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central Illinois approximate] y ^C per cent of the overwintering 
larvae are -lead, the cause of the death being apparently fungus 
infection. 
Missouri L» Haseman (February 24): Recent collections of apple worms 
for breeding-cage investi .--rations show that they have been 
wintering well at Columbia, Conroar^tively few dead -^orns appear 
in the cocoons and up to February 15 small percentages of the 
worms have been removed by woodpeckers or other bira^s. 
L3AF CRUMPLER ( Mineola iniigenella Zell, ) 
Missouri L« Haseman (February 24): The apple leaf crumpler is more 
abundant this "inter on young fruit trees and wild haws than 
usual and the pest seems to be wintering' safely up to the present 
time* 
PEACH 
TILE HORNED FBI ONUS ( Prionus imbricornis L. ) 
Mississippi E« '.7, Earned (February 15): On January 14, Inspector R» B* Deen 
sent in two large larvae that were taken from peach trees on 
the property of James A, Coleman, Tupelo. One of these larvae 
is still alive in the insectary. The dther specimen was sent to 
Washington anal identified by Dr. A. G> Boving as Prionus 
imbricorni s L» The o'^ner of this orchard wrote on January 24, 
as follows: 
"These borers were gotten out of adjoining trees that were 
25 feet apart. Both of these trees were in a very rich saniy 
loam at the foot of the hill in my orchari, I fi nd most of my 
borers in this part of the orchard ani very few in the heavy 
clay near the top of the hill. These r, onns came out of especially 
fine trees "ehich bore fine crous in 192G, but showed signs then 
of dying. I pruned them very close, but they showed further signs 
of lecay last season. About half of the trees ware still alive 
when I had them "lug up, an: n I feel sure that the -orrr.s killed the 
trees. My attention was attracted to them because of their large 
size, but more especially instead of boring between the bark 
and the wood, you "-ill notice from the specimen of the root sent 
you they bored directly into the wooft. These trees '"ere gassed 
with paradichlorobiexzene in October, 1936, and October, 1927, but 
evidently this had no effect on these borers." 
FICS 
BLASTOPHACA ( Blastonhaaa psenes L, ) 
California Monthly News Letter Los Angeles County Horticultural Commission 
Volume 10, ITo.l, (January 15): A survey of known plantings of 
caurifigs in Los Angeles County has recently been completed, 
according to K, L. "olff , Deputy Horticultural Commissioner in 
