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rOREST AND SHADE-TREE INSECTS 
EALL CANKERWORIv'I ( Alsophila pometar ia Harr , ) 
General. E. P. Pelt (Eebruary 24): Eggs reported as locally abundant in 
southwestern New England, southeastern New York, and in New Jersey. 
New Jersey. E. A. Soraci (Decemher 4, 1939) 5 Adults observed in great 
numbers in Hergen County, especially along the Palisades. 
SPRING CANKERfORM ( Paleacrita vernata Peck) 
Missouri. L. Haseman (Eebruary 23) ! Diggings in central Missouri on 
Eebruary 10 indicate tha,t the males are ready to emerge, but none 
have been observed. A pupa brought into the laboratory at Columbia 
emerged in 24 hours. 
A CERAMBYCID ( Rhagium lineatum Oliv. ) 
Mississippi. D. W. Grimes (Eobrua,ry 23)': Live larvae and pupae found 
under the bark of a dead pine tree in Holmes County late in October 1939 • 
SNOWY TREE CRICKET ( Pecan thus nivetis Deg. ) 
New Jersey. E. P. Eelt (Eebruary 24): Reported as somewhat generally 
injuring the sma,ll twigs of purple beech in Princeton. 
A MITE ( Eriophyes ceanothi Keifer) 
Oregon. S. C, Jones and E. B. Badley (Eebruary 19): Common on cinnamon 
bush ( Ceanothus volutinus ) in Lincoln County in coast -range. (Dot. 
by H. H. Keifer.") 
ASH 
BANDED ASH BORER ( Nooclytus capraea Say) 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (Eebrioary 20): Specimens, taken from an ash block 
in Cedar County, were sent in on January I 5 . 
LILAC BORER ( Podosesia syringae Harr.) 
Pennsylvania. E. P. Pelt (Eebruary 24): Ash borers, possibly this species, 
reportea as injuriously abundant on ash trees In the Philadelphia area. 
CARPENTER W0E14 ( Prionoxystus robinjae Peck) 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (Eebruary 20): Complaints of attacks on ash trees 
received from Wayne County on December 22, 1939, from Kearney County 
on January 30, and Irom Saunders County on Eobruary 12. 
