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THE MOKE! IMPORTANT RECORDS FOE JANUARY AMD FEBRUARY 1936 
V7e wish, at this tine,- to express our thanks to our collaborators 
for the excellent cooperation they gave us last year in the collection of 
Fhyllophaga adults. We hope to continue this work during the coining year and 
should appreciate receiving adults from all of our collaborators, We also 
wish to call your attention to a mimeographed publication (E-36H) on the 
periodical cicada. In this circular we have recorded the localities where 
Broods X and XXII appeared in previous years. We should appreciate any data 
on places of appearance this year. 
Despite the very severe winter that prevailed over most of the Wheat 
Belt, reports from Indiana, A r kansas, and Oklahoma indicate that the hessian 
fly suffered but little mortality. On the other hand, the chinch bug in 
Indiana suffered severe mortality, which ran from U9 to ^S percent in parts of 
the State, 
The corn ea,r worm was prevalent during January in extreme south- 
eastern Texas. 
The alfalfa weevil was reported as prevalent in the San Francisco 
Bay district of California, and by the middle of February parasitization by 
Bathyplectes was running over 50 percent. 
One of the most important sugarcane mites, Ta.rsor.emus bancrof ti 
Michael, has been found established on the eastern edge of the Everglades in 
Florida. 
Reports from Virginia indicate that the rosy apple aphid will be 
more numerous than usual in the southern Appalachian apple»- growing districts 
thi s yea,r. 
Several small infestations of California red scale continue in the 
Phoenix area of Arizona and an eradication campaign is under way. 
The vegetable weevil was numerous enough in the Gulf region and 
Georgia to attract considerable attention. 
The banded cucumber beetle was reported to be attacking a number of 
truck crops in Florida, Alabama, and California, 
Reports from the South Atlantic and Gulf States indicate that the 
boll weevil has been less active during the late winter than for many years. 
During January screw worm population was-, in general, very low; 
however, a minor out b re ale occurred in Uvalde County, Tex., where rather 
serious infestations were found on recently docked sheep. 
