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From the number of eggs observed in Pennsylvania and 'Jest Virginia there 
are indications that aphids on deciduous (fruits will be more numerous than 
usual in that region this spring. 
Winter mortality of the codling moth in experimental cages at Carbondale, 
Illinois, ran to 24 per cent of overwintering larvae. 
Throughout the eastern half of Pennsylvania severe red spider infestation 
this year is indicated by the abundance of eggs now present on the trees. 
An interesting account appears in this number of the Bulletin of the dis- 
covery of a biological variety of the pear leaf blister mite in southern 
California, 
The finding of what is believed to be Stephanoderes attacking coffee 
beans in Haiti is of very considerable interest, as this insect is one of the 
most serious pests of coffee in countries where it occurs. 
The vegetable weevil has been found in 7 new counties in Mississippi, one 
of which is but 3 counties south of the Tennessee State line. It has also been 
found in 5 additional counties in Alabama and one additional county in Florida, 
The spotted cucumber beetle attracted considerable attention during the 
last week in January, and throughout February, in the gulf trucking sections 
of Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. 
The banded cucumber beetle was first discovered in California in 1924, 
and was again observed attacking peppers at San Diego in 1927. Record is mace 
of these findings, as they do not seem to have been previously publish. . 
Reports from Louisiana indicate that the hibernating population of the 
sugarcane borer is unusually small this year. 
