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" During the season of 1928 Japanese beetles 77ere discovered during 
the course of the scouting operations at the follov:ing points outside of the 
area under regulation, up to that timei- A rather heavy infestation ^.'as 
located in Springfield, Mass,, largely confined to two small parks in the 
center of the city. Slight infestations v/ere discovered at New London, 
Hartford, and ITev? Haven, Conn,, the latter point being just outside the 
area under regulation. No new inf estatio.ns were located in New York State, 
Slight infestations were discovered at Sayre, Lewistown, and Marysville, 
Pa., the latter point being j\:^t outside of the city of H[arrisburg and just 
over the line from the regulated area* Separate infestations were dis- 
• covered at 11 points in Delaware, for the, most part being found in the upper 
half of the State. The exact points of finding were Port Penn, Middletown, 
Townsend, Smyrjjs, ^ Clayton, Dover, Fredericka, Milford, Harrington, vryoming, 
and Delmar. In Maryland slight infestations were discovered at Frederick, 
Hagerstowji, Elkton, Perry Point, and Cambridge, and general infestations 
were found at Chesapeake City, Perryville ,and Baltimore. General infesta- 
tion" was found in the city of Vi'ashington, D, C* , and at Alexandria, Va, , 
just across the line from the city, 
"Vrhile there has been a reduction in the number of beetles in the 
central area, nevertheless injuries to fruits which were not sprayed, con- 
tinued to be severe. The late appearance of the beetles in 1928 envied 
many growers to harvest the early ripening varieties of peaches before much 
loss was sustained^ The damage to ornamental plants in the central area 
was much less evident than in 1927." (Loren Smith and C. E» Hadley,) 
ASIATIC BEETLE 
The Asiatic beetle ( Anomala orientalis Waterh. )has been doing an 
increasing amount of damage in Connecticut and southern Long Island and 
at V/hite Plains and New Rochelle, N. Y. It has also been collected at 
several new localities in northern New Jersey, the larvae causing complete 
destruction of sod on lawns and serious i^jiiry to such perennials as rose, 
hollyhock, iris, peony, and phlox. The larvae migrated from their winter 
quarters to the surface and resumed feeding about two weeks earlier than 
they did last year in the New Haven district, and during the summer adults 
were much more abundant than during any previous year. 
Reports from Hawaii indicate that this pest, which at one time threatened 
the agriculture of those islands, Irias been so completely controlled by the 
introduction of Scolia manilae Ashm. that it is now a rare beetle on the 
islands, 
ORIENTAL GARDEIT BEETLE 
"The Oriental garden beetle ( Autos erica castanea Arrow)is now known 
to occur on Long Island and in T7estchester County, New Tork, in northern 
and central New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania to Harrisburg ,and at. VVashing- 
ton, D. C. One specimen was captured at New Haven, Conn. 
During the past year this insect has caused considerable damage both 
as larvae and adults. The adult beetles are nocturnal and feed on a wide 
variety of plants including many of the ornamental plants gr&wing in 
gardens on peaches and on vegetables. VThen the larvae become abundant 
in the turf they cause injury similar to that done by the Asiatic beetle. 
