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POPLAR 
COTTONWOOD LEAF BEETLE ( Chrysomela . scrip ta P.) 
Worth Dakota. J, A. Mur.ro (July 20): Rejjorted as abundant in western 
Dunn County, and at Streeter, Stutsman County. 
VAGABOND GALL ( Mordwilko ja vagabunda Walsh) 
South Dakota. H. C. Severin (July IS): Present in unusual numbers on poplar. 
TULIP TREE SCALE ( 'Toumeyella liriodendri Gmel.) 
Virginia. C. R. Willey and E. R. Ereund (July): A scattering of seedling 
trees of tulip poplar found infested in a field, which had been an 
old nursery block, in Fairfax County on June 27. A large tulip tree 
found very heavily infested on July 7 north of Richmond. 
A TERMITE ( Reticulitermes flavipes Koll.) 
Connecticut. A. W. Morrill, Jr. (July 17) : Feeding on poplar seedlings 
in Windsor. 
SPRUC E 
SPRUCE BUDWORM ( Cacoecia fumiferana Clem. ) 
Wisconsin. E. L. Chambers (July 24): Again quite abundant in Douglas and 
Washburn Counties, defoliating balsam and spruce in quite large areas. 
Minnesota. A. G. Ruggles (July 20): Moderately abundant. 
A SPRUCE GALL APHID ( AdeTjgog cooleyi Gill.) 
Washington. E. P. Keen (June 26) : Abundant on Sitka and Engelmann spruces 
in arboretum at Wind River Experimental Forest. Galls ready to open 
on June 10. Eggs and young found under cottony tufts on Douglas-fir 
needles at Mineral on June 15 . 
EUROPEAN SPRUCE SAWELY ( Diprion polytomum Htg.) 
Vermont. H. L. Bailey (July 25): High percentage of first-brood larvae had 
made cocoons by July 19 in the vicinity of Wilmington, Windham County, 
southern Vermont. 
SPRUCE MITE ( Paratotranychus uniunguis Jacobi) 
South Dakota. H. C. Severin (July IS): Abundant and considerable damage 
done to spruce trees. 
