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PLANT QUARANTINE MD CONTROL ADMINISTRATION 
Notes abstracted from "Ners Letter.?- '.■&'*/, ,1931. 
(Not for publication) 
PARLATORIA DATE SCALE ( Parlatoria blanchardi Targ. ) 
T^o palms, one in a commercial' garden and one an ornamental 
palm, ^ere found infested in the Imperial Valley, and defoliated and 
torched. Eight palrrs of no coTTcrcial value i"orc found infested 
in the Coachella Valley and --ere uut out and destroyed. In the sarre 
areas 106,683 palm inspection^ -ere rrade during the quarter ending 
March 31, and 21 infested palms rere found. Only three of these ,Tr ere 
in comrercial gardens— one in the Imperial Valley and t— o in the 
Coachella Valley, Of the remaining 18, t T "0 ~ere ornamental date 
palms and one a Canary Island palm, which rero defoliated and torched, 
and 15 "ere date palms of no value mb-ich w erc dug out and destroyed. 
PINK BOLL FORM ( Pcctinouhora gossypiolTla Saund. ) 
On March 7, 74 dead larvae '-ere taken from a pillow made of seed 
cotton, lint, ^ool, and mohair. The pillow originated at Presidio, Tex^ 
and appeared to be three or four years old, which probably accounts for 
the fact that all of the specimens '""ere dead. This is the largest 
number of specimens ever taken from an interception at any of our road 
stations. 
GYPSY MOTH ( Porthetria dispar L. ) 
The scouting has resulted in finding infestation in several towns, 
but so far the towns of New Marlboro, Sandisf ield, and Sheffield, Mass., 
are more seriously infested than any others in the zone. It is expected 
that the '~ork in Piscataway and Hillsboro To-nships, Ne 1 "' Jersey, will be 
finished about the middle of April. If no further' infestations were 
found, this "ill complete the scouting ■ -ork planned for Net 7 Jersey this 
season except for checking up vdrk in the vicinity of infestations that 
were discovered in the townships of North Plainf ield and Warren during 
the fiscal year 1928. 
BROW- TAIL MOTH ■ ( Nygm ia phaeorrhoea Don. ) 
The brown-tail moth infestation, as indicated by the presence of 
the hibernating vebs, is heavier than usual in southeastern Maine and east' 
em New Hampshire. In Maine there is an infestation in most of the cities 
and towns south of Augusia and -est to the Hew Hampshire state lino, and 
in some cases the infestations are heavy, particularly on apple, pear 
and cherry. State officials in Maine have notified the proper authorities 
m the cities a$.g towns a.s to the proper control methods, and the cutting 
