Kentucky, V. A, Price (May 30)» 'Very abundant in fe'entral Kentucky on elm, 
hackberry, locust, and wild cherry, 
Michigan, R, Hutson (May 21 ): Pa,ll cankerworms numerous on elms in East Lansing 
Iowa, C, J, Drake (May 2l): Canlcerv/orms reported in scattered localities over 
the State, Most of them seem to he the fall or spring cankerx-'rorm hut some 
specimens belong to other species, 
Missouri, L, Haseraan (May 2l); Unusually severe infestation, 'which seems to he 
general throughout most of the State, has already begun to show up v;ith 
severe shredding of the foliage, especially on' elms and \intror.tcd fruit tree 
North Drkota, J, A, Munro (May 23)j Adults of the spring cankerv/orm observed 
ascending trees late in April in the vicinity of Eargo, 
Nebraska. M, H. Sv/enk (May ll)i Eirst report of defoliation of trees by P, 
vernata received on May 11 from Eurnas County, whoro some 15-yoar-old 
American elms wore being attacked, 
Kansas, H, J, Hungerford (May 20); ‘ P, vernata is doing little domage in Law- 
rence, but is fairly ab\mdrnt in some spots in the surrounding country, 
ELM SPAIWOEM ( Ennomos subsignarius Hbn, ) 
Connecticut, G. H. Plumb (May 21); Tliis is the third year that this infestation 
in a red maple-oln-yellov/ birch sv/amp at Monroe has boon under observation. 
Larvae hatched v/ithin the last few days end nahy leaves alrce.d;^'’ have had 
small holes eaten in them. They appeared to be most ebundant on elm, 
PALE TUSSOCK MOTH ( Halisidota tcssellaris A. & S.) 
Georgia, T. L. Bissell (May 2S); Large numbers of raths are coning to lights at 
Experiment, central Georgia, 
GYPSY MOTH ( Porthotrj a dispar L., ), , , ■ 
Maine, E, H. Lathrop (May l6): Eirst eggs obseryed hatching at Monmouth, 
Kennebec. County, This is about 4 days earlier than last year, Egg masses 
abundant in some places in the woods, 
Vermont, S. S, Crossman (May 4): In tho township of Salisbury, Addison County, 
an infestation v/as located about 1,700 feet from an assembling cage at v/hich 
one male gypsy noth was token last summer, 
H, L, Bailey (May 23); Newly hatched larvae were found clustered on egg 
masses in Putney and Bra-ttlcboro, Windh.an County, on May 18, Some larvae 
were feeding on lev/ folio.go at Vernon on May IS in the sduthoastern part of 
Vermont, Eair hatch observed a.t Putney from egg masses well above snow lino 
