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CLOVER MITE ( Bryobia praetiosa Koch) 
Utah. C. J. Sorenson (April 2U): Brown mites are active on unsprayed 
peach trees in Davis County. 
PEAR 
PEAR PSYLLA ( Psyllia pyricola Eoerst.) 
New York. IT. Y. State Coll. Agr. News Letter (April): The pear psylla is 
present and laying eggs in normal ' abundance in the Hudson River Valley, 
hut in the Lake district the weather has been unfavorable for egg 
laying. 
PEAR MIDGE ( Contarinia pyrivora Riley) 
New York. N. Y. State Coll. Agr. News' Letter ' (April): The first flies 
were observed on April 23 in Columbia and Dutchess Counties. 
PEAR THRIPS ( Taeniothrip s inconsequgns Uzel) 
New York. N. Y. State Coll. Agr. News Letter (April): Pear th'rips were 
first observed from March 29 to 31 in the Hudson River Valley. Since 
that time the increase was slight and no definite swarming had been 
noted by the middle of the month. 
CHERRY : ' . . . 
BLACK CHERRY APHID ( Myzus cerasi Eab.) 
New York. N. Y. State Coll. Agr. News Letter (April): The black cherry 
aphid began hatching in the Hudson River Valley the last of March. 
In the Lake district in Orleans and Monroe Counties aphids were 
first observed on the buds the third week 'of April. 
Montana. A. L. Strand (April 22); The black cherry aphid is present in 
very reduced numbers this spring in' the Flathead sweet cherry district, 
Evidently extremely low temperatures in' October of last year had 
considerable effect in causing this reduction. 
CHERRY CASE BEARER' ( Coleophora pruhiella Clem. ) 
Wisconsin. C. L. Fluke (April 20): The severely cold weather of the past 
winter apparently did not Injure many of the wintering cases. Twigs 
brought into the laboratory from Door County showed almost as many live 
cases as in former years. 
