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county and is distributed throughout the whole of Orange and Rock- 
land counties. All of Connecticut and most of Rhode Island and 
Massachusetts are now infested. Many orchards have been almost 
entirely defoliated by the pest and although the caterpillars readily 
succumb to poison sprays, the insect is of no little concern to the 
apple orchardists within the infested area. There is every reason 
to believe that the coming season will show a marked increase in 
infested territory. 
The present status of the pest in New York and neighboring states 
and the present most practicable suggestions on control will appear 
shortly in a revision of Cornell Extension Bulletin No. 27 on Apple 
and Thorn Skeletonizer, by E. P. Felt and M. D. Leonard. 
The European snout beetle (Phyllobius oblongus 
Linn.). This pest has appeared for the first time in this country, 
as far as is known, in considerable numbers on elm trees in High- 
land park, Rochester. The leaves were damaged to some extent by 
the feeding of the beetles, but apparently the infestation was con- 
siderably localized. In England the weevils damage apple blos- 
soms and it is said that grafted plants in nurseries are especially 
liable to attack. Particular note should be taken during the coming 
season of possible extension of this pest from the original point of 
infestation, since it is quite likely to adapt itself to feeding upon 
apple trees in the western New York fruit belt should its numbers 
increase. | 
Blue bottle fly maggot in child. During October and Novem- 
ber correspondence was carried on with Dr Ruth Gilbert and Dr 
L. J. Early, both of the State Department of Health, concerning a 
rather unusual condition of myasis in a child. This little 
girl, 20 months of age, had been treated by Dr E. H. Evans 
ot | Guilford) Ni Yer Doctor Vivans reported to) ithe State m Des 
partment of Health that the child had been sick for 45 days. 
For the first 3 weeks the temperature had run from 103 to 
106 degrees with continued application of ice bag to the head. 
During the second week the child developed true meningeal symp- 
toms and these continued for about 5 days. No pain was felt at 
any time. There was some abdominal distention but this was easily 
relieved by enema or tube. At no time was there any definite train 
of symptoms from which a diagnosis could be made. Two trained 
nurses were in attendance. On the date in November on which 
Doctor Evans wrote he stated that on that day the child had a 
temperature of 102 degrees and was taking a normal amount of 
