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few York. H. C. Huckett (May 20). "More abundant than for the last four years in 
Nassau County." 
C. R. Crosby & Assistants report this insect as occurring "in norrral num- 
bers 1 in Yates, Tompkins, Rensselaer, and Douglas counties', as scarce in 
Monroe, -Genesee, Albany,' Columbia, Ulster and Clinton Counties, and as not 
occurring in Niagara and Wayne Counties. 
APPLE RED BUG ( Heterocordylus malinus Reut.) 
* ew York. P. J. Parrott (April 28; . "Nymphs observed in large numbers in several 
neglected orchards ,• most of them in the 3rd instar." (May 18) . "Very 
abundant in one orchard in Ontario County now in fourth and fifth instar 
and injuring terminal leaves." 
C. R. Crosby L Assistants . Second instar nymphs common on Newton Pippins 
•in Ulster County April- 24. Quite abundant in Onondaga County, Had 
reached fourth and fifth instar by May 7, Scarce in Wayne County, and 
not observed in- Columbia County. 
FALSE APPLE RED BUG ( Lygidea mendax Reut.) 
New York, P,- J..- Parrott (May 13). Conspicuous injury to terminal leaves. Ob- 
served in a number of orchards in Ontario County. Serious injury to the 
fruit in, a number of plantings may be expected. The first nymph of this 
species was observed in "Ontario County on April 22, by Hugh Glascow. 
D. D. Ward (May ?) . "Hatching in considerable numbers and foliage injury 
is common in Onondaga County; by May 14 some of the nymphs had reached the 
third '-1418. tar." - . - 
C R. Crosby & Assistants. A little more abundant than last year in Mon- 
roe County; abundant in many orchards in Dutchess County; nymphs mostly 
in the third instar by May 6; very actively working on unsprayed trees in 
•Wayne County, being more abundant in the western, southern. and northern 
.-.•• . parts of the County.; about as abundant as last year in Orleans County; 
and reported as scarce in Albany, Columbia, Genesee, Nassau, Niagara, 
Tompkins, Ulster, and Seneca Counties, 
TARNISHED PLANT BUG (Lygus pr atensis L.) 
New York. P. J. Parrott (May 16). "Observed puncturing apple and pear buds in On- 
tario County." . 
Washing- F. H. Chittenden. "The unusual warm weather of the winter 1920-1921 has 
ton,- D.C. enabled the tarnished plant bug, among othsr insects to successfully pass 
the cold months, and as p. result, by the end of April., the bugs had 
reached the last tw« stages of the nymph end w-sre exceedingly abundant on 
the wild plants on which it breeds in early spring* It was particularly 
abundant on chickweed, wild cress,, shepherds purse., and other crucifers, 
and there is grave danger that it w \.x become a pest to nursery plants, 
especially apple and pnssibly on v.-gotab". ®s later in the season, since 
there is nothing to prevent its increase as fur ac known. Only two seri- 
ous outbreaks of this tpecie3 have be^r. observed by the writer in. the Dis- 
trict of. Columbia where these observations were made; one on various orn- 
amental composites several years old and another on potatoes about a year 
age, but further North there,,are often severe outbreaks." 
