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BLACK FECAN APHID ( Melanocallis caryaefoliae Davis) 
Georgia. G. F. Moznette (April 20) : Viviparous forms of this aphid were found 
present on pecan foliage on this date at Albany. 
OESCURE SCALE ( Chrysomphalus obscurus Corns t.) 
Mississippi. C. Lyle and assistants (May): One of the heaviest infestations that 
I have ever seen was noticed on a pecan tree at Vicksburg on May 9. The scale 
~^"^ was injuring the tree seriously. 
PECAN PHYLLOXERA. ( Phylloxera devastatrix Perg.) 
Mississippi. C. Lyle and assistants (May): A heavy infestation was noticed on a 
pecan tree in Vicksburg on May 9. The tree seemed to be weakened some from the 
infestation. 
C. Lyle (May 23) : Numerous complaints regarding phylloxera galls on pecan have 
been received at this office since May 1. Correspondents in Quitman, Claiborne, 
Warren, and Jefferson Counties have reported heavy infestations. On May 11 a 
very severe infestation was found on a pecan tree near Utica, almost every 
leaf being infested. 
CITRUS 
CITRUS WHITEFLY ( Dial eur odes citri Ashm.) 
Mississippi. C. Lyle and assistants (May): The citrus whitefly is scarce in 
Marion, Lamar, Forrest, -pearl- River, Yalobusha, Grenada, and Montgomery Counties 
Itwas moderately abundant in southwestern Mississippi, Ocean Springs, 
Meridian, and Wi.rgins. (Abstract, J.A.H.) 
GREEN CITRUS APHID ( Aphis spiroecola Patch) 
Florida.- Jw.RC" Watson. (Kay- 25) : The green citrus aphid is very scarce at the 
present time, due to the fact that there is very little growth on citrus trees 
^ because of the drouth, and the fungus disease Empusa was very active in 
April. 
CITRUS RUST i'v'ITE ( Phyllocoptes oleivorus Ashm.) 
Texas. S. W. Clark (April 10): P. oleivorus is extremely abundant on citrus at 
Weslaco. 
Mississippi. C. Lyle and assistants (May): The citrus rust mite is moderately 
abundant in Marion, Lamar, Forrest, and Pearl River Counties. 
