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the tops of the smaller "branches. The worst infestation seemed 
to occur two miles north of New Paltz, one mile south of Marl- 
boro, and in the vicinity of Platbush. Greene County 
(A. S. Mills): Cicadas are not making so much noise as before. 
They have injured many of the terminals in a few apple and 
pear Orchards. 
Weekly News Letter N...Y. St. Coll. Agr. July 9: Orange 
Count}" (Sidney Jones): The periodical cicadas are still sting- 
ing orchards and vineyards. Many of the injured twigs v.ere 
broken off by the recent heavy winds. Dutchess County (Hay 
Bender): The cicadgs c::-3H 1 eginning to disappear. Those that 
are left are more active* a ;■•'•'■ . .. 
Apparently the oviposition is practically at an end. Where they 
have been present in numbers their work can be seen at a distance 
Weekly News Letter N. Y. St. Coli. Agr. July 16: Orange 
County (Sidney Jones): A young orchard of apples which was not 
covered with cheese cloth was severely damaged by periodical 
cicada. Some trees that were wrapped were injured. However, 
the work of this insect now appears to be over. Very few can 
be seen alive. Dutchess County (Ray Bender): One block of 
about 2,000 young trees has been fairly well cleaned up by the 
cicadas, while a block of 700 trees just across the hedgerow 
which were covered show no injury. 
GYPSY MOTE ( Porthetria dis-oar L.) 
Canada. Official Record, Vol. 7, No. 28, July 11: Having determined, 
as a result of the apparent eradication of the gypsy moth in 
the Province of Quebec, Dominion of Canada, which has been con- 
firmed "by field surveys made by the Canadian Department of 
Agriculture, that the risk of introducing this pest into the 
United States is no longer involved in the importation of 
Christmas trees and greens from that Province, Acting Secretary 
Marvin, on June 27, under the authority conferred by the act 
of Congress approved August 20, 1912 (37 U.S. Stats. 315), re- 
voked Notice 05" Quarantine No. 57 (Foreign), which removed the 
quarantine established thereby from the Province of Quebec. 
The order of revocation took effect July 1. 
BAGWGRM ( .Thyridopteryx e phemeraeformis Haw . ) 
Ohio E. W. Mendenhall (July 26): The bagworm has made its appear- 
ance again in Springfield (Clark Coxinty) on orborvitae and other 
evergreens, doing some damage. 
Indiana J. J. Davis (July 27): Bagworms were reported during July 
from Danville on maple and also reported from Aurora. 
Mississippi R. W. Harned (July 27): During the first week in July cor- 
respondents at Meridian and Canton reported rather serious in- 
festations of ba n ;worm on arborvitae. 
