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K3GAN SPITTLE. BUG ( Clastootera obtusa Say) 
Mississippi R. W. Harried and assistants -(May);. The first spittle bugs 
of the season vere noted in a pecan orchard near rascagoulaApr.22. 
Specimens were observed on pe can trees at Cannonsburg on May 
23. • • 
Mississi-om 
A PLANT BUG ( Tlagiognathus caryae Knight) 
R. U. Harned and assistants (May): The mi rids are very 
abundant on pecans in Adams, Hinds, Stone, Forrest, and Har- 
rison Counties. Sometimes four or five adults are found on 
the young pecan cluster. The falling of young nuts is un- 
doubtedly due to these insects, as pollination was very good 
this year. 
Georgia 
OAK T.TIG TRUHSR ( Hypermallus villosus Jab. ) 
J. B. Gill (April 28): There seems to be an increased dam- 
age to limbs of pecan trees in orchards growing adjacent to 
woodland tracts. 
HICKORY SHOOT CURCULIO ( Conotrachelus aratus Germ.) 
Mississippi R. 17. Harned (May 25): Fccan twigs containing the larvae 
were received from Brookhavcn on April 28, May Guyana. May 15. 
Specimens of this species were also received from Mize on 
May 18. Serious injury was reported in each case. 
SAJRLI3S (Tcnthredinidae) 
Mississippi J. F. Kislanko (May 20): A pecan s aw f ly . ■ Ac o r dul e c e r a 
maura McG. , is very abundant in Stone County this year. 
Some orchards are, very badly injured. Some trees are so dam?. 
aged that the injury can be noticed from several hundred 
yards. In previous years this insect was noticed in moderate 
abundance on hickory but it is the first time it injured 
pecan trees in this section for the past few years. The 
oviposition was observed on April 24, although on this day 
larvae one-third grown were observed. 
R. 17. Harned (May 25): Comp^inis" in regard to sawfly 
larvae on pecans accompanied by specimens have been received 
from a number of places. Larvae tentatively identified by 
J. M. Langston as Megaxycla.' major Cress, were received from 
Meridian, Rcnova, and Dorsey. 
