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Del.; in sraall areas east of Elkton, Md. ; and in sections in Chester, 
Berks, Montgomery, and Bucks Counties in Pennsylvania. Considerable 
increase in plant injury was also reported within the metropolitan 
area of New York City, "both in New Jersey and in New York. The usual 
extension of the area of general infestation was observed, this area 
"being extended outward in practically all directions for distances 
up to 5 miles or thereabouts. Observations at a number of the isolat- 
ed colonies in New England indicated a decided increase in beetle pop- 
ulation at practically all of these places. It is of interest to note 
that definite increases in beetle abundance were observed in 193&. a s 
compared with 1935, a "t a number of points in Central New England that 
suffered severe property damage from the unprecedented floods of the 
winter of 1935 an d spring of 1936. The flooding of valleys and por- 
tions of towns appeared to have no deleterious effect upon the over- 
wintering grub populations at these points. In a considerable por- 
tion of the art;a of continuous infestation the summer rainfall of 
1936 was below normal, this deficiency being quite acute in extensive 
tracts during the greater part of July and the early part of August, 
corresponding with the period of normal heavy oviposit ion. Based 
upon observations of past years, during which a marked deficiency of 
summer rainfall resulted in a reduction of the beetle population of 
the following season, it appears likely that a general reduction in 
the beetle population may occur in a large proportion of the area of 
general infestation in 1937. with the possible exception of the out- 
lying areas where the population build-up is normally very rapid. 
(C. H. Hadley, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, U. S. D. A.) 
Established infestations in Brewer, Maine, 3urlington, Vt.,and 
Grafton, and Hollidays Cove, W. Va. , were the most important first 
records determined during the summer of 193&. The najor developments 
disclosed by trap scouting were the increases in beetle population in 
Chicago, 111.; Cleveland, Youn-stown, East Liverpool, Canton suburban 
area, Steubonville, and Marietta, Ohio; Buffalo, N.Y. ; and Chester, 
Parkersburg, Clarksburg, and Fairmont, W. Va. Control programs of 
combined trapping and soil treatment resulted in more than 90-percent 
reduction in beetles caught in Saint Louis and substantial reductions 
in the infestations in Indianapolis, Ind. , and Erie, Pa. Late treat- 
ing in Detroit did not affect this year's emergence and the catches 
there were higher than last year. Trapping in Virginia and the Caro- 
linas disclosed about the same conditions as in 1935. A slight in- 
crease in the infestation in Pulaski, Va. , and reappearance of the 
insect in Charleston, S. C. , were the only major finds over those re- 
corded during 1935 in these States. Incipient infestations of a few 
beetles each were found in Louisville and Lexington, Ky. ; Bristol, 
Term. ; and Au usta and Savannah, Ga. Minor first record infestations 
were disclosed in Port Wayne and South Bend, Ind.; Dearborn, Mich.; 
Lockport, N.Y. ; and Sharon and Warren, Pa. A number of small catches 
of previous years were repeated in other cities and towns in North 
Carolina, West Virginia, Virginia, Ohio, and New York. Twontyfour 
infestations, including five sizable ones, were found in the Mary- 
land nonregulated area. (L. H. Worthley, Bureau of Entomology and 
Plant Quarantine, U. S. D. A.) 
