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to 130 no increase over 1937 in the number of spotted fever. cases caused, by the 
hites of this tick in the eastern area, but apparently the disease was reported 
for the first time in Mississippi in 1§3^» (*• 0* Cushing, Bureau of Entomology 
and Plant Quarantine, U. S. D. A.) 
HEW RECORDS OE INSECTS 
A mite, Penthaleus major Duges, was first taken hy E. 0. Essig on March 17, 
1922 ^ near San Jose, Calif*, ’"/hero it was attacking the sprin^tail Ac h 0 rut e s 
armatus Nicolet, swarming on the surface of fresh water in a drainage ditch. 
Specimens wore sent to H. E. E ,,, ing, who identified then as Penthaleus sp* In 
the sane month L. R. Cody called Dr. Essig's attention to injuries to peas growing 
along the foothills near Wamsprings, Alameda County, Calif*, hy what appeared to 
he this species. The damage was considerable, hut was-’ restricted and for only a 
short tine, A similar infestation recurred the following year, hut none has 
heen observed since. In July 193& a small lot of the same species- was collected 
hy A. J. Nicholson at Riverside. A mounted slide of the mite was “sent to H. 
Womersley, Adelaide, Australia, hy Dr. Essig. In a letter dated July 13, 193S, 
Mr. Womersley states that the species is 1 identical with the pea mite of that 
country, P. major Duges* 
A single male moth. Las peyres ia conlferana Ratz. (det. hy C* Heinrich), 
reared from larvae horing in the hark of white pine at Hartsdalo, IT, Y,, is the 
second American specimen of this European species to he received. The first 
specimen was recorded from Cro4« River, IT, Y. , on June 27, 193^. Apparently the 
species is well established in Westchester County, 
A European leafhopper, Athysanus schenki Kirsch. (det. hy P. W. Oman), not 
previously reported from America, was collected in abundance in the Pacific North- 
west in 1935* Material in collections reveals the following American records for 
the species: (l) Idaho: Moscow, S-P-t. 30> 1927 (Schull); Moscow, Oct. 21, 1929 
(Cillett); Moscow Mountain, Sept. lU, 1931 (Gillett); Coeur d’Alene, July 9» 
1935 (Oman); Cataldo, July 9» 1935 (Oman). (2) Washin?ton: Ritzville, July S, 
1935 (Oman); south of Spokane, July 9» 1935 (Oman). (3) Oregon; Mt. Hood 
(post office), July 3, 1935 (Oman). 
One specimen, Tarachidi a heonix Dyar (det. hy J. E, G-, Clarke), a species 
of Noctuidae from Brewster County, Tex., is the first individual of this species 
recorded from the United States. In addition to the above specimen, there are 
in the National Museum the type and two other specimens, all from Mexico. 
European longhorn beetles, Stronatium fulvum Villiers (dot, by W. S. 
Eisher), were reported as having emerged from the woodwork of a living room in 
Caradon, N. J. This beetle has not been known to have become definitely estab- 
lished in the United States. 
Specimens of Dipr i on frutetorun (E. ) (det. hy Grace A, Sandhouse) from 
Lamington, N, J., was taken in litter under red pine. This apparently represents 
the first identification of the species from the United States, although one 
specimen in the National Museum labeled as being from Ithaca, IT. Y., and another 
from Rye, N. Y. f are evidently the same. These were taken in 1931 and at that 
time were identified hy W. Middleton as Diprion sp. The species has heen known 
in Canada since 193^» in the Niagara Falls area. 
