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deciduous fruit was the remarkably small population of aphids throughout New- 
England and the Middle Atlantic States, and in the Llississippi Valley. In the 
latter region eggs were very generally less prevalent than usual. In the 
Southeastern States, on the other hand, the rosy apple aphid ( Anur aphis roseus 
Baker) was unusually abundant. The small population of aphids in the greater 
part of the deciduous fruit belt continued throughout the season. Reports 
from the Niagara (District of Ontario and the Annapolis Valley in Nova Scotia 
indicate that the scarcity of these insects also prevailed over those regions. 
Reports in the early spring indicated that the codling moth ( Cprpocapsa 
pomonella L. ) passed the winter in unusually la^ge numbers over the greater 
part of its range. The only exception was the Pacific Northwest. Later 
developments show that this pest was more seriously prevalent than in years 
in parts of the eastern fruit belt, in many cases doing very serious damage 
even under good spraying practise. 
The oriental fruit moth ( Laspeyresia molestn Busck) has been less serious 
than usual over the greater part of its range. In the Georgia peach belt 
it produced one brood less than In 1925. Larvae of what are believed to be 
this insect were found at East Lansing, Mich,, in the season of 1926. It was 
also discovered in the Niagara district, Ont, , in October, 1925, in peach 
orchards at St. Davids, Peachland, Vineland Station, and Bar ton vi lie, thus 
indicating either a somewhat general or a patchy infestation extending from 
Hamilton to the Niagara river, Fortunately, the infestation is at present 
extremely light. 
The European red mite ( P^ratetranychus pilosus C, & F,) is now known 
to occur in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, this being its southernmost 
record, 
A rather unusual infestation by the boxelder bug ( Leptocoris trivittatus 
Say) has been reported from the State of Washington , the bugs doing considerable 
damage by puncturing the fruit of apples. This insect has been reported for 
the first time from North Carolina, 
The eastern tent caterpillar ( Malacosoma Americana lab*) was generally 
abundant from the Connecticut River Valley westward to New York State and 
southward to Virginia; to the north it extended in unusual numbers into 
parts of southern Quebec and New Brunswick, Canada. 
The San Jose scale ( Aspidiotus perniciosvis Corns t,') was in 1926 slightly 
more prevalent in the New England States than it was a few years ago, ^hereas 
the genEral upward trend noted in New York State and Pennsylvania for the 
last few years seems to have passed its crest and is receding. In the south- 
eastern States the scale is decidedly more serious than usual, and appears 
to be on the increase in the East-Central States* Over the rest of its range 
it appears to be under satisfactory control, and in the Pacific Northwest 
is subnormal; this latter condition is believed to have been brought about 
by the severe winter of 1924-25, 
The plum curculio ( Conotrachelus nenuphar Hbst.) as a whole was 
less prevalent than usual. Reports of serious damage, however, were received 
from Indiana and Missouri, and also from sections of southern Quebec and 
Ontario, Canada, 
