in an 
orchard, various species of lady beetles have been attracted and are disposing 
of them rapidly. 
New York. N. Y. State Coll. of Agr. News Letter (May): Throughout May aphids were 
in general very scarce. Both green, A. pomi , and apple grain aphids, R. 
prunifoliae ,were outnumbered by the rosy apple aphid, Anuraphi s roseus Baker, 
over the greater part of the State. Hatching of the rosy apple aphid was 
practically completed by the last week in April in the western half of the 
State. By the middle of the month the rosy apple aphids had developed quite 
a population, however, and in some parts of the State appeared threatening. 
(Abstract, J.A.H.) 
ROSY APPLE APHIL ( Anuraphi s roseus Baker) 
Maryland. S. H. Cory (May 22): The rosy apple aphid is very abundant. 
Virginia. W. J. Schoene (May 26): Rosy aphids are very numerous all through the 
central portion of the State. As a general rule the injury is restricted to 
sections of orchards rather than to whole orchards. 
