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extreme 
Tne Hessian fly has appeared in rather alarming numbers in/western Kansas 
following three years of excess precipitation. Heretofore this region has been 
beyond the Hessian fly territory. 
The unusually cold weather occurring over the Southern States appears to 
have materially affected tne hibarnationnof the boll weevil in the Delta Region, 
as is shown by the examinations made at the Delta Laboratory of the Bureau, where 
the average number of live weevils per ton of moss was the lowest ever recorded, 
being 0.5. A full account of the records since 1915 appears in the body of this 
bulletin. 
This severe weather so completely desxroyed the remnants of the s^ r eet 
potato vines and potatoes in the field that this, combined with a scarcity of 
sweet potatoes held by the farmers, has very materially reduced the number of 
sweet potato weevils in the infested territory. 
A high percentage of eggs of tne Australian tomato weevil in the rearing 
cages of the Bureau's Gulfpcrt, Hiss., Laooratcry was destroyed by the freezing 
weather of March. Apparently the numoer of larvae and adults in the field was 
considerably reduced. 
The outbreak of the potato tuber moth on tne Eastern shore of Virginia, 
which developed last fall, extends well up into Acccmac County. This is the first 
record of the occurrence of this insect as a potato pest in the Eastern United 
States. 
An outbreak of tne pepper weevil was crought to light in October in the 
La Habra district of California. Up to that time this pest was known only from 
aoout Mesilla Park in New hexico and, in southern Texas- Later investigations 
showed the pest well estaolished in practically all commercial pepper-probing sec- 
tions in Orange County and in the San Fernando Valley in California, one grower 
reporting a loss of $17,000 in last year's crop. 
The discovery of the Oriental fruit moth in the vicinity of Vald&6ta, Ga. , 
some 70 to BO miles from tne Fort Valley peach section is a matter of unusual 
interest. Active steps are being taken Dy tne State Entomologist to eradicate 
the infestation if possiole. 
OUTSTANDING ENTQMO LOGICAL FEATURES FOR CANADA, NOVEMBER 1, 1923, TO APRIL 1, 1924 
The winter of 19 23-24 has been a very mild one throughout the greater part 
of the Dominion. The temperature, for the most part, has been well above normal 
with the exception of a cold snap in February throughout Eastern Canada. 
The snowfall in the Western Provinces was light, the open range being alrost 
free from snow late in February so that no feeding of stock was necessary. The 
snowfall in Ontario, Queoec, and the Maritime Provinces generally speaking was much 
heavier, the ground being well covered with a blanket of snow throughout the winter 
so that except in certain cases there was little frost in the ground. 
On the whole, the winter has oeen a very favorable one both for crops and. 
their insect enemies. 
