-50. 
A WEEVIL ( Dorytomus nucidus S ay) 
Oklahoma. F. A. Fenton (March 24)} Reported at Perkins, Payne County. 
OBSCURE SCALE ( Chrys omphalus obscurus Const.) 
Pennsylvania. E. ?. Felt (March 2l): Somewhat abundant on branches of horse- 
*• chestnut at Chester. * 
OAK 
A GALL MIDGE ( Callirhyt is flavohirta Beutn. ) 
New York, E. P. Felt (March 21-) i Twigs of swamp white oak at Northport , Long 
Island, showed extreme infestation. Galls broadly oval, about l/S inch 
in diameter, and containing living maggots.' 
CARPENTER NORM ' ( Prionoxys tus robiniae Puck) 
Massachusetts. S. ?. Felt (March 2l): Found in some numbers infesting an 
English oak at Orleans. 
PIKE 
PIKE HEEDLS SCALE ( Chionaspis pinifoliae Fitch) 
Now Jersey. M. D. Leonard (March 25) i Considerable infestation observed on 
needles of a. large ornamental Norway pine in a garden at Haddonfield, 
Maryland. E. N. Cory (February 28): Infestation on white pine observed at 
Baltimore. 1 
BARK BEETLES ( l£§. spp. ) 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (March 24); Pine infested with I_. avulsus Eich. and jt. 
calligraphus Germ, received from Morton in November 1938 and from Laurel 
in February* 
INSECTS AFFECTING GREENHOUSE 
AND ORNAMENTAL PLANTS 
COMMON RED SPIDER ( Tet ranychus telarius L» ) 
Mississippi. C. Lvle (March 24): Infested plants received from Coffeeville and 
McCcmb in November 193& and from Magnolia in March. ' Plants injured were 
arborvitae, camellia, and pyracantha. Reports of injury received from 
Corinth, Inverness, and Meridian. 
