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Virginia 
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peaches, hydrangea, peony, rose, weigelia and in fact nearly 
all ehrubs." 
C. R. Crosby and assistants report this insect as doing serious 
damage at Milton in Ulster County. 
F« E. Brooks (May 20). "Thn first beetles appeared on this date. 
Only a few were observed on the blossoms of peonies." 
J. J. Davis (June 16). "The rose chafer has been abundant again 
this spring. Some of the recent reports included dacage to 
peaches at Vincennes , to grapes at Fort Wayne and Vevay, and to 
apples at Aurora." --:• 
GRAPE LEAFKOPPER ( Ervthroneura comes Say) 
New York J. B„ Palmer (June 7). "A very serious infestation has developed 
throughout the Chautauqua grape belt. The lower leaves have 
become so sickly and dry that the canes for next year are bound 
to suffer. These insects began to appear in numbers the latter 
part of May." 
Pennsylvania M. D. Leonard (June 15). "Adults are very abundant and consider- 
able foliage injury is apparent at North East." 
Michigan 
Michigan 
Louisiana 
R. H. Pettit (June 8). "Grape leaf hoppers are now laying eggs 
and once in a while one finds a few nymphs just hatched." 
GRAPE- BLOSSOM MirGE ( Contarinia Johns oni Sling.) 
R. H. Pettit (June 9). "It may be of interest to note that the 
grape-blossom midge was discovered for the first time in the 
Lawton grape belt today." 
FIG 
CITRUS MEALYBUG ( Pseudococcus citri Risso) 
T, H. Jones (June 9) . "Some complaints of this mealybug on 
figs are reported from Baton Rouge." 
COCfONUT 
Guam 
COCONUT SCALE ( Asnidiotus destructor Sign.) 
C. W. Edwards, Guam Agricultural Experiment Station (May 21, 
1921) . "The most outstanding plant trouble that has come to 
our notice the past few years is the coconut scale which 
practically ruined the entire coconut industry of the neighbor- 
ing island of Saipan. It was necessary for one to observe 
this outbreak at its height in order to appreciate fully the 
possible destructive character of this pest. Recently a letter 
was received from the Superintendent of Agriculture of Suva, Fiji, 
mentioning the presence in Fiji of Ispidiotus transparens (=destruct' 
