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trees throughout the county. They attack the fruit as well as 
the foliage, eating off the skin of the young apples, at Spring 
Valley. 
APPLE FLEA-T. 7 EEVIL ( Or chest es nallicornis Say) 
Pennsylvania S. T7. Erost 4nd Anthony Berg (June 8): The apple fl<?&—we evil 
has "been found mining the leaves ex the apple -at Morgant own , 
W. Va. , This insect was present in considerable numbers. 
FLEA-BEETLES (S ystena taeniata Say and S. hudsonias Forst.) 
Pennsylvania S. 1. Frost and E. M. Craighead (June 8): Two flea-beetles have 
been found serious on apple seedlings in Adams County; Systena 
taeni ata Say and Systena hudsonias Forst. The former was by far 
the more numerous. 
IMBRICATED SNOUT -BEETLE ( Epicaerus imbricatus Say) 
Illinois "57. P. Flint (June 19): Imbricated snout- beetles have been sent 
in with reports of damage to corn, strawberries, soy beans, and 
apple buds. This insect has been reported from Jersey, Green, 
Henry, Marshall, Putnam, Mercer, and Johnson Counties. Beetles 
have been sent in from other points in southern, central, and 
northern Illinois. 
Nebraska M. H. Swenk (June 15): Tn eastern Otoe County a young orchard 
chiefly of apple trees was largely defoliated during the second 
week in June by the imbricated snout-beetle. 
NEtf YORK "EEVIL ( Ithyccrus novehoracensis F orst.) 
Illinois J. H. Bigger (June l6): This insect cut two-thirds of the twigs 
off of 20-acres of 2 and 3 -year-old trees in Calhoun County. 
EUROPEAN RED SPIDER ( Paratetranychus pilosus 0. & F. ) 
Massachusetts A. I. Bourne (June 23): Under date of June 18, Mr. E. R. Farrar 
feports that mites on apple trees and some ornamentals were 
increasing to a considerable extent, owing to the long period 
of hot dry weather, so that they were causing a marked shading off 
in color of foliage. Heavy rains in the vicinity of Lincoln about 
the 15th or l6th checked this condition to some extent. 
New York C. R. Crosby and assistants: This pest is not bad in Orleans 
County; abundant in several orchards, but not serious to date in 
Genesee County, while in Ontario County they are found in most 
orchards and are quite abundant where thDDUugh spraying has not 
been done. In Chautauqua County some have been found occasionally 
but not in serious abundance. They are quite prevalent in Dutchess 
County but no special injury has been reported. 
