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EUROPEM RED MITE 
The European red niite ( pa rat e t raiiyCliu s pilosus Can, & Fanz.) vras 
not so troublssoi:.e this year over the ITortheastorn States as it has been 
the last few years. Hovvever, infestations were reported from practically 
all of the Northeastern States west\7ard to Ohio, 
CITROPHILUS M-RALYBUG* 
The citrophilus KicslyhMf^ ( Pseudococcvis gahani Green) was decidedly 
less prevalent in the southern .California citrus district than v/as the 
case last year. This is believed to be due in part to the systematic 
liberation of the predacious beetle Crypt olaor.us montrouzieri Muls. A 
rather unusual condition vp.s observed this year in Los Angeles County, 
for the mealybugs were found entering the apical opening of figs and develop- 
ing Y/ithin the fruit. Should this become an established habit of this in§ect 
it '-'ould have a very important bearing on the production of California, 
figs, as fruit ■containing mealybugs would be difficult to detect by an 
external exai'nihation. 
Another entomological factor that is beginning to affect the fig 
industry is f ig ' endosepis , T7hich is now known to be carried by the Blastophaga 
an insect which is absoJutely essential to the production of Smyrna figs« 
<7A11TUT FLY ■ 
In 1918 A. Iv Fabis, of the Bureau of Entomologj^, collected 
several vre evils on walnuts at Brownwood and Pecan Bayou, Tex, This material 
was sent to the ITational Museum and later determined as Rhag:oletis juglan- 
dis , described in 1919 by Cresson, The type natorial was collected in 
the Huachuca Mountains of Arizona on English walnut. In 1921 Dr* Hine 
sent in specimens collected at Manhattan, Kans. These were determined by 
Dr, i'Jdrich and returned. F, E» Brooks, in U. S» D. A, B\al, 992, says: 
" Rhagroletis jug land is Cress, has been recorded as attacking the nuts of 
Juglans rupestri s and J, regia in Arizona and Texas." During the past two 
or tnree seasons English walnuts near Chino^ on the Los Angeles - San 
Bernardino County line have been under suspicion of infestation by a husk 
maggot. This year specimens were sent to the National Museum and determined 
as this sp:;cies. ... 
iL^SPBERHY FRUIT '.iOm . 
"The raspberry fruit worm ( Byturus unicolor Say) caused con- 
siderable damage in (Washington again d\aring 1923, especially to logan- 
berries. It is known locally as the loganberry worm. The following coun- 
ties in TTashington had severe infestations: Pierce, King, Snohoipish, 
Skagit, and V/hatcom. I believe the damage was fully as serious as it was 
during 1927. In the vicinity of Mt, Vernon loganberiy growers have been 
pulling out their vines because of their inability to dispose of the 
berries ov/ing to the presence of the worms." (R* L* V/ebster, Washington 
State Colle-re.) 
*EKRATUl"l-No 6, p. 224. Under Citrophilus mealybug. Following "H. M, Armi- 
tage in Charge of Insectary Operations" read "the Cryptolaemus beetles(Q, 
montrouzieri Muls,) have been distributed over 8,000 acres of citrus to' 
aid in the control of the citroxDhilus mealybug." 
