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Reporting on a survey on August 16 of infestations of the southern 
pine beetle (Dendroctonus frontalis Zimm.) in the vicinities of Paint 
Branch, Tenn., and Hot Springs, N. C., R. A. St. George says: "As the 
result of attack in the former locality during the summer of 19350 many 
pitch. shortleaf, and scrub pines were killed. Later in the fall the 
surrounding white pines were taken. In this region, as elsewhere, the 
woodpecker work (of last winter) was noted to have been very heavy and 
is believed to have been an important factor in the natural control of 
this beetle. Abnormal weather conditions also are believed to have been 
important in this respect." 
"An interesting phenomenon was observed by R. A. St. George and 
R. C. Hall on the summit of Mt. Pisgah, N. C., on August 25," Sayeumme 
Hall. "Lady bird beetles (unidentified) were congregating on the summits 
and had collected in great masses on laurel, blueberry, and rhododendron. 
Some of the masses of beetles were as large as a man's fist. They were 
observed to be mating and apparently were there for the purpose of hiber— 
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CEREAL AND FORAGE INSECTS 
A new method of shipping Phaeogenes nigridens Wesm., as devised 
by Herbert D. Smith of the Hyéres, France, laboratory, resulted in a 
distinctly reduced rate of mortality. Details: The type of box used 
last year was enlarged to accommodate two 150 cubic centimeter bottles 
of sugar solution. A cotton wick was inserted, thus serving: to keep 
moist the large cotton plug fastened over the mouth. Two thousand para-— 
Sitized pupae were packed in small cloth-screened cardboard boxes that 
were tied to the partitions, which were then slid in place inside the box. 
A rack containing the bottles was nailed inside and the cover fastened 
down. Screened holes at either end allowed a circulation of air. AS 
the parasites emerged they escaped from the small boxes through the cloth 
netting in the top of each. The filled boxes were kept at room tempera— 
ture until embarkation. This permitted the parasites to develop normally 
and reach the adult stage before being placed in the refrigerator on 
board the ship. A total of 1,074 adults collected in the cage where the 
pupae were stored were placed in one box. The adults were blown or 
brushed lightly from the walls of the cage into a lamp chimney having 
a cardboard cone at one end, serving as a baffle plate. From the chim— 
ney they were blown through one of the holes into the box. 
Mr. Smith has definitely established that Phaeogenes hibernates 
aS an adult, living from August to June of the following year. About 
400 workers were employed to collect the pupae. They were paid so much 
per pupa which netted for the best workers a daily wage equivalent to 
that established by the Fascisti Syndicate for farm labor. Ten girls 
were used in the temporary laboratory to separate out the parasitized 
pupae. About 105,000 pupae were collected. A total of 7,000 parasitized 
corn borer pupae and 1,074 adults of Phaeogenes were collected from July 
Sl to August 10 in the vicinity of Ghisalba (near Bergamo, Italy) and 
Shipped to Arlington from Genoa on August 14. They were to arrive at 
Arlington via New York about August 25. 
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