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Georgia 
Pennsylvania 
Georgia 
Florida 
A EUCOSMID MOTH (S narmonia pyricolana Murfffel&fc) 
0. I. Snapp (October' 18) : Infestation rather heavy in ter- 
minal buds of young apple trees at Albany. 
SAN JOSE SCALE ( Aspidiotus perniciosus 1 Comst.) 
T. L. Guy ton (October 25): Reported. as being on the increase 
in the Cumberland Valley orchards. This report came to me 
through the head of the market- inspection service on fruit. 
■ 0. I. Snapp (October 21): The San Jose scale has increased 
rapidly since the middle of August. Orders already placed 
with insecticide manufacturers indicate the use of more 
liquid lime-sulphur in the South this .winter than last. 
J. R,. '"Vats on (October 20): Moderately abundant; heavily in- 
fested with" a fungus .- 
PEAR 
Illinois 
w'ashington 
PEAR PSYLLA ( Psyllia pyricoia Foerst.) 
S. C. Chandler (October);. The pear psylla has become serious 
this year in a large pear-growing area centered at Alma, about 
60 miles east of St. Louis. Adide from the characteristic 
defoliation, several grbvrers reported that one-third of their 
crop was too small to ship this season whereas usually only 
about 10 per cent is undersized. This is the first time that 
the pear psylla has been reported as serious in Illinois. 
TARNISHED BLaNT BUG ( Lygus pratansis L.) 
E. J. Newcomer (October 21): This insect has been damaging 
mature pears at Yakima and Vi/'enatchee by sucking juice, and 
has been coming into- gardens and attacking roses, chrysanthe- 
mums, etc., recently. 
New Jersey 
Pennsylvania 
PEACH 
ORIENTAL FRUIT MOTH ( Laseeyresia moles ta Busck) 
H. '.7. Allen (September 26): Counts of 3,200 peaches, 
varieties Xrummel and Iron Mountain, in Burlington County, 
between September 19 and 25, indicate a total infestation of 
51 per cent, of which 20 per cent was visible and 30 per cent 
invisible injury. 
T. 'L.. Guy ton (October 25): The oriental fruit moth at 
Harrisburg by actual count on some Carman check trees runs 
