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S UGARCANE 
SUGARCANE BORER ( Diatraea saccharalis F.) 
Louisiana. B. A. Osterberger (February): The larvae of the 
sugarcane "borer are found hibernating in abundance in cane 
stalks, cane tops, old cornstalks, sorghum, Johnson grass, 
and the crown of rice stubble. (February 2U) : In splitt- 
ing stalks of standing sugarcane in Baton Rouge today a 
pupa was found. This is the first pupa found this 
year. This cane is on the south side of a building and is 
fairly well protected. 
SUGARCANE BEETLE (Eue theola ruriceps (Lee.)) 
Louisiana. B. A. Osterberger (February): Many adults have been 
noticed in sugarcane fields following plowing of sugarcane 
stubble the latter part" of February. 
FRUIT INSECTS 
APPLE 
CODLING MOTH ( Carpocapsa pomonella L.) . 
Pennsylvania. H. E. Hodgkiss (February 26) : Observations in 
Adams County on February 2U indicate that codling moth 
larvae are abundant. Apparently not many were destroyed 
during the winter. 
New Jersey. J. B. Schmitt (February 26): The lack of a continu- 
ous snow blanket this winter has prevented any decrease in 
the numbers of overwintering larvae by bird feeding. 
Michigan. R. Hutson (February 23): Indications are that sur- 
vival of larvae is about as usual. . There has been no par- 
ticularly cold weather and in some of the more heavily in- 
fested districts the bases of the trees have been covered 
with snow. 
EASTERN TENT CATERPILLAR (M alacosoma amerienna F. ) 
Vermont. H. L. Bailey (February 2k) : Egg masses generally less 
abundant than for the past 3 years in Bennington, Rutland, 
and Windsor Counties in southern' Vermont . 
Pennsylvania. H. E. Hpdgkiss (February 26): Eggs are said to be 
very abundant in the western counties. 
