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brood of the tobacco moth (Ephestia elutella Hbn.) was practically com— 
plete on June 15 in the tobacco warehouses in Richmond. The peak of 
the emergence of the spring brood of cigarette beetles (Lasioderma ser— 
ricorne Fab.) in the Richmond, Norfolk, and Danville districts was reached 
about the middle of June." 
Mr. Reed sailed from New York on July 14 for Europe to spend 
the summer and early fall studying insect conditions in the American 
owned and operated tobacco manipulation centers in Greece and Turkey. 
He will return via Paris and London to consult with tobacco interests 
in those cities. 
Pea weevil studies in Oregon and Idaho.--A. 0. Larson, Corval- 
lis, Oreg., reports that "Peas from different market gardens have been 
examined immediately after they were picked. Some of the eggs undoubt— 
edly were rubbed off as the pods were being picked but the information 
obtained gives an idea of the degree of infestation in peas put on the 
market." In 10 samples examined at different dates after June 15 the 
percentage of pods without eggs ranged from 0.57 to 41.5, averaging 
about 23. 
Tom Brindley, Moscow, Idaho, reports that "Pea weevils emerged 
in quite large numbers, notwithstanding the severe winter. Fields in 
localities heavily infested the past season were found to have a moder— 
ately heavy infestation this year. The maximum number collected in 
these patches was, however, about eight times less than the maximum 
number collected in 1932." 
Ephestia spp. in vineyards and fig orchards.--H. C. Donohoe, 
Fresno, Calif., reports that "Laboratory rearings of 42 larvae collect— 
ed from soil about fig trees from 8 collections in 5 orchards during 
the past winter and spring yielded 39 Ephestia figulilella Greg. and 
1 Nemeritis canescens Grav. A parasitization of overwinter larvae of 
2.5 percent is indicated. Apparently the larvae hibernating under the bark 
of grapevines serve as the principal source of these parasites." As to 
survival of the raisin moth under grapevine bark, Mr.- Donohoe says, "On 
June 21 and 26, 12 Thompson Seedless (Sultanina) grapevines were examined 
for the presence of overwintering larvae. * * * Larvae were present at 
the rate of 43 per acre. By comparison with the average population in-— 
dicated in the examination of February 8, this amounts to a reduction in 
numbers, through emergence of adults and parasitism, of 95.4 percent 
of the overwintering population in this vineyard. Since, in most cases, 
available food on which adults may lay their eggs was wanting until 
apricots and first-crop figs began to ripen the last two weeks in June, 
the bulk of the moths emerging from hibernation under bark apparently 
failed to reproduce." In the soil about the trees in a Black Mission 
fig orchard, sampled on June 23 and 25, "The average infestation for 
8 trees in an 8-inch band of soil about each tree was 8.5 larvae. The 
indicated overwintering population on the basis of all live larvae and 
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