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of Rochester that was formerly a nursery and a large amount of elm brush 
and trees \irere found to have the characteristic holes in the' young ' 
leaves and fresh-laid eggs. A number of beetles were caught in the 
house the past week# 
E. A. Back (May 26) : Annoying in households at Millbrook, 
Dutchess County, and Hyack, Rockland County, on April 25, at Tarrytown, 
Westchester County, on April 26, at Yonkers on April 24, at Irving- 
on- Hudson on April 24, at Rev/ York City on April 20, at Montgomery, 
Orange County, on May l4, at Millbrook on May 17, at Washington on 
May 19, and at Thornwood, Westchester County, on May 26# 
Hew Jersey. C. L. Griswold (May 26) : Adults out of hibernation in Morristown 
vicinity were first observed on April 15, which is nearly 4 weeks earlier 
than last year when adults were observed on May 12. Eirst oviposition 
of the season was noted on May 7* 
E. A. Back (May 26): Annoying in households at Madison on April 22, 
at Montclair on May 17, at Morristown on May l4, and at East Orange on 
May 16. 
Pennsylvania. E. A. Back (May 26) : Annoying in households at Pottotown on 
May 5, at Dillsburg, York County, on April JO, at Philadelphia on 
May 19 and 26, and at Washington Crossing on May 26. 
Maryland. E. IT. Cory (April 24); Egg laying observed today at College 
Park OH elms. 
SMALLER EUROPEALT ELM BARE BEETLE ( Scolytus multistriatus Mersham) 
Hew Jersey and Hew York. C. W. Collins, et al. (May l4) ; Emergence and 
activity of bark beetles was noted to be at least 2 weeks earlier this 
year than last. On May 1 emergence of this species was observed in 
southern Hew Jersey and at Peekskill, H# Y. 
HATIVE ELI-2 BARK BEETLE ( Kylurgopinus ruf ipes Eich.) 
Hew Jersey. C. W. Collins, et al. (May l4) ; Overwintering adults were' 
observed on April 11; eggs in new maternal galleries were seen on 
April 23* 
ELM LEAF MUTER ( Agromyza ulmi Erost) 
Connecticut. E. P# Eelt (May 23): Although a native insect and reported as 
common in Pennsylvania, has been noted for the first time in southwestern 
Connecticut! it is apparently somewhat common though not especially 
injurious. 
ELM COCKSCOMB GALL ( Colopha ulmi cola Eitch) 
Delaware. L. A. Stearns (April 24): Hoted on elm at Eelton in Kent County. 
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