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BUFFALO. -TEEEEOPPER ( Ceresa bubalus Fab.) 
Utah I*M-Eawley (September 2-)« "Young orchards set out in alfala 
fields In Utah bounty in many cases hase been entirely killed 
out* These were usTaally where weeds were allowed to grow about 
the trees*" 
SAN EQSE SCALE (Asiaidipjbus. pernio j^sus Coins t*) 
Wisconsin S»B-Fracker« "New outbreaks have been discovered this year at 
Sheboygan and Rochester* This insect is unusually virulent where 
it is well established in Racine and Kenosha Counties*.* 
EUROPEAN RED MITE ( Parat e t ranychus pilosus Can* & Fanz.) 
Massachusetts R-A*Van Meter (September 13)- n Red spiders of some kind are on 
the increase all over the State* They are very numerous on apple 
leaves and are also found on plum, elm, and oak«" 
Utah I.-M«Eawley (September 2)* K 2in some places in Utah and Davis Counties 
the leaves are turning brown and dropping * ff 
Washington E»J -Newcomer (August 5)« "Both this species and Tet^anjy^hus 
$t$lM!J&§. !•• are veicy severe on all kinds of deciduous fruits in 
the Yakima and Walla Walla Valleys- This is probeAsly due to the 
very hot and dry s iiraer which we have had* P« p.i.^OTos is the 
most numerous on apple and pears*, while T« tej^rius is worse 
on o these fruits ard on berries as well as true'-: r reps* Prunes 
in the Walla Walla district are reported a3 defoliated-" 
PEJR 
QUINCE CURCULIO (Gono tracheitis, crataeai Wal&h) 
New York E*>B*Shear (August 19) » "Some pear orchards in Ulster County show 
a very high percentage of injury due tt this pest* In one case 
the injury ran to 42 per cent of the fruit* Seckels and Bart let ts 
have suffered most*" 
FLAT-HEADED APPLE-TREE BORER (Chrysobothrig. femora ta 
Oliv*) 
Washington E*J --Newcomer (August 12)* "In an 80-acre orchards planted this 
year in Yakima Valley 5 per cent of the tress were killed by this 
insect*" 
COTTONY MAPLE SCALE (Pulvinaria vitis L.) 
Washington E*J*Newcomer (August 7)* "A severe infestation of this scale 
was found on a small block of Winter Neli-i., pear trses, the 
leaves being covered with honeydew* An application of nicotine 
