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23^), and thus the work of packing- is expedited and the chances for 

 loss greatly minimized. A complete list of all the articles which belong 

 in each box is tacked on the inside of the cover or kept in possession 

 of a designated person for ready reference. 



RECENT OBSERVATIONS UPON EUROPEAN INSECTS 



IN AMERICA 



By E. P. Felt, Albany, N. Y. 



The occurrence of large nnmbers of brown tail moth nests npon 

 seedlings imported last winter and the year before has greatly 

 stimulated interest on the eastern coast, in the possibility of intro- 

 ducing pests with the importation of nursery stock. The thorough 

 inspection for brown tail moth nests has resulted in finding a number 

 of other insects. The introduction of the pine blister rust has also 

 tended toAvard more thorough inspection. It is proposed in this 

 brief account to notice a few pests which have been brought to atten- 

 tion during the last few months, and it is hoped that this paper will 

 be but one of a series discussing briefly, insects which have been 

 detected on importations of nursery stock or giving accounts of other 

 forms likely to be brought into the country in this manner. We 

 would welcome in this connection the cooperation of specialists, since 

 they are best qualified to indicate the more dangerous species and to 

 point out the best method of detecting them in shipments of stock. 



Pissodes not at us Fabr. Seedling pines shipped from Oudenbosch, 

 Holland, and submitted for examination by the State Department of 

 Agriculture, had the stems infested by full grown larvae which shortly 

 pupated. Adults of the above species were reared in early May. 

 This European species, kindly identified by Dr. A. D. Hopkins of 

 the U. S. Bureau of Entomology, is about one third larger than 

 our native Pissodes strobi Peck, and is most easily separated there- 

 from by the indistinct ocherous red coloration and the smaller, more 

 inconspicuous, w^hitish spots on the distal third of the wing covers. 

 Doctor Hopkins states that this is a very important enemy of the 

 pine in Europe and that owing to the danger of its becoming a 

 serious pest in this country, every precaution should be adopted to 

 prevent its obtaining a foothold in America. It would certainly 



^ The illustrations for this article were prepared by Messrs. W. H. Goodwin 

 and W. P. Beeching of the Ohio Station. 



