10 AXNTAL I!i:i'()i;T> OF DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTUBE, 1940 
with the u-c of 4(H) trap- each year. Traps set in Union City failed 
to catch any heetles. 
In South Carolina 5 hcot les were caught in trap.- at Greenville. 
Collection- in that locality indicated that beetles have persisted in 
negligible numbers since 1936. Although traps have bees set in Flor- 
ence from 1935 to L939, inclusive, not a single beetle has been caught 
there. Trapping in Charleston also gave negative results. 
In Xennesseee trapping, which resulted negatively, was performed 
in four localities. There bas been no beetle persistence in the State 
since four beetle- were caught at Bristol in 1936. 
In Virginia 3 first -record trap captures were incipient Infestations 
of 1 beetle each at Rappahannock Academy and Unionville and 3 
beetles at Berryville. A total of 2.122 traps were distributed in 32 
cities and towns, with positive results at S points and negative results 
in 24 communities. At Winchester 9 beetles were caught in 397 traps 
a- compared with 25 captured with 383 traps in 1938. 
In West Virginia trapping was carried on in 40 cities and towns, 
with resulting captures in 15 localities. These included first-record 
finds at Bakerton, Buckhannon, Elkins, Follansbee, Halltown, Kear 
neysville, Millvale, Shenandoah Junct ion. Shepherdstown, Wellsburg, 
and Weston. Recurring infestations at Charles Town and Charleston 
increased slightly in number of beetles trapped. 
In Florida early season trapping activities during 1940 began with 
the placement of traps in Monticello, on April 1. Trapping was 
completed before July 1 in 19 localities. At the end of tin 4 year trap- 
were in operation in 1G6 cities and town- in 31 States, 
Trap captures recorded during May and June 1940 included 4 
beetles at Jacksonville, 2 at Miami, and i at Tampa. Fla.: 9 at At lam a. 
4 at Chamblee, 74 at East Point, and 2 at Gainesville, Ga.; 1 at l^ouis- 
ville. Kv. : 18 at St. Louis. Mo.: 15 at Burlington, 15 at Charlotte, 
28 at Durham. 7 at Elizabeth City. 28 at Greensboro, 11 at High 
Point, 4 at Lexington, 11 at Raleigh, 9 at Rocky Mount, L9 a1 
Salisbury, Gl at Spencer. 407 at East Spencer. 8 at Sanford, 2 at 
Weldon, 32 at Wilmington, and L25 at Winston-Salem, X. C. : 2 
at Belpre and 36 at Gallipolis. Ohio; and 12 at Charleston, 1 at 
Florence, and 6 at Greenville, S. C. The finds in the following cities 
and towns were first records: Jacksonville, Miami, and Tampa. Fla.: 
Chamblee and Gainesville, Ga.; and Weldon, X. C. 
SUPPRESSIVE ME AS I RES 
Lead arsenate was applied for control of the Japanese beetle to 
a total of sss t 7<) acres of soil in Georgia, Illinois Indiana. Michigan, 
Missouri, New York, North Carolina. Ohio, and Virginia. 
Following the discovery of a first-record infestation in the At- 
lanta suburban area of Ka-t Point, Ga., 10.4 acres were riven appli- 
cations. The treatment was betrun on August 21 and completed 
by the end of September. 
In rilinois 117. 'J acres were treated in Chicago, Ka-t St. Louis, 
and Evanston during the period July 5 to October L9. 
In [ndiana field treatments were resumed in the fall of 1939, with 
12.1 acres treated at Fort Wayne, 53.4 at Indianapolis, 31.6 a1 Logans 
port, and L3.3 al Whiting. In [ndianapolis 22.1 additional acres were 
t reated be1 ween April l and 1 1 . t940. 
