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infestaticn was reported fron Connecticut, sono fruit injury near New 
Haven "being reported late in the season. Activity of the species was 
noted briefly in New York and Alabama. The insect "'as widely reported 
ns active early in the season. Delaware reported the* first emergence 
on April S, adults were active in Virginia in April, and New Jersey 
noted activity earlier than last year. The first bre-^d was reported 
as nore noticeable than were later broods in parts of Connecticut, in 
Illinois, and in Kentucky; the second brood as the nore noticeable 
in Michigan, New Jersey, Ohio, and Virginia. Delaware reported para- 
sitization as low at the start, but building up as the season advanced. 
(F. M. Wadley, Bureau of En t oho logy and Plant Quarantine, U. S. D. A.) 
PLUM CURCULIO 
The plun curculio was not unusually abundant in 193-5. In the 
Southeastern States it was in general less abundant than normal, being 
?o reported fron Mississippi, Tennessee, South Carolina, and Georgia. 
In the last-named State it "/as noted as getting a late start in its 
spring activity. It was also less abundant in Ohio and Delaware. In 
lower New England it was nore abundant than usual, according to reports 
fron Rhode Island and Connecticut. In New York numbers were reported 
as varying with locality. In the Middle '/Vest, according tc reports 
fron Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri, the species was numerous and 
active at the start, but did not attract attention later in the season. 
The unusual drought and heat probably repressed it. The presence or 
activity of the species was also noted, without comparisons, fron Ala- 
bama, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Vermont, 
and Virginia. (F. II. Wadley, Bureau cf Entomology and Plant Quarantine, 
U. S. D." A.) 
EASTERN TENT CATERPILLAR 
Although egg masses of the eastern tent caterpillar were preva- 
lent throughout New England and the Middle Atlantic States, there was 
evidence that the outbreak of the last 2 or 3 years is on the wane. 
Hatching of eggs was first observed about the middle of March in Ar- 
kansas and towards the end cf the month in Delaware. Early in April 
ergs were hatching in the extreme southern part of New York and by the 
third week in April hatching was under way in New England. The cater- 
pillars attracted so much attention in the New England and Middle Atlan- 
tic States that several communities launched campaigns in ,r 'hich prizes 
wore awarded to school children, boy scouts, and other juvenile organ- 
izations for collecting eg: masses. The Survey has not been informed 
as to how successful these campaigns were in mducing the number cf 
caterpillars. As the season advanced the insects were quite prevalent 
throughout the outbreak area, but their numbers bore out the forecast 
of decided reduction in population ov^r that cf 1935* 
