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Ths grape leaf hopper has again appeared in serious numbers in the lake 
grape regions of $f©w York, Pennsylvania, ar.d Michigan* 
The potato aphid is very seriously abundant 5n eastern Virginia and 
parts of South Darolinc, whsre ths loss xu estimated to be ei high as SO 
per cent cf tho crop, In thd northern Scales it is comparatively scarce 
so far this c@ason ( 
The potato tuber moth is reported for the first time from Mississippi 
this month* 
The cabbage maggot is reported serjous in Essex County, Mass*, and in 
sevora 1 parrs of. New "orb Stafce. It w<?s observed this year for the first 
time in the 20 years experience of the State entomologist in Colorado. 
The strawberry crown-miner is becoming so serious in the important 
BtrlWberry ^egioi of Te.me.Tsee that it is now difficult to get a stand on 
account of thid pest. 
The Mexican bean beetle is being reported as a serious pest from several 
counties in 'lennessee where ]ajt year it was found rcith difficulty* 
Damage by the boll weevil throughout the cotton belt is undoubtedly more 
severe -ch°.n it hsj bsen in years tor this time of tbe year- 
Brood X7IX of tho periodical cicada is wsll in evidence over most of its 
recorded tenitory* Brood XC f however, is not in evidence in eastern 
Mississippi where it has been recorded in pre/ious years. 
The lar.-rh rase-bearer is severely dama^'in^ important stands of larch 
in Maine, and the spruce budworm has destroyed over one-third of the matured 
spruce and fir in this State. 
Thousands of acres of poplar are being defoliated by the forest tent 
caterpillar in Maine. 
The Furopean willow beetle was collected for the first time in Pennsyl- 
vania this spring and th-? native willow beetle is stripping willows along 
streams in parts of Indiana and Iowa. 
The killing of young poultry by feeding on the rose-chafer is recorded 
from Massacnusetts and New York. 
