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weevils camnot be found "by intensive search in the screenings fron fall 
potatoes, end that there is - tiini^nm of danger of including live weevils 
in alfalfa meal found in -ortable mills and blown into freight cars in 
hulk. "1 
SOUTHERN CORN LZAF BEETLE 
A rather unusual outbreak of the southern corn leaf "beetle ( Myochr:u3 
dent i co 11 is Lee.) was reported from Indiana. In one field 90 per cent of 
the corn was eaten off "below the ground "by these beetles. Similar damage 
was reported fron Kentucky and from Clermont County, Ohio. It was also 
reported from Missouri. 
CODLING MOTH 
During the later winter months of 1929-30 it was evident that winter 
mortality of the codling moth ( Car-no cans a. -■omonella L. ) was extremely high 
in parts of Indiana and Illinois, in many places all of the larvae having 
been killed. Similar high mortality was reported from the Pacific North- 
west and the Great Basin, hut mortality of the larvae in the Pacific North- 
west was recorded from above the snow line, .and as there was considerable 
snow over this region the actual survival was above normal. By the latter 
part of March the larvae were starting to pupate in New Mexico. As the . 
season advanced the second brood picked up very materially and by the middle 
of July they were emerging in threatening numbers in the Bast-Central States, 
The unusually hot, dry weather that prevailed over a great deal of the 
country seems to have stimulated this insect, and very severe late damage 
was reported from practically the entire drought area, and New York State, 
during August. On the other hand, in the Pacific Northwest late infesta- 
tion was reported to be much below normal. Eggs continued hatching during 
the first two weeks of Se-ntember in Indiana, Illinois, and Kentucky, and 
moths were still emerging during the third week of that month in central 
Ohio. 
ORIENTAL FRUIT MOTH 
"The Oriental fruit moth ( Lasmeyresia molesta Busck) was not on the 
whole so injurious during the season 1930 as during 1929, presumably on 
account of the unfavorable temperature conditions during the winter. It 
appears that the commercial peach districts east of the Mississippi River, 
and some west of the river, are new rather generally infested, though no 
recent actual survey to determine distribution has been made. At the 
Moorestown, N. J., laboratory special experiments were carried out with 
native parasites of this insect; these hove resulted in a material in- 
crease in our knowledge of these beneficial insects. One species 
been propagated in considerable numbers and distributed to various inter- 
ested States. The entomologist sent to Europe to collect parasites of the 
1 George I. Reeves, Bureau of Entomology, U. S. D. A. 
