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IIACiQmu'Y 
HED-H.SADSD ASH BOHER (iT eocly tu s acutn inattiT:- F . .) 
T’ebraskn,. M* H* SvTenk (Octobar i'l): HriCkbsrry trees in Harlan County 
^usre rej!orted to be infected on September 23» 
iiACICBRHRY ’'"IPPLE GALL ( Pachypsylla celtld.is-nainma R iley) 
Nebraska. M, H, Swenk (October ?l): Specimens of ha.ckberry leaves 
received from HarlH,n County on September 2o. Leaves showed 
deformation produced by this f?a.ll insect. 
LARCH 
SAHRLIES ( PLa'tyci'^mpus spp.) 
Idaho* J. C, Evenden (October) ; I)urin£; the, la si- s^-ason Platyfcanpus 
laricivorus Rohw. anc3 Ivtidd. and P. l.aricie Robw* and Midd, ’.vere 
'a>g-‘in recorcGd in er-idemic numbers on western Ic.rch no,n-’r Gr nite, 
Bonner County. A previous outbreak of these insects was recorded 
from the 1. boratory at Comr d'Alene, Kootenai County,' in 1921. 
The following season t'nis severe epidemic rvar. so effectively re- 
duced. by the natural elements of control fr\a,t there wa,s no evidence 
of its existence. Apparently this condition is to be repeat<^n with 
the preseni outbreak, for, although there were Dyria.ns of larvae 
present within this area, during the last season, onlv a ve™/ few 
nverv,'inte-i.’ir!g cocoons can now be found. - . - ■ 
LOCUST 
LOCUST LFA? MIKER ( Chalepus dorsalis Tiaxnb. ) 
Rhode Island, A, E, Stene (October Po): About as abur;d.a.nt ■>?. last 
sumr.ier. 
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AN OAK G.^OLL ( Philonix rezomachoides 0, S.) 
Massachusetts, .E, P, Pelt (October 22)’ Ivbder.ritely abundant in eastern 
ilaesachu setts. In no instance was it definitely associated 
with meteriv-1 injury to its host plant, 
Iowa, E, P, Pelt (October 22): Reported as numerous at Sioux City, 
BORERS (Prionidae) 
Rhode Island. A, E, Stene (October ?b): Uprooting of trees in Providence 
by the recent hurricane disclosed considerable damage to oaks from 
a large root borer, probably o orionid. 
