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in San Diego County, California, for the control of the Brown Snail. 
Being simple, inexpensive and efficient we feel that it may be used to 
advantage in other parts of the country and perhaps on other species of 
snails. 
Scientific Notes 
A Tingid attacking quince. In June the writer observed several quince trees, 
the leaves of which were noticeably injured by the feeding of Tingid nymphs and 
adults. The leaves were mottled with brown and in some cases almost entirely 
brown as a result of the feeding punctures. 
Adults were submitted to Prof. C. J. Drake who identified them as Corythucha 
cydoniae Fitch. 
J. R. Stear 
Ormenis pruinosa Say—A Fulgorid on Apple and Peach. This Fulgorid was quite 
common on apple and peach in Cumberland Valley orchards this season. The 
white woolly nymphs clustered along the twigs resembled woolly aphids in appear¬ 
ance and were frequently mistaken for them. No injury was observed as a result of 
their feeding. Reared adults were determined for me by Prof. J. G. Sanders. 
J. R. Stear 
Chamber sburg Laboratory, Penna. Bur. of Plant Industry 
Swarms of Cotton Moths: Swarms of the cotton moth, Alabama argillacea Hubn., 
appeared in Bridgeport, Conn., September 12. According to the newspapers they 
were so abundant in the streets as to cause the skidding of automobiles which crushed 
and passed over them. Be that as it may, they fluttered over and rested upon the 
show windows and flew into the faces of pedestrians and automobilists. Mr. Zappe 
observed them resting on light posts and the walls of buildings all over the city. They 
literally covered the posts of the “white way” lights in Bridgeport, and he also ob¬ 
served them in Stamford. The moths were also present in New Haven, though much 
less abundant. In 1911 a similar swarm of these moths occurred in New Haven 
the last week in September, and in 1912 the moths also appeared, though in much 
smaller numbers and not until October 11 and 12. 
W. E. Britton 
The European Earwig in California : The writer wishes to announce the discovery 
on August 31, 1923, of large numbers of the European earwig, Forficula auricularia 
Linn., in West Berkeley, California. The origin of the infestation is not known but 
it is claimed by residents of the infested area that it has been under observation for 
at least four years. As yet no apparent damage has resulted from its presence and 
it would not have been reported had it not been for the fact that great numbers col¬ 
lected on the front porch of one of the residences during a vacation period. So re¬ 
pulsive were these to the owner that a few specimens were sent in for identification. 
The specimens were compared with those received from Seattle, Washington, in 1916, 
and proved beyond a doubt to be the European species. 
The infestation has been reported to the State Department of Agriculture in 
view of the seriousness of the earwig menace in Oregon as reported by A. L. Lovett 
