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lowa. H. E. Jaqucs (June): Noted in Jasper County. 
Nebraska. U. H. Swenk (June 20) : American elm trees in Cheyenne and 
Lincoln Counties reported as infested on June 3 and 9, respectively. 
Idaho. R. A. Fisher (June 9): Many elm trees generally over the State 
severely damaged. 
Utah. G. F. Knowlton (June 13): Is damaging trees at Salt Lake 
and Logan. 
HICKORY 
HICKORY BARK BEETLE ( Scolytus auadrispinosus Say) 
Maryland. R. A. St. George (June 8): About 12 or 15 hickory trees 
containing broods in Bethcsda are in a dead and dying condition. 
Some emergence already but most of brood in nature larval stage. 
Others as smaller larvae, or pupae, and maturing adults. A few 
trees with dead tops and their partially developed foliage on 
mid-crown with base normal. Some troes with their green tops only. 
Ambrosia beetles severely attacking parts of the trees. Located 
in Greenwich Forest area, the area about 5 years old. Cutting 
streets, excavating for cellars, and a prolonged deficit of rain 
may have helped weaken the trees so that they became attractive 
to the beetles. 
HICKORY PHYLLOXERA ( Phylloxera caryaecaulis Fitch) 
New York. R. E. Horsey (June 20): Abundant at Rochester on several 
native pignut and oval-fruited hickories. One large pignut had 
lost about half its leaves and was badly disfigured. 
LARCH 
LARCH CASE, BEARER' ( Coleophora laricella Hbn.) 
Massachusetts. A. I. Bourne (June 27): W. B. Becker noted the insect 
on larch from Salisbury on May 15 . 
New York. R. E. Horsey (June 20): Considerable damage on several 
species of larch at Rochester. 
LARCH SAWFLY ( Lygae onematus orichsonii Htg. ) 
Pennsylvania. H. E. Hodgkiss (June 22): Larvae abundant in Lacka- 
wanna County. 
WOOLLY LARCH APHID ( Chornos strobilobius Kltb.) 
New York. R. E. Horsey (June 20): More numerous than usual on several 
