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PEAR-LE/IP BLISTER IIITE ( Eriopliyes p.yri Pgst.) 
C. R, Crosby and assistants report this insect as very 
a'bmidant on unsprayed trees in Nassau, Ulster, and Orleans 
Goxmtics, Also reported from Ghautauc[-aa , Genesee, Ononda- 
ga, and v/ayne Co^mtics. 
V/. E. Britton (June 23), "Seemingljr more abundant than' 
average year. Localities, Guilford, Moriden, Stratford, 
and North ^Joodstock, 
Ore. 5^0 n 
A. L. Lovett (June 17). "Prevalent, slightly worse than 
average and more serious tlian earlier in season. Hood 
River (Childs); On apple quite general in higher alti- 
tudes • " 
PEAR AND CHERRY SLL1& ( Caliroa cerasi L. ) 
Nev/ York C. R. Crosby ani assistants report a single outbreak of 
this insect in Columbia County, 
Indiana 
Nev; York 
Nov; York 
New York 
California 
H. F, Dietz, "Indications are at present thit the pear 
slug will be a serious pest this coming sujTimor," 
PEAR MIDGE ( Gontarinla rsyrivora Riley ) 
C, R, Crosby and assistants report serious infestation on 
Lawrence, Bosc, and Clap varieties of pears in Genesee 
County. The worst infestation in years. In Ulster County 
10 per cent of the fruit had been destroj/ed "hY May 30 and 
considerable injpry was noticed at Ravena. , Albany Coujity. 
QUIIICE GURGULIO ( Gonotrachclus crataegi \7alsh) 
J. B. Palmer (l.iay 12], "First beetle of the seascai found 
on this date. {liay 30); beetles still present in small 
numbers on trees but no injiary to fruit observed as yet in 
Ulster County." 
; 
Lyp*as communis Knight 
L. F. Strickland (June 18). "Unusually scarce in Niagara 
Govmty." 
G. R. Crosby and a ssistants. "Destructive in a fev; orcliards 
in Orleans Coimty. Reported in small numbers from Onondaga, 
Genesee, and Columbia Counties." 
BAKER'S MEALYBUG ( Pseudococcus baker i Essig) 
T, D. Urbahns (l'<£.y 14 }• Sacramento: "The presence of this 
species upon fruit is very objectionable." 
