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A GALL MIDGE ( D0.s3m.0ura communis Pelt) 
New York. 3. P. Pelt (June 23): Gouty vein gall rather common on sugar 
me.ple in the vicinity of White Plains. 
COTTONY MAPLE SCALE ( Pulvinaria vitis L. ) 
Connecticut. 2. P. Pelt (June 23): A scale, possibly the ohovc, wo.s 
sufficiently abundant at Bridgeport on 0. flowering dogwoo.d that 
honeydew proved annoying. 
Ohio. 3. W. Mendenhall (July l): Present on street elms and maples in 
Columbus. 
GALL MITES ( Phyllocoptos spp.) 
Connecticut. B. H. Walden (July 21 ): P. quadripes Shim, is more abundant 
than usual on silver maple throughout the State. 
Massachusetts and Connecticut. 2. P. Pelt (Jane 23)1 The fusiform maple 
leaf gall (P. ac 0 r i s-c rumena Rile;") is somewhat abundant on sugar 
maples in southwestern Connecticut, and in the Boston, Mass., area. 
MOUNTAIN ASH 
A SANELY ( Pristiphora geniculata Htg.) 
Maine. H. B. Peirson (July 2): Mountain-ash sawfly generally heavy 
throughout the State, especially in the west-central part. Larvae 
are becoming quite large. 
OAK 
A LEAP ROLLER ( Ar chips forvidana Clem.) 
Pennsylvania. 2. P, Pelt (July 24): Somewhat abundant in the environs of 
Ph i 1 ado lph i a. . 
PALMERWORM ( Dichomeris ligulella Hbn. ) 
Minnesota. H. J. MacAloney (July l): Defoliation became noticeable about 
the middle of June, and many trees are completely defoliated. Pupae 
arc abundant. 
A CHRYS0M3LID ( Baliosus ruber Weber) 
Mississippi and Louisiana.. T. 3. Snyder (July 15): Leaves of red oak : trees 
in La Salle and Catahoula Parishes have been browned, giving 'a burned 
appearance. Previous infestations have been present in Wilkinson County, 
Miss., adjacent to these parishes. (Dot. by H. S. ^arber. ) 
