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BLAHT QUARANTINE AMD CONTROL AEMINI STRATION 
Notes abstracted from the News Letter for September, 1931. 
(Mo. 10, Issued October 1, 1931.) 
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PINK BOLL WORM ( Fectinophora gossypiella Saund. ) 
Within the regulated area 82i bushels of trash were examined in the 
Salt River and Gila Valleys of Arizona. The results were all negative. 
In the Big Bend of Texas the first bale was ginned on August 15, and 39 
larvae were taken from three-fourths of a bushel of trash. The second 
bale was tinned on August 29, and from one-third bushel of trash 353 
pink boll worms were taken. On August 31, 471 pink boll worms were 
taken from l\ bushels of trash. This makes a total of 854 specimens 
taken from 2-1/3 bushels of trash. 
The regular weekly infestation ; counts from 23 selected fields in 
Maricopa and Pinal Counties, Ariz., were continued throughout the month 
of August. A total of 23,600 bolls and 5,000 squares were examined; 
also 1,690 bolls from fields which had ^ocen found to be infested during 
Hay and June. The results of all the above examinations were negative. 
In the Tucson area 875 acres were inspected. This makes 2,100 acres 
which have been covered. There still remain some 400 acres to be in- 
spected, which will complete. the entire acreage in this district. 
JAPA1-T2SE BEETLE ( Popi 11.1a j aponic a Hewm. ) 
For the first time since the Japanese beetle lias spread to the 
blueberry sections of the pine barren region of Hew Jersey, it has been 
necessary to fumigate blueberries as a. requirement for their certification. 
This season's scouting activities in the vicinity of the clay pits 
centering around Hew Brunswick, IT. J., revealed initial infestations in 
practically all of those establishments in which Japanese beetles had 
not heretofore been found. 
That Japanese beetles in Connecticut fly high was shown when 69 
were collected off the roof of a clubhouse in Hew London. Report 
received ~oy one of the men looking after the traps in that city, indi- 
cating presence of beetles about the club, led to the search which 
captured the specimens. Two beetles also were caught in traps placed 
on the roof of the clubhouse. 
GIPSY MOTH ( Porthetria di spar L. ) 
Eleven regular scouting crews wore engaged throughout August in- 
specting extensive wooded areas in six townships in the Adirondack 
region of the barrier zone, namely, Chesterfield, Crown Point, Essex, 
Ticonderoga, Westport, and Willsboro, N. Y. Seven New York Conserva- 
tion Department crews were scouting in the townships of Canaan, 
Austerlitz, and Hillsdale. Ho indications of gypsy moth infestations 
were reported by either Federal or State forces operating in the barrie: 
zone during August. 
