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or less in the open; however, it is a, serious pest in pine plantations. One 
observer reported that a red pine plantation of 20 acres in Franklin County, 
F. Y., was entirely ruined during' the last 2 years by this insect. Some seri- 
ous defoliation in pine plantations was also reported in several counties in 
northern Few York, and in Bennington County, Vt. 
A FED FIFE SAFELY 
An undescribed species of Feodiprion ha,s been causing considerable con- 
cern to' owners of red pine plantations in rather widely separated localities ir 
Few Hampshire, Vermont, and Massachusetts since 1935* It caused some serious 
defoliation in the spring of 1940 in a few plantations in Massachusetts, Few 
Hampshire, and Few York,, and in one natural stand of red pine at G-roton, Mass. 
(R. C. Brown, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, U. S. D. A.) 
LARCH SAWELY 
The outbreak of the eastern larch sawfly ( Fematus (Lygaeonematus ) erich- 
sonii Hartig) , , which appeared near the Canadian border in t he Blackfeet Ration- 
e,l Forest in 1933 » has spread southward. La.st season infested areas were 
recorded on the Coeur d’Alene Rationed. Forest, v;here the defoliation was quite 
severe. (J. C. Evcndcn, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, U. S. D. A. 
EOREST TEFT CATERPILLAR 
Observations made and reports received in 1940 indicate that the outbreak, 
which has been rampant throughout the southern half of Vermont and the western 
part of Massachusetts since 1935» has now subsided. The defoliation in 1940 
ha.s been rather light and the infestations extremely local, except in an area 
in western Massachusetts near the Few York line, where the- feeding wa.s rather 
heavy over a considerable area, particularly in the town of Richmond. Reports 
from Few York indicate that severe defoliation occurred in Madison, Chenango, 
Otsego, Delaware, Sullivan, and Broome Counties. Many areas in woodlands and 
maple groves ranging from about 5 to 100 acres or more in extent were from 75 
to 90 percent defoliated. (R. C. Brown, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quaran- 
tine, U. S. D. A. ) 
TEFT CATERPILLARS 
Outbreaks . were widespread in Oregon during 19 40. Defoliations were 
reported on many broad-leaved tree species, including alder, willow, poplar, 
cherry, and apple. (F. P. Keen, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, 
U. S. D. A.) 
An epidemic of Malacosoma fragilis (Stretch) on bitterbrush ( Purshia 
tridentata. ) on the Deschutes Rational For~st, Orog. , reported in 1939 was 
brought under control by natural factors. In 1940 there was little evidence 
of the severe defoliation which has characterized the infested area during 
the last 2 yeans. (F. P. Keen, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, 
U. S. D. A.) 
