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SUGARCA NS 
SUGARCANE BORER ( Diatraea saccharalis Tab.) 
Louisiana. H. A. Jaynes and E. K. Bynum (April 14): While examining sugarcane 
plants during the week of April 7 to 13, we found 10 egg clusters of the 
sugarcane "borer and also two stalks of cane with young "borer larvae. The egg 
clusters were not very numerous, as we examined 7,000 feet of cane, "both sides 
of all leaves, and obtained only 10 clusters. 
FRUIT INSECTS 
APPLE 
APHIDS (Aphiidae) 
Vermont. H. L. Bailey (April 26): Fruit aphids are scarce in Orange and Wash- 
ington Counties. 
Connecticut. W. E. Britton (April 24): Fruit aphids are scarce. 
New York. P. J. Chapman (April 22): Rosy aphids ( Anur aphis roseus Baker) are 
unusually abundant on opening buds in the Hudson Valley. 
N. Y. State Coll. of Agr. News Letter (April): Rosy aphids started to appear 
in the second week of the month and developed rapidly in the Hudson River 
Valley and the Finger Lake district. By April 24, as many as 70 aphids could 
be found in 100 buds. Luring the last week in the month the apple grain aphid 
( Rhopalosiphum prunifoliae Fitch) was quite scarce throughout the Hudson 
River Valley but in the western part of the State it was quite abundant. By 
the middle of the month the green apple aphid ( Aphis pomi DeG.) was starting 
to hatch in the Lake district, and central New York. (Abstract, J.A.H.) 
P. J. Parrott (April 21): The rosy aphid, the grain and green aphids are 
moderately abundant in western New York. 
Pennsylvania. H. N. Worthley (April 29): Rosy aphid reported scarce at State 
College. Hatched in mid-April - early when buds in early delayed dormant, 
recent cold weather has greatly reduced the population. 
West Virginia. L. M. Peairs (April 24): Rosy and green aphids are moderately 
abundant at Morgantown. 
Virginia. W. J. Schoene (April 26): We have received reports of an outbreak of 
rosy aphids in the northern part of the State. These insects are more abundant 
than they have been for some years. 
Maryland. E. N. Cory (April 22): Fruit aphids are scarce. 
South Carolina. A. Lutken (April 24): Green apple aphids are moderately abundant 
in northwestern South Carolina. 
Georgia. C. H. Alden (April 2u) : Green apple aphids are scarce in Cornelia. 
Wisconsin. C. L. Fluke (April 24): Apple grain aphids are scarce. There are nany 
less than last year. They hatched about April 10. 
