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C. R. Willey (May 25): On May 22 we "saw more re&hugs/irPan 
old feeding apple orchard in Powhatan County, near Powhatan 
Court House, than we have seen for years. Only nymphs were 
present "but we "believe" then to be L. mendax . 
TARNISHED PLANT BUG ( Lygus pratensis L.) 
N. L. Douglass (May 19): Danage of the tarnished plant "bug 
attacking peaches has "been noticed in several orchards in the 
vicinity of Grenada, 
E B J. Newcomer (May 22): "Fruit "bud injury was- not so severe 
in 1931 as in 1930, owing prohahly to the cooler weather previous 
to hlooming, which prevented the hugs from feeding so extensively,, 
Injury to fruit after blooming, however, seems to be fully as 
extensive as last year. 
APPLE LEAEHOFFERS (Cicadellidae)- 
A. I, Bourne (May 23): Leafhoppers appear to "be quite 
ahundant in some of the orchards in Plymouth,- Bristol, Middlesex, 
and Essex Counties. In other sections of the State the infesta- 
tion is rather spotty. 
H. A. Rollins (May 15): Apple trees set in 1930 had rather 
serious infestation on leaves' at Woodstock,'' Leaves have shown i 
some mottling already. 
P. Garman (May-22): Nymphs appearing in considerahle numbers 
in "many apple orchards in New Haven County. 
Weekly News Letter, New York State College of Agriculture 
(May):' Typhlocyba pomaria McAtee,- which caused serious damage 
in the Hudson .River Valley last year, was first observed in the 
orchards, during the first week, in May. By the end of the month 
it was hatching rapidly, and indications were ^ha't hatching 
would be completed 'in time for the treatment immediately 
following the calyx spraying. (Abstract J. A. H.) 
H. N. Worthley (May 27): Apple leafhopper nymphs (species not 
yet determined) appearing on apple foliage at State College. 
SAN JOSE SCALE ( Aspidiotus perniciosus Comst.) 
E. L. Chambers (May 27): Three new infestations were dis- 
covered recently in Ft. Atkinson, Mukwonago, and Hazel Green. 
The scale is still confined to less than a dozen counties and 
is not yet present in any of the commercial apple growing sections 
of the State. 
