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By March 27, approximately 7 per cent of the overwintering larvae of the 
oriental fruit moth had pupated at Thomastori, Ga. , while we have a report of 
the emergence of this, insect in cages in South Carolina on March 9. 
The first overwintering adult of the plum curculio was collected in an 
orchard at Thomas ton, Ga. , March 25. Last year the curculio was first ob- 
served at this place on March 17. At this time last year over a thousand 
"beetles were collected while only one was collected March 25 this year. 
Petals were falling from peach trees of the Hi ley and Flborta varieties on 
this date and this advance of the peach c rop as compared with the curculio 
emergence may make it possible to harvest Elberta peaches before the second 
brood appears. The plum curculio is also emerging later than usual in north- 
ern Flor;* da. 
Adults of the pear psylla were observed on March 22 at Amherst, Mass. 
The green citrus aphid is doing serious damage on the lower east coast 
of Florida, and there are occasional heavily infested trees as far north as 
Marion County. Present indications are, however, that the damage will be 
light this year. 
The cottony-cushion scale is again appearing in scattered infestations 
in the Salt River V a lley of Arizona. 
The vegetable weevil is spreading around the Gulf of Mexico, having 
been reported from four counties in Texas and four additional counties in 
Florida. 
The western spotted cucumber beetle left hibernation quarters near 
Forest G r ove, Oreg., January 25, practically a month earlier than last year. 
In spite of this early issuance, egg development seems later than at this time 
last year. In March the adults were very numerous in Austrian winter peas,* 
all specimens observed were females. 
The first Colorado potrto beetles reported this season were from Biloxi, 
Miss., and College Station, Tex., March 21. 
The cabbage aphid is unusually abundant in the vicinity of Norfolk, Va., 
and in parts of South Carolina. 
The beet leafhopper is reported as very abundant in the Lewis Falls dis- 
trict of Idaho. Winter mortality appears to have been very light in this 
territory. 
The California tent caterpillar is extremely prevalent around Phoenix, 
Ariz., this year, where it is defoliating cottonwool trees and severely in- 
juring apricots. 
The ]?irch leaf -mining sawfly, Phyllotoma nemorata Fallen, is reported 
from Essex County in Hew York, where it seems to be well established. 
