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SUGARCANE- BEETLE ( Euetheola rugiceps Lee.) ,; 
Louisiana* -IT. A. Douglas (August/ 21).:.. Injury .to- rice is rather serious. 
After water has "been drained from fields ■.the.;, bee ties go in and gnaw 
the stalks at or just "beneath the surface of the soil. Farmers have 
"been forced to cut rice before it was mature. In some fields 28 per- 
cent of the stalks are being gnawed. g This has not only reduced the 
yields but has prevented maturity of some of the rice that will be 
threshed. and lowered the grade on aq count of chalk iness. 
B. A. Osterberger (August IS): Last night on the main business 
street of Baton Rouge several -.adults we're noticed flying around show- 
wirklow lights. .-,-■■ .-..-■,. 
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SHOT-HOLE BORER (S colytu s rugulosus Ratz.) 
Ohio. T. H. Parks (August 26): Following serious defoliation of cherry 
trees by cherry leaf spot, shot-hole borers are causing more inquiries 
than usual, from all parts of -the State. 
Indiana* J. J. .Davis (August 23) - Damage to apricot reported from Anderson 
on August 10. : • ■' .r ,.- 
Georgia. 0. I. Snapo (August 20): The shot-hole borer is rather scarce at 
.'.Port Valley, owing in part, to the removal of neglected and abandoned 
orchards and to the better care of orchards. 
A LEAP- FOOTED BUG (L eptoglossus clypealis He id.) 
Nebraska. . M. H. Swenk (August 20) : Reported to be working on currants in.-- 
Sioux County on August l6 and on wild plums in Hooker County on. August 
18. This is the first report of damage by this species. 
PEAR SLUG (Sriocampoides limacina Retz.) 
Nevada. G. G. Schwois (August 25): Pear slugs are damaging pear and cherry 
trees near Reno. .;■,.', 
APPLE 
CODLING 'MOTH ( Carpoc apsa pomonella L. ) 
New York. N. Y. State Coll. Agr. News Letter (August lo): Showers the past 
week have slowed up second-brood activity in Niagara County, In the lake 
zone but few eggs could bo found on pears and very few fresh entrances, 
W r rmy fruit on the ground and stings around the lower parts of the trees 
.also show that the tops arc being missed. In .Wayne County . occasional 
