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State. Apparently the mild winters of 193&-37 and 1937-38 are re- 
sponsible for the very high survival. It is already ragging 
clover and alfalfa in many fields. 
California. A. E. Michelbacher (March 22): Most of the larvae collected 
on March 8 in the San Joaquin Valley wore dead. It appeared that a 
fungus disease was causing this mortality. 
SUGARCANE 
SUGARCANE BORER (Diatraea saccharalis E. ) 
Louisiana. B. A. Osterbcrger (March 17): A few "borers have been found 
in the pupal state. No eggs have be.en found. 
E. K. Bynum, W. E. Haley, and L. J. Charpentier (March): The 
examination of cane trash on top of the soil in overwintering ex- 
periments in the southern part of the sugar section revealed that 
13 percent of the larvae had' pupated by March 2 and by March 15 the 
percentage had increased to ^0. The first pupa was found on February 9 ■ 
On March 21,1+ e gg clusters, with an average of. 26 fertile eggs per 
cluster, were found at Houma in' 1 man-hour. 
SUGARCANE BEETLE ( Euetheola rugiceps Lee. ) 
Louisiana. 3. A. Osterberger (March 17): This beetle was noticed doing 
considerable injury to stubble cane around the Bayou Teche section, 
St. Mary Parish. Skunks have done much in the control by digging out 
the adults for food. Adults are being collected at lights. 
J. W. Ingram (March 10): Injury to sugarcane appeared in the 
vicinity of Franklin early in March. On 1 plantation 1,230 beetles 
were collected at 3 500- watt trap lights on March 10. Warmer temper- 
atures than usual for late February and early March have caused the 
beetles to become active earlier than usual. 
FRUIT INSECTS 
SAN JOSE SCALE (Aspi dlotus perniciosus Corns t.) 
Georgia. T. L. Bissell (March 23): A correspondent at Hawkinsville re- 
ports that he finds almost no San Jose scale. 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (March 2U) : Jack Milton, at Jackson, and N. L. 
Douglass, at Grenada, report that the San Jose scale is causing 
severe damage to un sprayed fruit trees in their districts. 
