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A vary unusual and severe attack of one of the tiger moths 
( Apantesis phalerata Harr. ). is reported, from south-central. .Tennessee. 
The Lincoln ■County agent estimates' that in that county alon-e 500 acres _ 
of corn are destroyed, and many pastures are completely stripped of 
vegetation. ' ■ 
The alfalfa weevil is so abundant in western Nevada as to 
necessitate control measures. 
During the latter half of the month codling moth adults were 
emerging in the Middle Atlantic States. , In the southern part of this 
section the emergence is considerably later than last year. In the 
Eastern Central States '-winter .survival seems to be somewhat higher 
than last, year, and emergence ...in ' this section occurring at about the 
same time as last year. In the Pacific Northwest emergence occurred 
during the first week of May, while in California the peak of emer- 
gence in. the Antelope. Valley was.. on April 10. 
The fruit .aphid situation lias not materially changed since last 
month. The rosy aphid and apple grain aphid increased slightly in 
abundance toward the end of the month. 
Apple leaf hoppers continue, to be unusually numerous in New 
England, and are doing serious damage in the Hudson River Valley in 
New York State.. 
A. rather' unusual outbreak of ..the striped cucumber beetle as an 
apple pest has developed in Mississippi. This was first observed last 
year when this insect, oy feeding on the bl$csoms, : ruined a large _ part 
of the. crop in the northeastern part of the State. This year the insect 
has again, attacked the blossoms but not so. seriously as last year. 
The European red mite started hatching during the first week in 
May in New England and the Middle Atlantic States. Abundance does not 
seem to- be unusual. 
The oriental fruit moth on /whole does' not seem to be unusually 
abundant in its range this .season.. 
The plum curculio is not abnormally abundant throughout the New . 
England, Middle Atlantic, and South Atlantic sections. On the whole 
emergence is later than usual, and in Georgia the infestation is the 
lightest in the past 13 years. • 
The grape leaf hopper is r ^ PQr * e a l s unusually abundant in southern 
New Jersey and in eastern Virginia, 
Heavy infestation of pecan by the hickory phylloxera was reported 
from the Gulf section and this insect was doing serious damage to trees 
in Louisiana. 
