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R. G. Dahns (June 23): This insect is defoliating pecan trees 
in many localities in southwestern Oklahoma. 
Texas. C. 3. Nickels (June 2l): -A severe infestation was observed "by 
W. C. Pierce in one pecan orchard near Comanche, in north-central 
Texas, on June 20. 
FALL WE3W0HM ( Hyphantria cunea Drury) 
Georgia. 0. I. Snapp (June 13): Nests of first-generation fall we"b~ 
worms, ahout half, grown, are common on pecan trees at Fort Volley. 
They appeared a little earlier than the first generation of 1937* 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (June 2^):' 77ebs reported as quite numerous in 
pecan tree? in the vicinity of Moss Point, in southeastern 
Mississippi. These insects are also "beginning to appear in treos 
in the vicinity of Starkville and State College, in the north- 
eastern part of the State. 
PECAN 3UDM0TH ( Gretchena bolliana Sling. ) 
Texas. C. 3. Nickels (June 2l): A heavy -infestation in a young pecan 
orchard reported from 3lanco, in south-central Texas, on June 20. 
CITRUS 
GREEN CITRUS APHID ( Aphis spiraecola Patch) 
Florida. H. Spencer (June ~[): In the upper east coast district, rains 
have "brought on a flush of growth on which the green citrus aphids 
were developing quite an infestation. 
CI THIS MEALY3UG- ( Pseudococcus citri Risso) 
Florida. It. Spencer (June 20): Complaints are coming in of infestations 
1 in the central section of Florida and on the Gulf coast. There is 
some interest anong growers in the possibility of utilizing 
Crypt olaomus for control. 
FLORIDA BED SCALE ( Chrysonphalus aonidum L.) 
Florida. H. Spencer (June 20): During May and June numbers of newly 
hatched scales have settled on grapefruit and orange leaves, in 
central Florida and on the east coast. 
WHITEFLIES ( Dialeurodos spp.) 
Florida. K. Spencer (May 3l)i Many eg^s of the citrus whitefly, 
D. citri Ashm., w 'ere "being laid. during the last weok of May in 
central Florida. A few adults and e^g?. of the cloudy-winged 
whitefly, D. citrifolii (Morg. ), were found on new-growth leaves 
on nursery plants in the same section. 
J. R. Watson (June 22): The summer "brood of D. citri is "beginning 
to fly at Gainesville, in northern Florida. 
