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Macro dactyl us dorsatus Germ, (dot. % A. Chapin) was observed feeding on 
the blossoms of many common plants. Another related species, M. pumilio Bum., 
was found during November in Uba destroying all the fruits on some two dozen 
peach trees. 
The San Jose scale ( Asnidiotus •pernicijsus Comst.) which has confined it- 
self to a part of the State of Rio Grande dc Sul v appeared in the region of 
Rio Negro in the State of Parana this year, .(Carlos Moreira. ) 
Eriosoma lanigerum Hausmann has been well held in check by the parasite 
Aohelinus mail Hal a. (C. Moreira..) This parasite is now distributed in the 
States of Rio Grande do Sul, Sao Paulo, and'Kinas G£raes, having been introduced 
some years ago. (Moreira and Hambleton. ) 
Schistocerca flav.ofasciata DeG. (det. A. H". Caudell) is very common through 
the citrus nursery on the College grounds, where it has been taken feeding on 
the foliage. 
In a snail planting of Rolinia deliciosa all of the trees were heavily in- 
fested with HeilJTpus catagraohus Germ. Some trees died during the past year. 
A new scale insect found on Annona squamosa on the College grounds was de- 
scribed as Pseudaulac asr.is sordidus n. sr>. by Dr. A. Henroel, Instituto Biologico, 
Sao Paulo, in October, 1931. 
Coccus mangi ferae Green was found heavily infesting a small manges tree im- 
ported from the United States of America during September. According to Hem- 
pel, this is the first record of its presence in Brazil. 
The cotton w rm ( Alabama argillacea Kbn.) appeared this year during Janu- 
ary. The infestation was quite severe where control measures were not practiced. 
Oviposition continued until late May, at which time lower temperatures accompanied 
by almost 100 per cent parasitism reduced the infestation to a minimum. 
The pink boll w rm ( Pectinophora goss.ypiella Saund. ) has been reduced to a 
minimum. (C v j.^reira. ) However, in several hectares grown in the experimental 
plots at the College, the infestation ran as high as 98 per cent in practically 
all varieties. 
Ga st erp c or co de s go s s.ypi i Pierce appeared in the cotton plots at the Experi- 
ment station in Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, where it infested a large number of 
plants. (C. Moreira.) At Yicosa, Minas Geraes, this insect ranks third in Im- 
portance of all those affecting cotton. 
The cotton-stainer Dysdcrcus feraaldi Ballou (det. H. G. Barber) is very 
abundant here. 
The fall armyworm ( Lanhygn-ia frugi-perda S. &. A.) and a sugarcane borer^. 
(Diatraea saccharalis Fab.) did considerable damage to early field com. 
A bean leaf w e bber, Lao rose- a indicata Fab. (det. 7. T. M. Forbes) was 
common on pole beans during April and May. Adult moths were very numerous at 
