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?LU?f 
PLUK CURCULIO ( Conotrachelus nenuphar Hbst .) 
- T -B. Gill (April 5): On March 27, while inspecting sere plum 
thickets near Thomasville, I observed that egg punctures of the 
plum curculio were quite common on the small wild plums . On 
April 2 I had occasion to examine a good batch of wild plums, find- 
ing many eggs of the curculio in the fruit. Most of the e^s had 
not hatched at this time, but an occasional larva of considerable 
size was observed, indicating that scire egg8 must have been hatched 
for at least a week. 
BRO^ PLUM APHID ( Hysteroneura setariae Thos .) 
0.1. Gnapp (April 10) : The rusty brown plum aphid is very bad at 
the present time on plum trees in several home orchards around Fort 
Valley. 
CURRANT 
CURRANT APHID O'yzus ribis L.) 
P.J. Parrott (April 19): Hatching of aphids has been observed 
at Geneva. 
SAN JOSE SCALE ( /spidiotus re rniciosus Coirs t.) 
J. B. Palmer (April 4): Part of one planting was killed out at 
East Bloomfield. (April 9): Bushes are badly infested at Ithaca, 
C. C. Wagoner (April 6): The scale is present wherever observations 
were cnade along the Hudson River. (April 13); The scale is worse 
usually on Fay than on Perfection, and least on Wilders . Inf esta- 
tions have been found in Ulster County along the Hudson River, 
PECAN 
PECAN SHUCKVDBM ( Laspevresia car v ara Fitch) 
J. B. Gill (April 5): Larvae of the pecan shuckworm have already 
been found attacking pecan buds and shoots . 
PECAN BUD MOTH ( Prot eoptervx bolliana Sling.) 
J. B. Gill (April 5): Larvae of the pecan bud ro+h have already 
been found attacking pecan buds and shoots. 
PECAN CASE-BEARER ( Ac rob as is nebuleila Riley) 
J. B. Gill (April 5): Larvae of the pocan leaf case-bearer have 
been emerging from their hibcrnacula during the last 10 days and 
are now attacking the unfolding buds of certain important varieties 
of pecan, especially the Frotscher and Schley. Up to this date 
the larvae have not begun to attack the buds on Stuart trees t which 
