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PEACH BORER (Aegeria exitiosa Say) 
ITevr York. P. J, Parrot t (September 27): Very abundant . 
Georgia. 0. I. Snapp (September 20): The peak of moth emergence in peach 
orchards at Fort Valley occurred this year between September 5 and 10, 
which is somewhat earlier than usual. Moth emergence will be practically 
completed by September 30: Pield mice and rats have destroyed many pupae 
in commercial peach orchards. 
PLUM CUSCULIO ( Conotrachel us nenuphar Hbst. ) 
Connecticut. P. German (September 23): : Fru.it in general over. the. State ap- 
pears to be unusually free from attack of this insect. 
Ohio. T. H. Parks (September 22): Injury is very light to both stone fruits, 
pears, and apples. It wrs quite uncommon to find cherries or peaches 
infested. Feeding and egg-laying scars are very scarce on apples. 
Georgia. 0. I. Snapp (September 20): The plum curculio is now leaving 
peach trees and migrating 'to plaices of hibernation. 
T, L. Bissell (September 25): On September 21 jarred 7 large peach 
trees at Experiment and got 7 adults of 0. nenupha r , apparently recently 
emerged. On September IS jarred 1 weevil from a pecan tree. 
PEAR 
QUINCE CURCULIO ( Conotrachelus crataegi Walsh) 
Connecticut. W. E. Britton (September 23): Specimens in the fruit of pear 
have been received from Guilford and Woodstock. 
PEAS SLUG ( Eriocampoides limacina Retz.) 
New York. R. E. Horsey (September): Numerous cherry, pear, English hawthorn, 
cotoheaster, etc, , in and near Rochester were noted this month to be 
badly injured by this slug. Several trees had their leaves completely 
skeletonized. Feeding was observed as late as September 21. 
RASPB ERRY . . 
RASPBERRY CAME BORER ( Ober ea bimacuiata Oliv.) 
Indiana. J. J. Davis (August 2S): Raspberry cane borer reported exceedingly 
abundant and apparently destructive to raspberry at Fort Wayne. 
COMMON RED SPIDER ( Tetranychus telarius L. ) 
Colorado. G, M, List (September 21): She common red spider was very in- 
jurious, especially to raspberries, in eastern Colorado during July and 
Au.'.ust . 
