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' often ten or twelve eggs at each "bud. The writer lias often 
looked for aphids on Evergreen blackberries at Bellevue and 
Puyallup during the past four years without ever locating 
any, but as all these observations were made later in the 
season that fact may account for the failure to find them 
during those observations. 
PFCAIl 
TWIG GIRDLSH ( Oncideres cingulatus Say) 
Mississippi H. Dietrich (February 25): The hickory girdler ( Oncideres 
cingulatus ) was very abundant and injurious to pecans in 
George County during October and November (probably owing 
to dry summer many adi.il ts emerged). 
HICKORY SHUCK WORM ( Laspeyresia carina Fitch) 
Mississippi R. W. Earned (February 23): J. M. Langs ton reports tliat 
overwintering shuck worms are less numerous this year than 
they have been during several previous years. 
GLOOMY SCALS ( Chrysomphalus tenebricosus Comst.) 
Alabama J. M. Robinson (February 27): The gloomy scale is moder- 
ately abundant on pecans at Fairhope. 
CITRUS 
C-RFFH CITRUS APHID (Aphis spiraecola Patch) 
Florida J. R, Watson (February 24): The green citrus aphid is very 
scarce, although one occasionally me^ts a tree with a heavy 
infestation. This is undoubtedly due to the cold weather 
causing the citrus trees to be thoroughly dormant without new 
growth to support aphids. With the possible exception of 
tangerines, which are always late in putting out their growth, 
it does not seem at all probable that the aphid will do much 
damage this spring. 
H. T. Fernald (February 24): Aphi s spiraecola probably 
just appearing on opening citrus leaf bud s^ at- Orlando. It is 
too soon to judge abundance. 
H3L0H APHID ( Aphi s gossypii C-lov. ) 
California Monthly Hews Letter, Los Angeles County (February 15): 
Aphis infestations in the citrus groves of the county nave 
appeared earlier than usual in most localities this season. 
