14 ANNUAL REPOBTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 1939 
Twenty-seven beetles were caught in St. Louis as compared with 1 
L937 and 88 in L936. 'i raps set in 5 other Missouri commu- 
nities failed to collect any bee! les. 
Of the eight first-record infestations in New York State, the only 
new infestations of an established nature vrere at Mount Morris and 
ghton. Hornell, Rochester, and Watertowi ed substantia] 
increases in beet le collections. 
First-record infestations in North Carolina of a few beetles each 
were recorded at Hamlet, Kinston, and Thomasville. Traps set in 19 
other North Carolina communities revealed infestat ion in 1" cities and 
negative results in ( .» others. 
The first-record infestations at I lennison, Dover, and Newark, ( mio, 
were sufficient to warrant extension of the regulated area. At Ashta- 
bula 397 traps were operated and 126 beetles were caught, approxi- 
mately equal to the L29 beetles captured in 212 traps in 1937. Col- 
lections at Marietta decreased from 121 in L936 to \:> in L937 and 19 
in 1938. 
At Erie, Pa., 2,355 traps were operated and 343 beetles caught, as 
compared with L49 beetles caught in L,964 traps in 1937. At Oil City 
approximately 400 trap- in each year yielded 1 beetles in 1937 and 26 
in 1938. Sharon showed an increase in beetles from 11 in 1937 to 177 
in 1938. 
Thirteen communities were trapped in South Carolina, with nega- 
tive results from 11 towns and cities. The cities trapped with posit ive 
results were Charleston and Greenville, where 2 and 6 beetles, respec- 
tively, were caught. 
In Virginia the -i first -record infestations were of a few beetles 
at Milford, 2 points on State Route 2 south of Fredericksburg, and 
at Warsaw. At Washington's Birthplace National Monument in 
Wakefield 7.-1:22 beetles were collected in 30 I traps in L938, an increase 
over the 7.119 beetles caught in 15 traps in 1937. 
Traps were operated at 15 West Virginia towns and cities during 
1938; 12 of the communities showed negative remits and the other 3 
had increases in the number of beetles found. In Charleston a single 
beetle was caught in L937, whereas L0 were caught in L938. Charles 
Town showed an increase from 1 to 3 beetles, and Martinsburg trap 
catches increased from 5 to 14 beetles. 
Trapping was started in L939 on April Jl with the setting of traps 
at Presidio, Tex. On June 30 trap.- were in operation in _ 
and towns in 3 I States. 
During May and June beetles were collected at locutions in 31 towns 
and cities in Georgia, Ellinois, Kentucky. Missouri, North Caro 
Ohio, and South Carolina, Nineteen of these towns and cities are in 
North Carolina. A single beetle caught :it Martins Ferry, Ohio, was 
a lit -i record. Six beetles were captured in Marietta, Ohio; 139 in 
Atlanta. (Ja.: 8 in East St. Louis, 111.: 5 in Louisville, Ky.J and Id in 
St. Louis, Mo. Included in the North Carolina finds were 1 beetle in 
Hamlet and 1 in Thomasville, 2 of the 3 locations of first-record : 
tat ion in North Carolina discovered during the 1938 season. B »tles in 
considerable numbers were captured in -1 North Carolina towns and 
< it ies h lii<!i were not t rapped during the summer of 1938. These towns 
and cities and the approximate beetle finds during May and June 1939 
were as follows: Bast Spencer, 500; Greensboro, 200; Spencer, 300; and 
