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FIR 
HSICjOCK LOOPER ( Ellopla fiscellaria &u.cn,) 
Minnesota. A* C, Hodson (Scpten'ber 12): Reported as comon in ‘balsan fir 
iDut no defoliation fotmd, 
HICKORY 
OBSCURE SCALE ( Chry s onphalus oLscurus Const.) 
Illinois, C, L, Metaalf (Septonler 22): Injuring loiclcory trees at Paris, 
in oast-central Illinois, early in SeptenLer, 
EASTSRIT LilRCH BEETLE ( Pendroctonus sinplejc Leo.) 
Minnesota, C, Hodson (^eptenber 12); Found killing no.ture. tenarack 
neor* Peer River and Big Falls,’' Trees had healthy crowns hut v/ere 
not young and vigoronis, 
LIITPEN 
A CHRYSOMELIP ( BaliosUs ruher Ueher) 
Minnesota, A, C, Hodson (^optenher): Outbreak, which has continued v/ith 
only slight interruption for 6 yeans, wa.s evident a.gann near Potroit 
Lakes. In some aneas anlults were so a.hundant in June that basswood 
trees turned bro\m, even though fevr lanval nines v/ere found on August 1, 
LOCUST 
LOCUST LEi'iF HIRER ( Chalepu.s dorsaUis Tliunb.) 
Connecticut, J, V, Schaffner, Jr, (Septenbor 24): Foliage of black locust 
is browned throughout the northern part of Middlesex County, 
Mississippi, L, J, G-oodgane (September 25): Leaves of bla.ck locust trees 
in the northeastern part of Lee and in Union Cornties have been injured, 
LOCUST BORER ( Cyllen o rob ini ac Forst,) 
Rliode Island, 3, Eddy (September): Rornally abundant on goldonrod through- 
out the eastern j^axt of tho State. 
Virginia, L, A. Hetrick (September 25): Adults v/cre abundant on the trunks 
of black locust trees ak Host Point, 
