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G-eorgia. C. H. Alden (March 19): Tho first pupa of the overwintered larvae 
was found on this date at Cornelia. 
PLUM CURCULIO ( 'Cono tracheitis nenuphar Host.) . 
Virginia. A. M. Woodside (March 23): Plum curculios are fairly common 
along the edges of pea.ch orchards in the Crozet section of Albemarle 
County. This is the earliest record of their entering the orchard in 
that section. 
G-eorgia. C. H. Alden (March 21): The first hibernating "beetles were ca\ight 
today "by jarring peach trees at Cornelia. Last year the first "beetles 
were caught on April 13- This season is ah out 3 weeks ahead of 1937* 
T. L. Sissell (March 22): A peach grower at Hampton reports a 
large numher of these pests jarred from peach trees on March 21, but 
none has been found at Experiment. (March 26): Curculios are coming 
from hibernation in large numbers and growers have been spraying for 
more than a week in Spalding and Lamar Counties. The emergence is 
heavier than expected, considering the very light crop of peaches last 
year. ... 
0. I. Snapp (March 22): Adults began to appear from hibernation 
on March k at Tort Valley, about U days after full bloom. They were 
appearing in numbers on March 15, when three-fourths of the petals had 
dropped, and they had reached the center of the orchards in numbers by 
March 22. An average of 3*6 beetles per tree were caught in one 
orchard on March 15, but the. general infestation is not believed to 
be heavier than that of an average year. Eggs were forming in the 
bodies of some of the females caught on March 10 and there were ma- 
ture eggs in the bodies of all females caught on March 15- (March 28): 
Larvae one-fourth grown were found in Elberta peaches today. Infesta- 
tion about normal. 
PEAR 
PE.UI PSYLLA ( Psyllia pyricola Foerst. ) 
New York. J. A. Evans (March): A number of pear psylla eggs had been 
laid by March 29. 
Connecticut. E. P. Pelt (March 2U) : Ovipcsition by the pear psylla has 
started. 
PLUM 
RUSTY PLUM APHID ( Hysteroneura setariae Thos. ) 
Mississippi. C. Lyle -(March 2k) : Plum twigs- heavily infested were received 
from Tupelo, in Lee County, on March 19. It is reported that plum 
trees in Aberdeen are heavily infected with lice that probably belong 
to this species. 
