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fruit moth has established headquarters at Antibes, France, and has 
thoroughly infbmed 'himself on the general fruit-'.noth situation in the 
region. One shipment of parasites ' from France has already "been received 
and important shipments are expected another season. Further investiga- 
tions' of insecticides for the fruit moth in the laboratory and field have 
not shown any very hopeful results." 1 
EASTEBN TENT CATERPILLAR 
The eastern tent caterpillar ( Malacosoma americana Fab.) was about 
normal in New England and above normal in abundance in Virginia and. 
southward. Eggs -we're observed hatching during the second week, in March 
in Georgia and Arkansas and tents were being started during the latter 
part of that month in the South Atlantic States. ••' 
FRUIT-TREE LElE ROLLER 
During the very early spring months reports of large numbers of the 
fruit-tree leaf roller ( Ar chins ara'.yros-pila Walk.) were received from 
Wisconsin, and late in June very heavy defoliation of oak was reported 
from practically the entire oak-forest area, some large stands being more 
than 70 per cent defoliated. As the spring advanced larvae were observed 
to be very plentiful in Michigan, especially near Grand Rapids. The 
insect was quite generally prevalent throughout both the Hudson River 
Valley and northern New York State and did considerable damage in a num- 
ber of localities. 
ATPLE MAGGOT 
The first adults of the apple maggot ( Rhagoletis ^omonclla Walsh) 
appeared in the Hudson River Valley in New York the last week in June, 
at Durham, H. H. , or. July 5, in northern Ohio July 11, and Ames, Iowa, 
about the middle of July. This insect was collected in practically all 
of the apple-growing regions in Minnesota, where it was more abundant 
this year than usual. It did not cause any noticeable damage in Hew 
York State or northern Ohio. The first report of this insect from the 
northeastern part of Nebraska was received this year, the report coming 
from Knox County. 
PLUM CURCU1I0 
Unusually large numbers of the plum curculio ( Conotrachelus 
nenuphar Hbst.) went into hibernation in the fall of 1929 throughout 
the entire eastern part of the United States. On March 17 these insects 
began leaving hibernation quarters in large numbers in the Georgia -fruit 
1 A. L. Q uaintance, Bureau of Entomology, U. S. D. A. 
