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ELM SCURFY SCALE ( Chionaspis americana Johns.) 
Tennessee. G. M. Bentley (April 19): Collected on twig at Memphis* (Det. hy H. 
Morrison. ) 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (April 20 ) : Specimen of infested twig received from 
Antelope County on March 21. : ... 
ASH 
' BANDED ASH BORER ( Neoclytus capreae Say) 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (April 20)i Specimens sent in from Cuming County on April 
IT. 
A 'CLIMBING CU1W0RM ( Leuconemis sp. ) • 
Arizona. C. D. Lebert (April 10)j At Phoenix these climbing cutworms appear about 
April 1 every ye.ar; hide out in the daytime under the rough bark; and dur- 
ing the night riddle new foliage of ash trees. First observed in 1931 or 
1932 . 
ELDERBERRY 
AN APHID ( Aphis sambucif oliae Fitch) 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (April 2l): Specimens feeding on elderberry received from 
Yazoo City. 
OAK 
AN OAK LEAF MINER (Buprestidae) 
South Carolina. J» G. Watts (April 7 )! Adult stage observed on post oak at 
Blackville. 
PINE 
EUROPEAN PINE SHOOT MOTH ( Rhyacionia buo liana Schiff.) 
Michigan. E. I, McDaniel (April 19) : Several specimens taken from mugho pine 
in Detroit. Insect qv.ite troublesome on ornamental evergreens in the 
vicinity of Detroit last year. 
A SAWFLY ( Neodiprion sertif er Geoff. ) 
New Jersey. F. A. Soraci (May l): Eggs had begun hatching at Gladstone on April 
29. Eggs plentiful on a small planting of Pinus ponderosa . the first record 
01 occurrence on this pine. Also found on P. res inosa and P. sylvestris . A 
few^ eggs found on Austrian pine (P. nigra). Control measures to be used 
within a few days on the whole forest planting of about 22 acres. 
