ORIENTAL FRUIT MOTH 
Along the Atlantic seaboard the oriental fruit lEOth ( Laspeyresia 
molcSta Biisck) Tvas less troublesoire than last year. It emerged from 
hibernation considerably later than last year in the Georgia fruit belt. 
In the uiost recently infested area of southern Indiana and Illinois it has 
proved e:s:treinely destructive this year, at many points practically all of 
the fruit heving'- been infe-sted. In New Jersey the parasite Macrocentru s" 
ancyli vora Roh* is proving to be ^ very efficient agent in reducing in- 
festations. This y^ar, in the southern half of New Jersey, from 50 to 60 
per cent of thG larvae were parasitir.ed. The accompanying map indicates 
the distribution of this insect thus far recorded. The doubtful records 
in Missouri and Arkansas are seriously questioned by the entomologits in 
these States and the records in ydchigan are not at all certain, 'Miut the 
Dallas, Texas, record is from authentically determined material, 
SMS JOSE SCALE 
Throughout the entire easteni fruit areas the San Jose Scale 
( Aspidiotus perniciosus Const..) has been decidedly below normal in abun- 
dance this year. Very high winter mortality was reported from the East 
Central States, running as high as 50 to 70 per cent in southern Illinois 
and approximately that high in southern Indiana. The emergence of "crawlers" 
was also late as compared with previous years. 
EASTERN TENT CATERPILLAR 
This has not been a year of abundance for the eastern tent cater- 
pillar ( Iv'alacosoraa americana Fab.). Reports, as usual, were received from 
practically the entire eastern part of the United States, but they indi- 
cated "spotted" infestations with no "general or excessive abundance. Parasi- 
tism appears to have been som'cT,hat higher in the New England region than 
was the case last year, 
TUII CUHCULIO 
Thro-jghout the southern part of the Atlantic States the plum 
curculio ( Conotrachelus nenuphar Hbst.) was about three weeks later than 
usual, producing in that region but a single generation. In the northern 
part of that area it emerged at about the normal date. As the season ad- 
vanced this insect was observed to be subnormally abundant throughout the 
greater part of the Eastern States, Unfavora.ble weather conditions, however, 
in the G-eorgia fruit belt so interfered with effective spraying that by 
October an unusually heavy infestation had been built up, 
P^ACH BORER 
Infestations of the paach borer ( Aegeria cxitiosa Say) were apparently 
heavier than usual in the Georgia fruit belt this year. The moths emerged 
decidedly later than last year in that district, and were collected on 
October 11 whereas usually the last individuals are seen on or before 
October 1. The late emergence extended westward across southern Illinois, 
