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description was obtained were taken by G. Dimmock in the alpine 
region of Mount Washington, New Hampshire. Illingworth (11, pp. 
191, 195) records the pest from Ithaca and Trumansburg, New York. 
It is evident that the distribution of Rhagoletis fausta in Canada 
and the United States is within the range of Prunus pennsylvanica. 
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Dr. H. T. Fernald was present and was called upon at this time by 
President Weldon for a few remarks. Dr. Fernald frankly suggested 
that he lacked an intimate acquaintance with the problems in the west, 
and that they were very different from those in the east. He called 
attention to the fact that considerable work in the west was attract¬ 
ing attention and being applied so far as they were applicable in the 
east. Dr. Fernald called attention to a Pyralid moth, Pyrausta 
nubilalis, which feeds on hemp and other similar plants, boring in the 
stems. It came in a shipment of rope about ten years ago and has 
since taken to the corn, doing as much as 30 per cent damage to the 
early corn, and even as high as 70 per cent damage to late corn. It 
has spread over an area of 100 square miles up to the present time. 
G. P. Weldon: What is the chance of eradicating it? 
H. T. Fernald: Since it occurs in the stems of dahlias and different 
kinds of grasses, the chances for eradicating it I think are rather remote. 
President G. P. Weldon: The Secretary has a few more papers 
that were sent in by members who were not able to be present, but on 
account of the hour I am sorry we will have time to read such papers 
by title only. 
The Secretary then read the title and the author’s name of the fol¬ 
lowing papers: 
* References do not refer to Rhagoletis fausta. 
