Indiana B* A. Porter (September 21) : The San Jose scale has continued to 
abo serious damage at Vincennes, The injury to peach in some 
instances is fully as severe as that to apple* In some peach 
orchards many dying branches are in evidence, Crawling young are 
still abundant* 
Illinois W. p. Flint (September 13): The present season on the whole has 
been favorable to the growth of this scale, but not as favorable 
as the two previous seasons. Scale is still abundant in the 
southern part of the State, and it will require careful spraying 
in all commercial orchards in that section to keep down the insect 
the coming year* 
Wisconsin S:JB .Flacker- (September 15) J This is a new location (Union Grove) 
for this pest. The scale is generally distributed throughout the 
village. 
Missouri L» Haseman (September 12): The pest has bred abundantly again 
this summer,, Where spraying of orchards was not thorough some 
fruit is bad]y blotched by it. A drive is planned for the fall and 
winter to encourage the use of dormant sprays. 
FLAT-HEAT; ED APPLE-TREE BORER (Chrysobothris femorata 01 iv.) 
Ohio H« A. Gossard (September IS): Larvae of Chrysobothris femora ta 
Qliv. were brought to us from Canton September 10, where they were 
reported to have killed a few sugar maples and injured a great 
number which had been transplanted into the cemetery at Canton in 
the spring. All these transplanted maples were threatened with 
destruction. The insects were supposed to have come from an old 
neglected apple orchard near by „ 
EUROPEAN RED SPIDER (Paratetranychus pilo sus C. & F.) 
Massachusetts A. I. 3ourne (September 25) : In some orchards^ especially on 
Baldwins, the European red spider is doing considerable bronzing 
of the foliage. From my own observation I should judge that it has 
now spread very generally throughout the northern and northeastern 
parts of the State, at least, I find several severe cases of its 
bronzing on Baldwins in orchards in West Newbury, which is in the 
very upper northeastern corner of Essex County. 
Ohio 
H. A* Gossard (September 18): The European red spider continues 
to be seen in northern Ohio orchards but is not so numerous as it 
was 8 weeks ago. Dormant sprays of miscible oils seem to have given 
fairly satisfactory results in controlling this species. 
PEAR 
Ohio 
PEAR SLUG (Caliroa cerasi 1.) 
H. A* Gossard (September 18) : The pear slug came from Marion, 
North Olmsted, and Cleveland on pear, 
