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A PIHE SA’i'/PLY ( lilGodiprion amoricnimm Lcnch.) 
Virginia, L. A, Hetrick (Maj.’’ 25): Ovcrv/intcrcd eggs started hatching in the 
field on May 3» Larvae in fourth insta,r on May 25* Defoliation hecoraing 
noticoahle. Infestation is no\ir kr-oxim from Caroline, King rud Q,uoen, King 
William, and Mathews Counties, 
EED-HEiiDED PIHE SAWPLY ( Ncodiprion locontoi Pitch) 
Alabama, G. M, Bontloy (May 7): Specimens collected at Wilson Dam, Larvae 
taken from overwintered la.rvr-1 ca.se s found in duff undernocath short-leaf 
and loblolly pines. Dipterous para.sites reared from them identified by 
D, G, Ha.ll as Spathimeigenia spinigera. Tov\rns, and Phorocora sp,; hyracnop- 
terous parasites identified by R. A. Cushman a.s Spilocryptus lophyri Hort, 
and Stylocryptus subclavatus Sa.y, 
A PIEE ROOT \i/EEVIL ( Hylobius ra.dicis Buck.) 
General, E, P, Pelt (Ma.y 23): Becoming somox^hat generally estr.blished in 
scaktered aroa,s in soutlwcstern How England and in southeastern Hew York, 
working particularly on Scotch and Austrian pines and in some cases ser- 
iously dama-ging a considerable proportion of the planting, 
PALES ICEEVIL ( Hylobius panics Hbst,) 
Massachusetts, A, I, Bourne (May 24): Several samples of characteristic injur;, 
on branches of pine received from various parts of the State, 
\iFESTERlT PIKE BEETLE ( Pendroctonus brevicomis Lee.) 
V/a.shington, R, P, Benson (May 9): Yellovi pine trees attacked in the Elberton 
area, where light damage has occurred, 
PINE BARK APHID ( Pinous strobi Htg, ) 
General, E, P, Pelt (May 23): Somev;ho,t common in the area about Boston, Mass,, 
and also in southwestern How England, 
Maryland, E, H, Cory (May 23): Attacking v/hito pine at Hyattsville, 
Michigan. R, Hutson (May 2l): Reported in Three Pdvers, Jackson, and Kalamano'; 
PIHE SPITTLE BUG ( Aphrophora parallola . Say) 
Pennsylvania, G, B, Slcesman (May 24): Hea.v;' infestations occurring on pine 
trees in both nursery-row and forest plantings. Severe damage noted last 
fall, 
COOLEY’S SPRUCE GALL ( Adclgos cooloyi Gill.) 
Utah, G, P, Knowlton (Ma;/ lO): Reported as damaging needles at Ogden, Last 
year they caused pine-cone galls on Colorado blue spruce and white spruce. 
