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qulte heavily infested, ifoile others show wactically rone of the 
overwinter in : :■„ Young trees p^ticuTarly'soem tc have an 
abundance of eggs« 
A SHOUT IEETEE (species undetermined) 
South Africa T. 5. Snyder (March IS): It is stated that the snout beetle is 
getting a strangle hold on the gam (eucalyptus) trees in Natal 
as well as those of the Transvaal, and that millions of trees 
are menaced, _ states a report from Trade Commissioner Perry J. 
Stevenson, Johannesburg, South Africa, to the Department of Commerce, 
dated January 30. The Conservator of Forests at Maritsburg has 
stated that the "beetle is f ow " pr evalant ' in many parts of ITatal 
and that it is only a question of time before the whole orovinee 
is affected. Experts say that eradication is impossible. 
ELM 
EUROPEAN ELM SCALE (G-ossynaria spuria Hod.) 
Uev York R. E„ Horsey (March 23): Failed to find any living insects or 
trees formerly infected with this insect at "Rochester. 
' CHE'STNTjT 
EUT FRUIT TC1EETX (La s-oeyae sla s plendan a Huebn.) 
Italy State of California News Letter Vol. S,Eo.5 (March 6): A lepidop- 
terous larva has "recently been discovered en chestnuts originating 
in Italy - ctors of the Bureau of Plant Quarantine and Pest 
Control of the State Department of Agriculture. This larva, accord- 
ing to officials of the State Department of Agriculture, is thought 
to be the so-called nut fruit tortrix Laspeyresia sru.er.dana Huebn. 
and all chestnuts are being carefully inspected for evidences of 
its presence. 
Due to the destruction of the chestnut trees in the eastern 
States by the chestnut bark disease, large quantities of these nuts 
are being imported from Italy to supply the demand, and a number 
of carloads are annually distributed throughout California. It 
was in one of ihese shipments imported from Italy that infested 
huts were first discovered and the desirability of restrictive 
measures being enforced against foreign importations is now being 
considered by the E Her :i cult rral Eoard. 
The nut fruit tortrix is commonly distributed in Europe where 
it is quite destructive to chestnuts, walnuts, and acorns, its 
'injury being confined to the nuts. It is closely related to the 
celling moth found en pears and apples in this State, and its 
work is very similar to the damage done by that pest. 
