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RASPBERRY 
RED SPIDER (species undetermined) 
Ohio E. W. Mendenhall (July 3): Several raspberry plantations are badly 
infested with red spider in the Dover district west of Cleveland* 
This pest is doing considerable damage to the leaves of the raspberries 
BLACKBERRY 
BLACKBERRY CROWN-BORER ( Bembecia marginata Harr.) 
Colorado C. P. Gillette (July 18): The blackberry crown-borer has recently 
been reported to this office by County Extension Agent George R. 
Smith as doing serious damage to raspberry and blackberry plants in 
Boulder County the past spring. So far as I am aware, this is the 
first record of this raspberry and blackberry pest inside the State 
cf Colorado. The insect was in the chrysalis stage on July 17. 
GRAPE 
GRAPEVINE APHID ( Macrosichua illinoisensis Shimer) 
Indiana H. F. Dietz (June 22): This species is very abundant on grape. 
GRAPE RO0TW0RM ( Fidia viticida Walsh) 
Ohio G. A. Runner (July): Adult beetles of the grape rootworm were abund- 
ant on grape foliage on this date. 
ROSE CHAFER ( Hacrodactylus subspinosus Fab.) 
E. M. Patch (July 2): The rose chafer has been reported attacking 
cherry leaves, rose bushes, strawberry vines, and the leaves of young 
apple trees at Bowdoinham and Portland. 
P. R. Lowry (July): The rose chafer has been much more common than 
usual this year, and considerable damage has been reported. 
G. V. Smith and B. M. White (July 5-13): Green clover heavily in- 
fested with rose-bugs, fed to milk cows, is cutting milk flow per- 
ceptibly, and the pests interfere with bee pasturage on sumac. 
Injured apple leaves are more numerous than usual. 
New York C. R. Crosby and assistants: Rose beetles are very much more serious 
than normally throughout the State, doing serious damage to a great 
variety of fruit and ornamental plants. Plums and grapes in many 
cases are a total loss. 
Pennsylvania C. A. Weigel (June ll) : The rose chafer has been reported from 
Philadelphia, attacking peonies, roses, and sweet cherry trees. 
Maine 
New 
Hampshire 
Connecticut 
Delaware 
C. 0. Houghton (June): This insect was first observed on June 3. 
We have noticed serious injury to rose, plum, grape, and apple. 
