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Ulex europea from England was found infested by Apion uUcis, a 

 weevil injurious to the seeds. Members of this genus are found on 

 other leguminous plants and it is one which should be guarded against. 



A much more injurious imported beetle in the shape of Myelophilus 

 piniperda Linn.^ was noted by Dr. T. J. Headlee to have gained a slight 

 foothold in a northern New Jersey nursery where it was found attack- 

 ing Scotch Fir to the extent of boring out the tips of the central shoots. 

 According to Ratzeburg, this beetle does two important kinds of injury. 

 First it attacks for the purpose of breeding, already injured Scotch Fir 

 and quickly brings about its death. Second, it bores out the terminal 

 twigs of young coppice growth causing the tree to assume a crooked 

 unsightly branching habit. The result of this second type of damage 

 is much like that of the white pine weevil. According to Dr. Hopkins, 

 it often does extensive damage to pine trees in Europe and for this 

 reason the section in which it was discovered is being closely watched. 



Another imported beetle, Agrilus viridis Linn. var. fagi Ratz.^ was 

 found during the past year extensively injuring roses, chiefly in nur- 

 series, in four different places in northern New Jersey. The injurious 

 work of the larva consists of a spiral band of channels in the sap wood 

 over which forms a swelling or gall, above which of course the plant 

 dies. It was found attacking standard roses and Rosa rugosa more 

 than other varieties and infested blocks presented the appearance of 

 having been burned over as early as the middle of August. Consid- 

 ering the nature of the injury, cutting and burning of the infested 

 stems during the fall or winter seems to be the best method of control. 



Still another unwelcome importation, not from Europe however, but 

 from Florida was Callopistria floridensis Guen. known as the Florida 

 Fern Caterpillar. This pest was found during September 1914 injur- 

 ing ferns in greenhouses at opposite ends of the state and one of the 

 firms in question undoubtedly purchased it in some stage other than 

 the adult along with a shipment of ferns from Florida. It does con- 

 siderable damage to various species of ferns and in this state has 

 yielded successfully only to handpicking supplemented by trapping 

 the moths. Considering the fact that it is such a troublesome species, 

 it would pay ferngrowers to be on the watch for it when receiving ferns 

 from other estabhshments. 



The most serious finding of the year was made in November, by 

 Government scouts, who discovered 198 egg masses of the gipsy moth, 

 Porthetria dispar Linn., at Rutherford. The capture of a perfect male 

 moth on August 1 by a local collector led to these men being placed in 

 the field by Mr. Burgess. The infestation occurred in a small block 

 of nursery evergreens used mostly for show purposes and was at least 



I Determiaed by Dr. A. D. Hopkins. 



* Determined by Mr. Chas. Kerrimans of Belgium. 



