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especially throughout Washington, Hancock, and Waldo Counties. 
In some localities in Washington County 75 percent of the 
beech foliage was affected, while in the vicinity of Liberty, 
Waldo County, the amount of foliage skeletonized ranged from 
only 10 to 25 percent. 
BIRCH 
BRONZED BIRCH BORER ( Agrilus anxius Gory) 
Maine. J. Y. Schaffner, Jr. (October 24): Extensive mortality of 
mature yellow and white birch observed in the southern part 
of Aroostook County, near Smyrna Mills. 
Vermont. H. L. Bailey (October 26): Damage severe in yellow birch 
in forest areas about Ripton, Addison County, western part of 
the State. 
BIRCH SKELETONIZED ( Bucculatrix canadensi sella Chamb.) 
New York. R. E. Horsey (October l6): A number of river birch in 
an ornamental planting in Rochester noted with leaves badly 
skeletonized, although no live insects were found. 
A MEi/BRACID ( Platycotis vittata F. ) 
Virginia. C. R. Willey and F. R. Freund (October 9): Damaging white 
birch at Locustdale. 
AN APHID ( C alaphi s botulae Buckton) 
New Jersey. M. D. Leonard (October 17) : Many white and gray birch 
trees at Ridgewood, commonly infested earlier in the year and 
during the last several years usually considerably infested 
in the fall, seem to have been almost devoid of this aphid 
for some time. 
APHIDS (Aphiidae) 
Utah. G, F. Knowlton (September 23): Rather abundant on a few 
weeping birch trees at Hooper and Ogden. 
BOXELDEP. 
BOXELDER BUG ( Leptocoris trivittatus Say) 
Pennsylvania. C. A. Thomas (October 25): A heavy infestation is 
occurring at Coatesville, Chester County, where damage to box- 
elders has been caused. At present they are to be found in 
