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COMSTOCK'S MEALYBUG ( Pseudococcus comstocki Kuw.) 
Ohio. E. W. Mendenhall (August 4); Some damage to catalpa leaves in a 
street planting in Columbus. (Det. by J. S. Houser.) 
CHESTNUT 
A CHESTNUT APHID ( Calaphis castaneae Fitch) 
New Jersey. M. D» Leonard (August 10): A number of head-high chestnut 
seedlings examined at Ridgewood, and 2 or 3 slates and about 6 
apterae found on the undersides of leaves. 
CYPRESS 
A CYPRESS MOTH ( Argyresthia cupressella Wlsm. ) 
Washington. M. J. Forsell (June 30) : Cypress moths from the Montlake 
district of Seattle, where this pest is very destructive. (Det. by 
A. Busck.) 
ELM 
ELM LEAF BEETLE ( Galerucella xanthomelaena Schr.) 
Massachusetts. A. I. Bourne (August 22): Very severe damage caused in 
towns in eastern part of the State, especially in Norfolk, Bristol, 
and Plymouth Counties. 
C. N. Smith (July 23) : Extensive destruction of, foliage of 
elm shade trees at Vineyard Haven, on Martha's Vineyard. 
Connecticut. P. Wallace (July IS): Complete skeletonization of leaves 
of a few elms in various towns. Nowhere serious except on a few 
individual trees. Noted in Derby, Shelton, Branford, Ansonia, 
Woodbury, Cornwall, and Seymour. 
New York. C. W. Collins and R. T. Webber (August 19): Noted to be 
causing severe injury to elm foliage in some localities of Rockland, 
Orange, and Dutchess Counties, eastern New York. 
Pennsylvania. L. E. Dills (August 23): Increased in the northeastern 
counties this year, and second-brood adults observed during July. 
Virginia. A. M. Woodside (August 21): Common in Augusta County and has 
caused considerable damage to elms. 
Ohio. J. S. Houser (July 31) : Recently found at Bluff ton, 60 miles 
from the northern boundary of the State. This is the farthest ' 
north the insect has been discovered. 
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