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A BLISTER BEETLE ( Pomphopoea aenea Say) 
Indiana J. J. Davis (April 29): Blister "beetles (P. a enea ) were 
ruining peach "blossoms in an orchard at Vallonia, April 13. 
They were present by the thousands in a small area and com- 
pletely denuded trees of blossoms. At that time the trees 
were not quite in full bloon. A week later when the coun- 
ty agent visited the orchard, all of the beetles had disap- 
peared. 
PEAR 
PEAR PSYLLA ( Psyllia pyrlcola Foerst.) 
New York Weekly Nev's Letter, New York State College. of Agriculture 
(May): This insect threatens to be a serious problem in 
■western New York this year. By the middle of the month they 
had practically finished laying, and the earlier layed eggs 
were hatching rapidly y o:r the 18th. .Heavy rains in the early 
part of the month very materially reduced, the population of 
. these insects in the Hudson River Valley. (Abstract J.A.H.) 
PEAR MIDGE (C ontarinia -nyrivora Riley) 
New York Weekly News Letter, New York State College of Agriculture 
(May): Dampge is again evident this year in pear orchards 
in the lower Hudson River Valley. (Abstract J.A.H.) 
PEAR THEIRS ( Taeniothrins i. nco.:seanens Uzel) 
New York . . Weekly News Letter, New York State College of Agriculture 
' (May IS): Ulster Co. (W. J. Clark): Pear thrips adults are 
now found in the summer stage. 
Oregon D. C. M te (April 24): J. Wilcox report? the infestation 
of the pear and prune thrips on prunes to be spotted. Very 
serious damage in certain prune orchards. The young thrips 
arc now present in the orchard. 
Ore. Agr. Coll. and Exp. Station, Oregon Insect Pest Re- 
port (March): J. Wilcox reports the infestation to be spotted. 
Very serious damage in certain prune orchards. The young 
thrips ,nre now present in the orchard. Prune and pear thrips 
arc- moderately abundant in Douglas County, general infesta- 
tion. Very abundant in Ballston, Folk County, shotted in 
rest of Folk County. Very abundant in Yam: ill County. 
California Monthly News Letter, Los Angeles County, Agriculture Com- 
missioner, Vol. 13, No. 4. (April 15): The State Department 
of Agriculture recently assigned Stewart Loc.kwood, Assisting 
Entomologist, to look over the situation of a rather heavy 
