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practically all the area observed, due principally to lack of rainfall during 
the summer and early fall. *** The entire range caterpillar area visited had 
been very closely grazed, grasses or other plants' suitable for egg deposition 
were very scarce in many localities, and apparently the larvae of the range 
caterpillar had died in large numbers over a considerable portion of the area 
visited. *** Range caterpillar eg?;s could be found after a brief search at 
almost any point in the caterpillar territory,, but eggs in concentrated 
quantities suitable for mass collecting were observed in only three general 
localities — near Greenville,* in Union County; Mills, in Harding County; and 
Wagon Mound, in. Mora County. Grama and other gra.sses were rather abundant and 
weather conditions had been more suitable in these areas. By far the best 
collecting area of all was located about 4 miles south of Wagon Mound. It wa.s 
estimated at' the laboratory that approximately P, 000, COO range caterpillar eggs 
were collected this season (for breeding the, parasite Anastatus semiflavidus 
Ga.han") . 
SUGARCANE ' 
A WEEVIL ( Anacentrinus subnudus Buchanan) 
Louisiana. W. E. Hinds ( Feb rua.ry 2l): The sugarcane root-stock weevils have been 
found abundantly in larval and pupal stages, especially in third-year stubble 
of POJ 213 cane at Baton Rouge. 
SUGARCANE BORER ( Diatraea saccharalis Fab . ) 
Louisiana. W. E. Hinds (February 21): The sugarcane borer larva.e in hibernation 
had been reduced in numbers very greatly by rather unusually thorough burning 
off of the cane trash through the latter part of January and first week of 
February. The freeze in the second week of February increased the mortality 
decidedly among the larvae surviving at that time. Trichograra:?a minutum 
developing in Sitotroga eggs survived exposure to 17° F. a.nd considerable 
numbers emerged thereafter. These specimens. were laboratory material in two 
stages of development and were placed in the wea.ther-appara.tus shelter in the 
field before the temper: ture began to rise. The freeze delayed by about five 
days the emergence of wasps ready to emerge. 
FRUIT INSECTS 
APPLE 
APHIDS (Aphii da e) 
Vermont. H. L. Bailey (February 21): Aphis pomi DeG. is moderately abundant. 
Connecticut. W. S. Britton (February 23): Fruit aphids a.re scarce in New Haven 
County. 
New York. S. W. Harman (March l); Fruit aphids are moderately .abundant in western 
New York. 
Pennsylvania. H. E. Hodgkiss (February 28): The eggs of the green apple aphid 
are not abundant in orchards as a whole,, for which reason I am soon going to 
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