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.,. : : APPLE -.AID THORN SIELETCNIZER ( Hemerophil a pariana Clerck) 
A, I« Bourne (September 23): Noted very little evidence of the 
presence of the apple and thorn skeletonizer. From every indi- 
cation it is much less abundant than last year. 
T# L« Guyton (September. 2): Apple trees were hard hit by this 
insect at Honesdale. Probably none of the trees received a 
spraying. 
RED-HUMPED CATERPILLAR (S chiaura concinna S. .& A») 
J. ■ V. Schaffner, Jr. (September 22): This insect has been unusually 
common throughout New England and New York. I found them feeding 
on elm, hawthorn, hackberry, poplar, willow, yellow birch, choke- 
cherry, s^et fern, and alder (speckled) besides apple, 
J. .J. Davis (September 30): The red-humped caterpillar was 
reported as defoliating apple at Spencerville on September 15» 
. PALL WEBWCRM. (Byphantria cunea Drury) 
S. 3*. Pfacker (September 11): Numerous at Lancaster, and at 
Lincoln they are very numerous on apples. 
LESSER APPLE WORM ( Laspevresia prunivora Walsh. ) 
J. J* Davis (September 30): Several cases of serious infestation 
by the lesser apple worm have been reported early in September 
from central Indiana, 
; APPLE MAGGOT ( Phaeoleti s oomonella. Walsh) . 
Massachusetts A. I, Bourne (September 23):. The apple maggot .has .thus far been 
fully as serious a pest as was the case last year. The. early, 
harvested varieties of apples are showing a considerable amount 
of infestation. 
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APPLE LEAFHOPPER (Empoasca mali Le3») 
A* I. Bourne (September 23): Complaints are being received from 
different point's in the State. of late-season abundance of. apple 
leafhoppers, particularly in the eastern part of the State, The 
main injury seems to be on scions in grafted trees or on the new 
growth, particularly on young trees. 
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SAN JOSE SCALE ( Aspidiotus pernici osus .'Corns t. ) 
Bennet A, Porter (September 25): Less abundant, than in the 
preceding three years,. at Vihcennes. 
PLOT CURCULIO ( Conotrachelus nenuphar Hbst.) 
S* B. Pracker (September 11): Reported from Barron, Grant, Green, 
