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SAN JOSS SCALE (As^idiotus -pernic io sus Comst. ) 
Illinois. W. P. Flint (February 20): The San Jose scale survived the 
winter in more than normal numbers. To date only a very small per- 
centage of the scale has been killed. 
Alabama. J. M. Robinson (February lH): The San Jose scale is moderately 
abundant on fruit trees. 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (February 23): State Plant Board inspectors and 
correspondents located in all sections of the State report medium to 
severe infestations on unsprayed peach, apple, and plum trees. 
PEACH 
PEACH BORER ( Aegeria exitiosa Say) 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (February 23): During the fall and winter many com- 
plaints regarding injury to 'oeach trees were received from correspond- 
ents in various sections of the State. Inspector L. J. Goodgame at 
Aberdeen states that the borer can be found in almost any untreated 
tree and that he has t^lcen infeste- 1 nursery stock from shipments of 
one-year-old trees. A correspondent at Magnolia, Pike County, sent 
us specimens which had been taken from cherry-laurel plants. 
D. W. Gri-es (February 22): The peach borer is moderately abun- 
dant on peach at Durant. 
BLUEBERRY 
ROOT WEEVILS ( Brachyrhinus spp. ) 
Washington. W. W. Baker and J. Wilcox (December 193^ ) : An appeal for aid 
was received from a blueberry grower near Bellevue. When his field 
was visited in November, the berries were found to be heavily infested 
with B. ovatus L. and B. sulcatus Fab. 
BLACKBERRY 
A BERRY MITE ( Eriophye s essUi Hassan) 
Washington. J. Wilcox and W. W, Baker (December I93U): A survey was con- 
ducted during October and November. New infestations were found on 
wild and cultivated blackberries in Whatcom County southward to Pierce 
and Thurston Counties. 
CITRUS 
FRUIT FLIES ( Anastrepha spp. ) 
Texas. M. H. Ford (January); A total of 1^2 adults of A. ludens Loew 
were trapped on 86 premises in the lower Kio Grande Valley during 
