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(Stilpnotia salicig L.). The black vine weevil ( Brachyrhinus sulcatus F a b.) 
has been found for the first time in southern California, and the eggplant 
leaf miner ( Phthprimaea &Lochinel7.a Zeller) was also recorded from this 
region for the first time* 
In May,1922, the Insect Pest Survey received a report of the weevil 
G-lyptoscslis s quamulata Crotch, damaging grapes in southern Nevada. In 
1925 this pest was reported from the Coachella Valley, in California, and 
in 1926 it was reported as doing damage in the Imperial Valley, the adult 
beetles eating into the unfolding buds of grapes, 
A new scarabaeid beetle (Aut os erica castanea Arrow) was recorded 
for the first time from North America > in the vicinity of greater New York* 
Ofie of the most significant developments of 1926 was the extension 
of territory known to be infested by the Anoraala ( Anomala oriental is Waterh. M 
rhich is now found in the southern part of New York State, on Long Island, 
and in southern Connecticut. 
The Japanese beetle (Popillja ..japonica Nem.) has extended its range 
from its original territory in eastern Pennsylvania westward to Harrisburg 
and northward to Piston. It has also been found in the Hudson Eiver Valley 
as far north as Ossining, southward to Stamford, Conn., and to Long Island. 
