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I IT S E.G T P E S T SUP, VE TBU LIS T I "IT 
Vol. 6 October l t 1926 • Ho. 2 
OUTSTANDING EiTCOMOLOGTCaL FEATURES IN THE UNITED ST.aTES^FOR SEPTE^IBER, 1926 
Among the more interesting features of < the past month have "been the 
reports received f rom New- York State, of the presence of the three recently 
introduced scarabaeid "beetles Popillja .japonica Newm. , Au toserica • castanea 
Arrow, and Anomala oriental is Y7aterh... One .moved in from the south, one from 
the east, and the last, Autoserica castanea ' Arrow,, apparently was introduced 
somewhere in the vicinity of greater New York, - .,.-.■'■ 
Further detailed reports .on' the Hessian-fly situation have been received 
from Maryland, Virginia, Illinois, and Kansas. The conditions in Maryland, 
Illinois, and Ohio indicate that eastward. in -general the fly is not seriously 
increasing. The Kansas situation is not so "f avorab lc . . ', 
Present indications are that in. the Ohio' P.iver Valley the chinch hug will 
go into hibernation in materially reduced numbers, ^hile in the ..part of the 
chinch bug "belt west of the Mississippi Pdver they Will in all probability . 
enter the winter in large numbers. ' • , . 
■ Prom. Georgia' northwestward to ■ Nebraska the corn eqr worm, is reported, as 
generally serious. 
The fall armyworm is very destructive over limited areas in South Carolina, 
.Georgia, and Mississippi, " ;..*.;.• 
Over the southern part of the. eastern fruit helt from South Carolina across 
southern Indiana, .and" Illinois, the-codling moth is. reported in general as. more 
serious than usual. 
In the Gulf. region and Georgia the harlequin bug is extremely abundant on 
collards 'and cabbage. ,'',/ .. ■ '* 
The Mexican bean beetle has. been recorded from much farther to the northeast 
during the month,. record's. having been -received from Dauphin County near 
Earrisburg, as well as "from* Bedford County, which, is several counties west of 
the original 'infestation in. that. State. Tn Maryland the' insect has advanced 
eastward to Washington County i.- while in Virginia the insect has advanced to 
very nearly the eastern border of the State in Frederick,' Page, ard Culpeper 
Counties. • ... . • .. 
The.. been aphid has developed in unprecedented numbers in \he ..cannery- 
bean sections of Ohio where it is causing considerable damage among- the' 
canners of lima and string beans. '.'. :'".'' 
... The boll weevil is reported as doing considerable damage to the top crop* 
However, the main crop is made and there is no serious concern over this 
late infestation. _ 
