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Indiana. l>. Steiner (June 24): Caused serious dancafic to xirillows throu{^out 
Vincennes and surroundinf~ arc<?.s durin,:^ the la,st 6 weeks, 
Michigan, H, Hutson (June 22); Heported fron Detroit, Lansing, and St, Johns. 
eOTTOMOOD DHETLE ( Chrysor.icla scripta D.) 
Virginia. L. A, Hetrick (June 24); •'^dults ahundrnt on v/illows at V/est Point on 
June 12, 
Kontucl^. A. Price (June 27 )l Much damage to x^^illov/s at Danville, Mayfield, 
and Louisville, 
A SCALE ( Ohio nasi) is salicisHiigrao Walsh) 
Michigan, H, Hutson (June 22); Deported fron St. Johns, Leslie, East La.nsing, 
and Detroit,' This insect is heconing of increasing econonic inportcjico 
where willov/s are used for ivindhreaks, 
A 'GALL MIDGE ( Dhah dophaga sp, ) 
Gcncra.1, E, ?, Felt (June 25): Found injurious to willow tvrigs. Wood so thick- 
ly studded with the larval cells as to practically girdle and kill hranchej 
in Stanford, Conn., and Princeton, H, J, 
niSECTS PDSEDIl'IG IH KUDDIC.dm-FELLED TIISEH IH iPEW EITGIAHD 
Dy E, A, Bess 
Sovercal nillions hoard feet of tinker were hlov/n down in Hew England hy a 
hurricane in Soptenher 193S, Imodiatc stops were taken and large quantities 
of this tinker were salvaged keforc it was danaged appreciakly ky insects, Ok- 
servations arc keing na.de on the important species encountered ajid some of the 
more econonic ones arc discussed kelow. 
In salva,ging the hurric.ano-fellcd pine tinker, roundhoaded korors (Ceran- 
kycidae) were the most important insects concerned. Logs heavily attacked ky 
certain species of roundJaeaded korers are rendered -practically worthless within 
a comparatively short tine, Monochanus scutoiPatus Say rates first in economic 
inportruce a,nd is exceptionally abundant this sea.son, A large part of the pres- 
ent population kred in larger links and tops of hurricane-felled trees, and. in 
the snaller-dinension material in the xi^ind-throvm forests. Large nunkers of 
Asenum . moestu n Eald., kred last season in stumps auid larger logs. It is import- 
ant economically, because rather extensive tunnels are made through the sapwood 
and heartwood. Several spjecinens of T etr opium c i nnamop t e run I'Poy, , Graph i surus 
sp,, ajid Dha g ium lincatum Oliv, ha-ve keen okservcdi., Flathea.d.cd. korers ( Juprosti- 
dae) arc akund.ant, but since their tunnels are confined to the cambium and outer 
sapvrood they have d,one little d.anago to the hurricane-felled tinker. 
Bark beetles (Scolytidne) were found a.ttacking this timber. They confine 
their feeding to the cambium, causing no direct damage to the potential lumber, 
but v;ood-staining fungi are often introduced ky certaun species, Ips cadll- 
graphus Germ,, I_, pini Dendroctonus va.lons Lee,, and. Pityopthorus sp, (?) 
