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A SAWFLY ( Acantholyd a erythrocephala L. ) 
Now Jersey. F. A. Soraci (May l): Adult found on Pinus res in os a at Gladstone on 
April 29 • 
PINE NEEDLE SCALE ( Chionaspis pinifollae F itchy 
Connecticut and New York: E. P. Felt (April 22): Somewhat connon in southwestern 
Connecticut and southeastern New Y 0 rk on Austrian and mugho pines. 
Nehraska. M. H. Swenk (April 20): Report from Lincoln County on March 21 of in- 
festation of two 15 - year-old spruce trees. 
APHIDS (Aphiidae) 
Connecticut and New York. E. P. Felt (April 22): Eggs of the hr own pine aphid 
( Lachnus sp.) somewhat abundant on needles of Austrian and white pines in 
southwestern Connecticut and southeastern New York. 
Nehraska. M. H. Swenk "(April 20): ..Aphids reported as infesting needles of Scotch 
pine in Morrill County on March 21. 
A NEEDLE MINER ( Marmara sp'. ) 
North Carolina. B. H. Wilford (March 31 ) J Some old mines and a few fresh ones 
observed at Asheville, in small white pines under hardwood cover. Both 
prepupal larvae and pupae found, : 
SPRUCE 
SPRUCE NEEDLE MINER ( Taniva albolineana Kearf . ) 
Michigan. E. I, McDaniel (April 19) t Reported from Ypsilanti, where spruce trees 
15 feet high and over are badly infested. 
SPRUCE MITE ( Pa. rat etranychus uniunguis Jacobi) 
Michigan. R. Hutson (April 22): Mites observed on spruce at South Haven, Grand 
Rapids, Kalamazoo, and Detroit, 
INSECTS AFFECTING GREENHOUSE 
AND ORNAMENTAL PLANTS 
GREEN JUNE BEETLE ( Cotinis nitida L. ) 
Tennessee. L. B. Scott (April l4)» Normally abundant in Montgomery County, north- 
central Tennessee. Damage to lawns is from moderate to severe. 
