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and the sudden appearance of warm leather on the 15th and 
thereafter brought tent caterpillars out in large numbers. It 
is still too early to make any accurate estimate of the re- 
lative abundance of the tent caterpillars, but from all indi- 
cations at hand they are fully as numerous as last year. From 
counts which we have already made of several thousand eggs of 
this insect, we find that the highest percentage of parasitism 
is only about 10 per cent and that the average is about 6, 
so that there does not appear to be a very great increase in 
the amount of parasitism over last year. 
Connecticut W. E. Britton (April 23): Small nests are now conspicuous every- 
where on apple and wild cherry. Campaigns for the destruction 
of egg clusters by boys and girls ,w e re conducted in several 
towns. 
New York .E. P. Felt (April 22): Apparently abundant in the Hudson Valley, 
hatching being recorded at Mt. Vernon (G-. M. Codding) April 15; 
at Blauvelt, Orange County (P.L.Huested) April 16; at Rochester 
£R.E.Horsey), April 21; and at Nassau, Rensselaer County, April 21, 
E.P.Felt (April 23): First hatching of apple tent caterpillar 
observed at Rye, April 14. There seemed to be fewer egg masses 
locally as a result of systematic collecting by school children 
(Henry Bird). The first hatched caterpillars were observed at 
Orient, L. I. April 21 (Roy Latham). 
North Z.P*Metcalf (April 25): The apple tent caterpillar .which was 
Carolina very abundant and widespread last spring, is rather conspicuous 
by its absence this spring. 
TARNISHED PLANT BUG ( Lygus pratensis L. ) 
Z. P. Metaalf (April 25): Reports show that the tarnished plant 
bug has seriously damaged developing fruit buds of the apple 
in Macon County. 
J. M. HcColloch (April 14): Adults of this bug are very abundant 
on buds of apple blossoms. They have injured many buds to such 
an extent that they "ill not bloom. 
APPLE LEAFHOPPER ( Smpoasca mali LeB.) 
Chio E* W. Mendenhall (April 20): The apple leafhopper is present 
again this spring in the usual proportions and this one is very 
hard to control and seems to do most damage to apple and grape, 
SAN JOSE SCALE ( Aspidiotus perniciosus Coras t. ) 
Connecticut Philip G-arman (April 23): There is no problem in scale control 
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