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Louisiana. W. E. Hinds (April 27): The citrus whitefly is very abundant on 
citrus, privets, and other plants. 
California. D. B. Mackie (April 13): Two infested trees were found in 
Marysville, Yuba County; no living fly has been found in Orange, Los 
Angeles, Sacramento, Butte, Colusa, or Sutter Counties. 
CITRUS RUST MITE ( Phyllocoptes oleivorus Ashra.) 
Florida. J. R. Watson (April 23): Rust mites were very abundant until 
checked by recent heavy rains, which were unusually heavy for April. 
H. T. Fernald (April 20): The citrus rust mite is moderately abundant 
at Orlando. 
Mississippi. J. E. Lee (April 14): The citrus rust mite is reported as very 
abundant at Carriere» 
GARDEN SLUG ( Agriolimax agrestis L . ) 
California. H. J. Ryan (April 14): An infestation of a slug, identified by 
Dr. Howard Hill of the Los Angeles County Museum as A. agrestis , did some 
damage to foliage and navel oranges on the trees of a grove at Duarte, 
Los Angeles County, during March. The damage was most evident on the 
oranges on low hanging branches. As these were picked during March and 
no further serious injury was noted, no control measures were used. 
A SNAIL (Helix pi sana Muller) 
California. D. B. Mackie (April 18): A new infestation of this pest was 
found early in April in a citrus grove near Anaheim, Orange County. The 
forces of the State are organizing to take up its eradication. 
AVOCADO 
PYRIFORM SCALE ( Protopulvinaria pyriformis Ckll.) 
Florida. J. R. Watson (April 23): Among the insects which have been par- 
ticularly prominent in our correspondence during the last month has been 
a pyriform scale. The infestations are on avocados, concerning which we 
have received more complaints than we have ever received before in the sara 
length of time. 
TRUCK -CROP INSECTS 
SPOTTED CUCUMBER EEETLE ( Diabrotica duodecimpunctata Fab . ) 
Virginia. P. D. Sanders (April 2): Two 12-spotted cucumber beetles were 
observed on the wing in the capitol grounds at Richmond today. 
North Carolina. W. A. Thomas and L. B. Reed (April 7): This insect is more 
abundant than usual and is doing considerable feeding on most of the 
