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, A SAVPLY ( Gilpinia frutetorum S’. ) ■ 
Connecticut. J. V. Schaffner, Jr, (August X): Infestation in a red pine planta- 
tion at Litchfield, which has "been under observation since September 193^t 
increased considerably in 1940. Larvae are solitary in habits and diffi- 
cult to find Uiiless rather abundant, because their color blends with that of 
the foliage. On August 1, 500 full-grovm larvae were collected in this in- 
festation in less than an ho\u:, by beating the branches, 
RED-HEiU3SD PIKE SiimY ( Keodiprion lecontel Pitch) 
Virginia. L, A, Hetrick (August 24); First generation sent in from Richmond 
County on July 26 and reported as feeding on a young loblolly pine. Larvae 
noted at several points in the tidewater area within the last month, Hot 
abundant enough at present to cause losses of young pines, 
A SAWPLY ( Keodigrien pine turn Kort,) 
Vermont, H, L, Bailey (August): Specimens received from Corinth and East 
Randolph, Orange County, eastern Vermont, with reports of defoliation. 
Correction ^ — The note on page 350 of Insect Pest Survey bulletin dated 
August 1, 1940 , on the pine sawfly, Acantholyda ery throe ephala L, , should 
read "Pennylx’ania,, C, L, Opigyrold (July 19)j Larvae found feeding * * 
l/HITE PIKE \VEEVIL ( Pissodes strobi Peck)- 
New England, E, P, Pelt (August 26); Moderately a,bundant in small white pines 
in southern New England and southeastern New York, 
Minnesota. M. W, Wing (August 15)» Present on white pine at Nisswa, Stoney 
Point, Bock, and Saint Paul, , . 
PjILES V/E3VIL ( Hylobius pales Hbst,) 
New Hampshire and Massachusetts, J. V, Schaffner, Jr, (August 24); Reported 
that a_ revceht_ study ^of the injury this season to natural white pine seed- 
lings in hurrica,ne-fellcd stands in Massachusetts and New Hampshire indicate? 
little damage was caused this season. In a stand at 
Coldbrook, Mass., ho\-ever, about 50 percent of the seedlings died this 
season as a result of injury. 
A SCOLYTID ( Pityophthorus ramiperda Swaine) 
Maine. H. B. Peirson (August I 9 ); Pine twig beetle somewhat abundant in central 
aine, tunnelling in tips of v;hite mine twigs and causing them to die and 
brown, ' 
