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SPRUCE 
SITKA. SPRUCE BEETLE ( Pendroc tonus oBesus Mann* ) 
Alaska. E. P. Keen (EeBruary l6); According to report, the only known 
infestation of any magnitude in Alaska, as of Novemher I 5 . 1939 » is 
one in the Kodiak-Afognak group of islands, at the extreme edge of 
tree growth in Alaska. Hasty inspection this summer indicated that 
the infestation is subsiding somewhat but is still very extensive, 
although the infestation has not aroused much interest owing to the 
rare use and the poor gra.de of timber in this locality. 
COOLEY'S SPRUCE GALL ( Adelges cooleyi Gill.) 
New York, E. P. Pelt (Eebruary 24): Somewhat provaJent at Chappaqua. 
Pennsylvania. G. B. Sleesman (Eebruary 19) *• Very heavy on blue spruce 
, and Pouglas fir in the Philadelphia area. 
EASTERN SPRUCE GALL APHID ( Adelges abiotis L.) 
Pennsylvania. G. B. Sleesman (Eebruary 19)5 Very abundant on Norway spruce. 
Common in eastern Pennsylvania. 
TULIPTREE 
TULIP TREE SCALE ( Touacyclla liriodendri Gmel.) 
Connecticut. E. P. Eelt (Eobru'-.r:/ 24); Somewhat abiindant in the Stamford 
area, and in one locality generally infested with a fungus, probably 
a species of Aschorsonia . 
WILLOW 
CURRiiNT STEM GIRDLER ( J anus integer Nort,) • 
Pennsylvania. G. B. Sleesman (Ecbrun.ry 19)! Willow sawfly very abundant 
on basket and other species of willow in ttio Philadelphia area. 
