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I]ggs of frijit aphids v>ere re-oorted as quite o'cncrally scarce throufih- 
out 2Tev England, and froTi mode rat ely to very abundant over the Sa'st Cen- 
tral and Middle Atlantic States. The eggs of "both the apple grain anhid 
and the rosy ax)plc a^ohid have already' started to hatch in the lov:er -oart 
of the Hast Central States. 
The Florida red scale is re-oorted ss more abundant than it has been 
in sevcrp.l years in Florida; and a rather heavy infestation of the Cali- 
fornia red scale has been discovered near Yuma, Ariz. 
I>:iring the ecirly "oart of this year the vegetable v,-eevil v/ps found in 
Early, Muscogee, ajid Trout) Co"'aiitics, Georgia; in "Jashington, Bay, &ulf, 
and Calhoun Counties, Florida; and it T"ns found in Butler, ^fontgomery, 
Macon, Chambers, Fi^e, Barbour, Hussell, Dale, and Houston Counties, Ala- 
bama, in addition to the co^onties alread,/ kno'-'n to be infested. 
The seed corn maggot vas rc-oorted during the entire month as more or 
less troublesome to TDotato seed -oieces and corn seed along the South At- 
lantic seaboard and aro"'jnd the Gulf to Tcx^-.s. 
The changa is attracting "unusupl attention by its damage to tobacco 
seed beds about Chadbourn, ". C. 
The T)ea a;ohid is attaching Austrian T^eas, English Tseas, and garden 
rieas at many -noints in Alabama, Mississi^-"i, and Arizona. 
The severe damj^ge being done to cabbage in the South Atlantic and Gulf 
States during February continued veil into "'''arch, 
Tlie vhite s-oruce savfly ( Pi-^rion polytomum Htg.) has been re-norted 
from Bar Harbor, Me. This appears to be the first record of this insect 
for the Ui'.lted States. ' 
A vine tir) moth, Euetria rigidana . Fern., is re-oorted as causing serious 
injury to young "oine trees at Jeanerette, La. 
Tlie Mexican mealybug Phenacoccus "ossy-nii Tovns. & C':ll. is attracting 
considerable attention as a greenhouse -nest in central and northern Ohio. 
Strav.berry plants and fruit suffered from a number of insect activities 
in the South Atlantic and Gulf States. Larvae of the green June beetle v.ere 
re-Dorted as damaging the plants about Chadbourn, IT. C. Tlie bug Qrthaea 
yincta Say, in the northern -part of Florida, and the gra-oc leafhoT>-^cr , 
o.bout Soc^.ty ""ount, T.. C, vrere attacking the blossom stems. The fruit vras 
being damaged by rjiant bugs in Alabama, by a beetle, Cr\'~nt i scus obs oletus 
Say, in Mi ssi ssi-o^i , and also by field crickets and garden sl-ugs in tha.t 
Sta.te. The beetle has heretofore, as far as ve can ascertain, not been re- 
corded as a -oest of strawberries. 
