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STRIPED TREE CRICKET ( Oecanthus nisricornis Walk.) 
New York K. E< Paine (April 12): One planting in Chautauqua County- 
is "badly infested with eggs, 
C, R, Crosby (April lG): Infested raspberry canes were 
received from Katonah, 
SHAPE 
KATYDIDS 
Indiana J, j„ Davis (April 23): An unusual number of katydid eggs 
have "been sent this spring for identification. Most of 
them were collected on grape and apple* 
GRAPE LEAFEOPPER ( Srythroneura comes Say) 
New York K D E. Paine (April 12): In Chautauqua County adults are 
abundant under dead leaves and grass. 
GRAPE MEALY-BUG f pseudccoccus maritiasas E hrh. ) 
Michigan R, H,, Pcttit (April 25): I have just returned from a trip 
to our grape belt; at Lawton I found Pspudococcus maritima s, 
which may perhaps well be called the grape mealy- bug, in 
enormous numbers in certain vineyards. They come out when the 
weather turns a little warm and retire under the loose bark 
when it chills. It is really a very serious infestation and 
apparently covers quite a bit of country, not being confined 
to one or two vineyards alone. The young mealy bugs, in the 
first stage, literally swarm over the old stocks and I will 
say that last year I observed the same insect in the same 
vineyard where they messed up the vine badly, coating them with 
honey-dew and webbing up the bunches of grapes. They also 
seem to cause many grapes to fall and made very many of them 
unsightly. Preliminary experiments using nicotine, strong 
lime-sulphur and Sunoco spraying oil were made, Our grapes 
are beginning to show a slight swelling of the buds but the 
buds have not yet burst. An examination of the roots and top;s .of 
leguminous cover crops such as clover and vetch failed to 
reveal any of the mealy bugs, 
CURRANT 
CURRANT APHID (Myzus ribis L, ) 
Delaware C. 0, Houghton (April 23): The first examples of this species 
are beginning to appear on currant leaves at Newark. 
