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W. W. Yothers (May 24): This insect is seriously abundant 
this year, "but not unusual. 
ORANGE THUP3 ( Scirtothrj-ps citri Moult. ) 
S. Lockwood (May 5): This insect has been collected in 
Butte, Yuba, Sacramento, Fresno, Tulare, San Bernardino, 
Hiversidc, and Los Angeles Counties by myself. Horton 
lists it in some other counties in California. 
OBANG-E MAG-GOT, OH MEXICAN EHJIT FLY. ( Anastrepha ludens Loew) 
News Letter, Plant Quarantine and Control Admini st ration, 
No. 17. (May l): Infestations were found in 35 groves 
extending from San Benito to Mission during the month of 
March. This makes a total of 40 premises in which in- 
festations have been found this season to the end of 
March. The infestations were more general in Hidalgo 
than in Cameron County. More groves were found infested 
in the ^eslaco, Pharr-San Juan-Alamo, and Mission districts 
than in the others. 
COCONUT 
A SCALE ( Aspidiotus ori entali s cocoti-phagus Marl. ) 
3. '7. Berger and G. 3. Merrill (May 24): A. ori entali s co- 
cot i phagus is very abundant on coconut palms at Miami 
and "Jest Palm Beach. Reported to office by J. C. Goodwin. 
