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H. R. Hungerford (May 22): Scattered reports of severe 
local infestation of spring cankerworn at Kansas City; at Law- 
rence injury is severe in small areas. 
J. R. Horton (May 6): Spring cankerworns Began to appear 
in considerable numbers at Wichita almost as soon as the trees 
began to come into leaf. A large percentage of street and yard 
elm and maple trees all over the city now almost completely de- 
foliated. Webbing very conspicuous. Similar outbreak last year 
stopped short of extensive defoliation such as this. 
FOREST TENT CATERPILLAR ( Malacosoma disstria Hbn. ) 
General. E. P. Felt (May 23): Hatched in southwestern Hew England, 
and westerly from Pittsfield, Mass., to Syracuse, N. Y. Proba- 
bilities favor serious though spotted injury in this territory. 
Vermont. J. V. Schaffner, Jr. (May 23): In Vermont and western 
Massachusetts, where there have been outbreaks during the last 
3 or 4 years, although egg clusters are still very common in 
many localities, infestation in general has decreased considerably. 
Counts ma.de in several widely separated localities indicate the 
average egg deposit in 1933 as 50 percent less than in 1937* 
Eggs still rather abundant in some localities. Infestation heavy 
on a great many shade trees in Barre. Hatching was unusually late 
this year; not general in this area until the first week in May. 
Pennsylvania. H. E. Hodgkiss (May IS): Observed on forest trees in 
Wyoming County on April 26. 
South Carolina. W. C. Hetties (May 22): Tupelo gun trees defoliated 
in the eastern part of the State. 
Oregon. S. C. Jones (May 15): In the Tennessee Valley district of Linn, 
Lane, and Marion Counties, number of tents per prune tree from 17 
to 55, averaging more than 30, in April and to the present. Mostly 
full grown. Some eggs just beginning to hatch, however. The coast 
tent caterpillar (M. pluvial is Dyar) is the principal species in 
this district, but the forest tent caterpillar* is also present. 
Parasitization high and many diseased. Other hosts infested are 
cherry, pear, apple, and filbert. Much more abundant than last year. 
GREAT BASIN TENT CATERPILLAR ( Malacosoma fragilis Stretch) 
California. K. A. Salman (May 13): On April IS small tents and cater- 
pillars found to be abundant on bitter brush ( Purshia tridentata) 
near Hall's Flat, Lassen County. Last outbreak on this area noted 
in 1930. 
TENT CATERPILLARS ( Mala cosoma spp . ) 
Utah. G. F. Knowlton and F. C. Harmston (May 8): Entire groves of trees 
at Rockville and Springdale, southern Utah, largely stripped of leaves. 
