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A MIT!^ ( i^rioph^es sp. ) 
California E. 0. Essig (March 19): Sriopiliyes sp, was a'oundant in the 
buds of apple trees in the Yosemite national Park Pebni.ary 22. 
Last simmer the leaves showed very serious injar;,' because of 
the mite. 
PEACH 
PinACH BORER ( Aegeria exitiosa Say) 
Georgia 0. I. Snapp (March 21):' Grov/ers are reporting this insect 
to be more abundant than usual in ?ort Valley, which nay be 
due to the prolonged oviposition period last fall. Eggs were 
deposited as late as IJoveinber 8, and under orchard conditions 
they hatched as late as December 1. 
LESSER PEACH BORER ( Aegeria pictipes G. & R. ) 
Georgia 0. I. Snapp (March 21): Adults were observed in orchards 
todacy in Eort Valley, This is an early record, and is un- 
doubtedly due to the very mild winter. 
ORIEl^TTAL ERUIT MOTH ( Grapholitha molesta Busck)* 
South Carolina W. C. Nettles (March 25): Oriental fru.it moths are emerging 
and some eggs have been laid in outdoor cages. 
Georgia C. H. Alden (March 22): Oriental fruit moths are scarce 
in Cornelia. The first moth was observed on March 19. 
Illinois W. P. Elint (March 22): S. C. Chandler reports that the 
oriental fruit moth pupation started at Carbondale on March 17. 
PEACH r,VIG BORER ( Anarsia lineatella Zell. ) 
Kansas E. G. Zelly (March 25): We liave an insect much harder to 
control and one that ca,used' much damage, unnoticed before last 
year, and tliat is the peach twig borer. 
PLUl-I CURCULIO ( Conotrachelus nenuphar Hbst. ) 
Seorgia 0. I. Snapp (March 21): Adults have not yet started to 
appear from hibernation in Eort Valley. Indications point 
to a late start for this insect this year, in which case a 
second-brood attack would not be anticipated. 
♦Correction - The note by W. H. Clar}ce, published in the Insect 
' Pest Survey Bulletin, March, 1932, page 17, in next to the last 
line.' "only 25 per cent" should be corrected to rea.d, "only 
. 25 per cent. " 
