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north and west than in recent years. To the north it moved to the 
tip of Lake Hopatcong in New Jersey and to the west to Lancaster, 
Pa. , and Abingdon, Md. The southern spread in Delaware has- not been 
great. Areas of extremely heavy infestation have been found in 
north-central and southwestern New Jersey, southeastern Pennsylvania, 
and northern Delaware. After August 15 the beetle population fell 
off rapidly and, although they may still be found at the close of the 
month, their numbers are greatly reduced. 
A CHINCH BUG ( Blissus hirtus Montd. ) 
New York. W. S. Blauvelt (August 3)' Specimens received. Several lawns 
being injured by this pest at Saranac Lake. 
Connecticut. 3. H. Walden (August l6): About 1,200 square feet of creep- 
ing bentgrass at Westport all killed. Adjoining areas of mixed lawn 
grasses infested but not seriously injured. Insects abundant at New- 
town. 
GREEN STINK BUG ( Acrosternum hilaris Say) 
New Mexico. J. IT. Crisler (August 17).* The green stink bug appeared in 
Dona Ana and Eddy Counties in large numbers the last week of July 
and has continued to do heavy damage to fruit, garden, truck crops, 
and maize. The most severe damage was in the lower end of the Mesilla 
Valley. These insects became quite numerous in the cotton fields 
during the past week. 
California. E. C. Essig (July 27): The green soldier or stink bug ha.s 
done serious damage to a considerable acreage of commercial pea.ch 
orchards in Fresno and Merced Counties in the early part of July. 
C. S. Morely, Kern Co. Monthly News Bui. (August 5)' Large 
green stink bugs are very numerous in Kern Count;* - and have injured 
some milo maize. These insects apparently attack the corn in the 
milk stage, giving the heads the appearance of wilting. All heads 
of corn past the milk stage are uninjured. 
COMMON RED SPIDER ( Tetranychu s telarius L. ) 
General. H. Baker (August 22): Red spiders have caused severe injury 
to apples, raspberries, blackberries, and many trees and shrubs 
throughout northwestern Missouri, northeastern Kansas, and south- 
eastern Nebraska. Injury became evident on raspberries and black- 
berries about the middle of July. Injury "began to show on apples 
during the last part of July, with the peak of activity occurring 
during the period from about August 1 to 10. At the present time 
activity of the spiders has practically ceased. 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (August 2~j>): Inspector J. P. Kislanko reports 
that some pecan groves in Stone County are heavily infested with red 
