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PINK BOLL WORM (P ectinopho ra gossypiel la Saund. ) 
Infestations have "been found in the crop of 1930 in the following 
counties jf Graham, Pinal, Maricopa, and Pima, in Arizona; Chaves, Eddy, 
Otero, Dona Ana, and Luna, in Mexico; Presidio, Brewster, Reeves, Ward, 
Hudspeth, El Paso, Andrews, Ector, and Midland, in Texas. 
The infestations in Andrews and Ector Counties were found "by field 
inspections, the others having "been found by the Use of the gin trash 
machines. Specimens were also found, with the machine, in trash from 
all seven gins in the Juarez Valley, in Mexico, which is just across the 
.Rio Grande opposite the El Paso Valley. 
The infestation in the Salt River Valley of Arizona is now known to 
exist in the following general localities; South and southwest of Tempe,' 
south and east of Chandler, the vicinity of Coolidge, and J.elii section, 
near Laveen, near Glendale, and a few miles west of Avondale, which is 
about 25 miles west of Phoenix. These infestations are so light that it 
is only with great difficulty that specimens can he found by field 
inspection. 
C-YPSY MOTH ( Porthet-ia di spar L. ) 
Approximately 25 of' the most experienced and expert employees of the 
Scouting and Extermination project have been making an intensive examination 
of the tree growth in Dukes Park, Somerville, IT-. J., where the gypsy moth 
was discovered in 1920. Much of the growth examined consists of Koster 
blue spru.ee trees, many of which are of large size. No infestation has 
been found this year in the area examined in Dukes Park up to January, 1931. 
A report was received in December from the New York Conservation 
Department stating that approximately 35 egz clusters had been found up 
to December 23, 1930, at 19 points in the vicinity of Roslyn, L. I., where 
a large isolated infestation of the insect was discovered early last year. 
Intensive scouting operations are being continued by the State in the 
vicinity of this infestation. 
