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A PUTS SAWYER ( Mono charms sp. )■ 
Massachusetts. R. C. Droi-m (July 26): Heavy infestation in red and white 
pine at Groton over a large area which was "burned over last spring, 
SARK BEETLES ( Ips spp.) 
"Virginia. L. A. Hetrick (July 26): I_. avulsus Eichh., I_. calligraphus 
Germ. , and I_. grandicollis Eichh. are killing a few pines that are 
apparently healthy. Most of the injury is in eastern Virginia, near 
sawmill sites and storage vends that serve as reservoirs of infesta- 
tion. 
A JURE BEETLE ( Polyphylla occidentals L. ) 
Virginia. S. A. Chapin (July IS): A fei-/ beetles are feeding on developing 
needles of loblolly pine in King and Queen and Hew Kent Counties. 
VTHITE-PI1TE WEEVIL ( Pissodes strobi Peck) 
Rhode Island.’ B. Eddy (July IS): Infestation considerably lighter this 
year than in 194(3. 
A PUTS COES BEETLE ( Conophthorus cpniperdn, Schwarz) 
Delaware. E. P. Pelt (July 24): Somewhat abundant and injurious in the 
vicinity of Wilmington. 
BLACK TURPEETIHE BEETLE ( Dendroc tonus terebrans Oliv.) 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (July 24): Specimens received on July 22 from 
Ita.war.iba County, where they were attacking pine. 
WEEVILS ( Hylobius spp.) 
General. E. P. Felt (Juno 23): Pine root weevil (H. radicis Such. ) is be- 
coming increasingly abundant and injurious, somewhat extensive injury 
being noticed recently at Cross River, IT. Y. Infestations in spots 
are present in southwestern Connecticut end on western Long Island, 
IT. Y., affects possibly being hastened by severe winter drying during 
the last 3 months. 
Massachusetts, E. P. Felt (June 23): Injury to small pines by pales weevil 
(K. pales Ebst.) reported from eastern Massachusetts. 
ITew York. E. ?. Felt (July 24): Injury by H. pales found in the top of a 
small pine tree at Cornwall. 
AIT APHID ( Pjncus pinifoliae Fitch) 
West Virginia. F. W. C r a,ig (Jetne 28): Specimens taken from pine trees in 
Greenbrier County. (Dot. by P. W. Mason.) 
