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Iowa Fred D. Butcher (June 1): Cankerworms are stripping elms 
and unsprayed apple orchards in different parts of the county. 
PALL C ANKERS ORM ( AlsoDhila -pometaria Harris) 
New York C* R. Crosby and assistants: In Orleans County, the fall 
cankerworms are working in orchards in the southern part of 
the county, while in Wayne County, they are unusually abundant 
in three neglected orchards. 
Wisconsin C. L. Fluke (June 22) : The fall cankerworms have appeared in 
the southern part of Wisconsin in great numbers. At this date 
the damage is nearly over. 
Minnesota A% G. Ruggles (June 7): The fall cankerworms seem to be as 
bad this year as ever in many bsect ions of the State. 
APPLMED-BUG ( Heterocordylus malinus R eut . ) 
Massachusetts A, I. Bourne (June 23): The apple red-bug is reported as being 
(fiairly abundant in Pittsfield, in Berkshire County, in spite of 
rather careful spraying. In the Ccllsgp orchard the red-bug 
is found to be very generally distributed a:id troublesome. It 
should be nearly through its work' at this time, however, for 
the season. 
Connecticut W. H. Darrow (June): This insect is reported as attacking the 
apple throughout the entire State of Connecticut. 
New York C. R. Crosby and assistants: The apple red-bug has been 
observed in moderate numbers in numerous orchards in Dutchess 
County, but only avfew have been found in Ontario County, and 
it is very scarce in Ulster bounty. 
FALSE APPLE RED-BUG- ( Lygidea mendax Reut.) 
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New York 
J. A. Manter (June 22): This insect is reported as attacking 
the apple in Mansfield. It is less abundant than in an average 
year for the last few years. 
C* R. Crosby and assistants: In Ontario County the false 
apple red-bug has been seen in nearly every section. Although 
>a few orchards have been found where they were plentiful, they 
have been hatching rapidly during the past week. In Wyoming 
County they .were first found on May 31, one orchard being 
seriously. infested. In Monroe County they were not abundant 
but were present. (In Orleans County, nymphs have reached the 
third and fourth instars, and are abundant in a few orchards, 
while in Ulster County, the red-bugs are in the third stage, and 
