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PINK BOLLTIORM ( Pcctinophora gossypiclla Saund. ) 
Texas. L. W. Noble (April 23): Practically all cotton is up to a good 
stand in the Big Bend area and shows no ill effects of the cold 
wave on the Sth and 9th. At Presidio pink bollworm noth emer- 
gence in hibernation cages continues to "be exceptionally heavy, as 
compared to that in other years. 
COTTON LEAF J70EM ( Alabama argillncea Hbn. ) 
Texas. K. P. E\ving (May 2): One leaf worn about one- third grovm was 
found in stubble cotton in Calhoun County. This is the earliest 
observation of first appearance since 1922. In 193& ^° first ap- 
pearance was on May 5> whereas in 1937 *^ e leaf worn was not 
found until May 27- 
FOREST AND SHADS-TREE INSECTS 
CANKERwORMS (G-conctridae) 
New York. N. Y. State Agr. Expt. Sta. Staff (April 22): Spring cankcr- 
wom ( Paleacrita vernata Peck) quite abundant on elms in certain 
nursery plantings in western New York. Egg laying is complete. 
Pennsylvania. H. E. Hodgkiss (April 19): Canker worn adults and eggs 
abundant throughout the State. 
Arkansas. D. Iscly (April 19): Spring cankerworms are in a number of 
orchards in northwestern Arkansas, the first tine in 20 yeas that 
occurrence in commercial orchards has been recorded. It is probably 
due to the fact that there has been a let-up in orchard spraying. 
Nebraska. M. K. Swenk (April IS): Inquiries as to preventive control 
of spring cankcrworm were received the latter part of March fron 
Douglas, Hamilton, and other counties, 
Kansas. H. R. Bryson (April 25): Cankerworms arc abundant iji limited 
localities. They were reported as attacking elms in ravines near 
Manhattan, and as abundant near Paola. 
Oklahoma. F. A. Fenton (April 22): Cankerworms have caused widespread 
danage to fruit trees in the State. 
FOREST TENT CATERPILLAR ( Malacosoma disstria Hbn.) 
Vermont. II. L. Bailey (April 21): Eggs have hatched and young larvae 
were moving on April 20 and 21 at Springfield and Woodstock, Windsor 
County, in southeastern Vermont, and at Middlebury, Addison County, 
in western Vermont. 
