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development and the emergence of adults is later than normal. The 
first beetle in the vicinity of the Moorestown laboratory was found on 
June 17 j a week later than in 193^» They have been coming out slowly 
since then and are now present in small numbers. In the older in- 
fested area a high percentage of diseased larvae have been found in 
the soil, but this disease has not yet been found in several newly in- 
fested areas where soil surveys have been made. 
Delaware. L. A. Stearns (June 17): First adult observed at Wilmington. 
ROSE CHAFER ( Macrodactylus subspinosus Fab. ) 
New York. N. Y. State Coll. Agr. News Letter (June): Rose chafers were 
being reported in injurious numbers in orchards in the Hudson River 
Valley and in the Great Lakes district the last week of the month. 
New Jersey. C. H. Hadley (June 20): The rose chafer was first observed 
June 10 on roses at Moorestown and is now common. 
Delaware. L. A. Stearns (June 5) : First adults observed on June 5 a * 
Newark. 
Maryland. E, N. Cory (June 22): A decided pest in Anne Arundel, Balti- 
more, and Dorchester Counties. It is feeding or. trees and flowers. 
North Carolina. C. H. Brannon (June 15): This insect is present in large 
numbers over the State and is causing serious damage in atrole or- 
chards in several mountain counties. 
Michigan. R. Hutson (June 25): Rose chafers are causing considerable 
annoyance in the vicinities of Shelby and of Tooinabee. 
WIREWORMS (Elateridae) 
Minnesota. A. 0. Ruggles (June 21): Wireworms are moderately abundant 
in neat soil particularly. 
A. A. Granovsky (June 21): This is a year of heavy wireworm 
damage. Corn, onions, and nursery plantings suffered in many sections 
of the State, especially where crons were growing on neat soil. 
North Dakota. J. A. Munro (June 18): 7/ireworas are damaging wheat and 
corn at Mott , Hanks, Hazen, and Baker. In some instances whole fields 
, have been destroyed. 
South Dakota. H. C. Severin (June 20): More than the usual damage by 
wireworms has been done to corn and wheat this spring. 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (June lU): Injury to planted corn seeds and corn 
roots by Melanotus so. was reported from Cherry County the second week 
in June. 
