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C. Lyle and assistants (May): The plum curculio is very 
abundant over the greater part of the State, infesting peaches, 
cultivated plums, and wild plums. In Monroe County practically 
all -coaches are damaged. (Abstract, J.A.H.) 
F. L. Thomas (May 3): Infested plums were sent in by a cor- 
respondent from Tfharton County. 
PENT ATOM ID BUGS ( Pentatomi dae ) 
H. E, Ho&gtei sis ' (Mny 27)': A species of pentatomid was dis- 
covered causing extensive injury on peaches; the type of work 
being very similar to that of Aero sternum hilaris Say. 
W. P. Flint (May 20): Mr. Chandler reports peach catfacing 
much more severe than last year, ranging from 8 to 30 per cent 
in southern Illinois orchards. It is probable that pentato- 
mi ds did much of the injury this year. 
HOODED PLANT BUG ( Euthochtha gal eat or Fab.) 
'■1. H. Clarke (May 4): Injury consisted of feeding on the 
tender twigs , causing them to wilt and die, at Fort Valley. 
Adjoining peach, plum, and quince seedlings were not attacked. 
PEAR 
PEAR PSYLLA ( Psyllia pyricola Foerst.) 
New York , N. Y. State Coll. Agr. , Weekly News Letter (May): During the 
first week in May egg-laying increased raoidly in the lower 
Hudson River Valley. By the second week in the month egg-lay- 
ing started in the western part of the State with nymphs be- 
coming numerous in the Hudson River Valley. As a whole the in- 
festation appears to bo comnarat i v oly light. (Abstract, J.A.H.) 
Illinois '.7. P. Flint (May 20): Mr. Chandler reports the pear pyslla 
infestation light in all sections of southern Illinois. 
Michigan R. Hut son (May 25): Second-stage nymphs observed in Berrien 
County on May 25. 
PEAR THRIPS ( Taen io thrius i neons eg ucr.s Uzel) 
New York 
N. Y. State Coll. Agr., '.Veckly N-ws Letter (May): Pear tbrips 
are quite numerous and occasioning some damage in the lower 
Hudson River Valley. (Abstract, J.A.H.) 
