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SYCAMORE 
SYCAMORE LEAF ROLLER ( Ancylis platanana Clem. ) 
Connecticut. M. P. Zappo (September 20) : Larvae very abundant on sycamore 
trees throughout the State. On some trees nearly 50 percent of the leaves 
have been rolled and eaten. 
A TUSSOCK MOTH ( Halisidota sp.) 
New Jersey, Delaware, and Virginia. H. W. Allen (September l6): Widespread 
and severe defoliation of sycamores noted in Accomac and Northampton 
Counties, Va. t and, considerable feeding on the same trees in Delaware 
and southern New Jersey, caused by two species of caterpillars. The one 
chiefly responsible for the damage is Halisidota sp., presumably harri si 
Walsh. (Det. by C. Heinrich.) 
TULIPTREE 
A LEAP MINER ( Phyllocnistis liriodendrella Clem.) 
New Hampshire. E. P. Pelt (September 23): Pound in small numbers on tulip- 
trees at Center Harbor, Belknap County. 
WALNU T 
WALNUT CATERPILLAR ( Da tana integers oa G. & R. ) 
Ohio. T. H. Parks (September 23): Serious defoliation to walnut. 
Iowa. C. J. Drake (September 15) : Reported as defoliating walnut trees in 
every county of the State. 
WILLOW 
POPLAR AND WILLOW BORER ( Cryptorhynchus lapathi L.) 
Oregon. D. C. Mote (September): Adults emerged in August in the Willamette- 
Columbia River bottom in normal abundance. Damage severe on flood— land 
willow. 
AN APHID ( Melanoxantherium smithiae Monell) 
Indiana. J. J. Davis (September 27): Damaging willow in many places through- 
out the State. 
A GALL INSECT ( Rhabdophaga strobiloides Walsh) 
Nebraska. M. H. Swonk (September 20): Pound on willow in Antelope County 
on September 5* 
