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is disappointingly low, but emergence from cocoons satisfactory; for ex- 
ample, from 125 cocoons of P. vulnerator, 104, or 83 per cent, emerged 
The shipments were received on arrival by J. K. Holloway, Moorestown, 
Niu. 
H. W. Allen, Moorestown, N. J., reports that consignments of 
Copidosoma pyralidis from the fifth and sixth European importations were 
transshipped to H. S. Smith at Riverside, Calif., from Moorestown. The 
total number shipped were 1,114 colonies of pupae and 175 inoculated 
Anarsia larvae. The first of these arrived in good condition; the last 
has not yet been reported. From the Copidosoma shipped with the third 
and fourth consignments, Mr. Smith has reared and liberated in southern 
California approximately 15,000 adult parasites. 
Mr, Allen reports also that the foreign parasite Ascogaster 
quadridentatus is being increased by insectary rearing previous to lib— 
eration. "The emergence increased from 118 in June to 3,984 in July. 
During July 211,000 host eggs were inoculated. Parasites emerging from 
this stock will be liberated in middle and late season peaches in August 
and September." The work on this parasite is being conducted by W. T. 
McAllister. 
Mr. Allen states that a third shipment of 1,325 cocoons of the 
larvae has been made to the French Ministry of Agriculture, through 
G. J. Haeussler. This is a return in kind for the opportunity and aid 
furnished in the collection in southern France of parasites for shipment 
to the United States. 
John Gray, Moorestown, N. J., reporting on oriental fruit moth 
ecology, presents a table which indicates that from the collection of 
five blocks at Salisbury, Md., involving 50 bait pans, 5,753 moths were 
taken. From a similar series at Berlin, Md., 4,961 moths were taken——a 
total of 10,714, the largest collection of moths to date. 
G. A. Runner, Sandusky, Ohio, reports that owing to a heavy over— 
wintering brood, more than the usual damage has occurred from feeding 
of adults of the grape leafhopper during June and early July. Rains, 
however, caused a heavy vine growth and abundant foliage which has great— 
ly lessoned damage from the first brood of leafhopper nymphs. 
Mr. Runner further states that "work on first brood (grape berry—™*~ 
noth) repression by cultural means, outlined in a previous report, 
has shown very promising results in several large-scale field tests. 
Cage experiments in vineyards with overwintered cocoons showed practi— 
cally no emergence of moths from cocoons under comparatively shallow soil 
coverings, while emergence from control lots has been normal. Similar 
experiments with large numbers of cocoons of the summer brood are now 
under way. Tests of lead arsenate and calcium arsenate applied against 
