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E. W. Mendenhall (August l4) : Abundant on Chinese elms in 
nurseries at Columbus. English elms also badly infested. Second 
brood now appearing but not as bad as the first. 
Utah. C. E. Knowlton (July 3l)s Seriously damaging elms at Smithfield, 
13 trees on 1 property being largely skeletonized and every leaf 
examined conspicuously injured. 
EUROPEAN ELM SCALE ( Gossyparia spuria Mod . ) 
Indiana. J. J. Davis (August 28): Reported as abundant on elm, especially 
in the central and northern parts of the State. 
Utah. G. F. Knowlton (July 31)*' Damaging many elms at Logan, Ogden, 
and Salt Lake City. 
FIR 
A TORTRICID ( Epinotia meritana Heinr.) 
Utah. J. A. Beal (August 18): Defoliation of Abies concolor in Bryce 
Canyon National Park much more severe than in previous years. (Det. 
by D. DeLeon.) 
HICKORY 
HICKORY LEAR STEM CALL ( Phylloxera caryaecaulis Fitch) 
New Jersey. E. P. Felt (August 21): Extremely abundant on hickories 
at Short Hills. 
LARCH 
LARCH SAWFLY ( Lygaeonematus erichsonii Htg.) 
West Virginia. B, H. Wilford (August 12): Reported as causing much 
defoliation of larch on a plantation on the Monongahela National 
Forest. This insect was first noticed on larch once in 1937* In 
193S it caused only a little defoliation. (Det. by R. A. Cushman.) 
LINDEN 
LINDEN WART GALL ( Cecidomyia verrucicola 0. S.) 
New York. E. P. Felt (August 21): Extremely abundant on linden leaves 
in the vicinity of Albany. 
AN APHID ( Myzocallis tiliae L.) 
New Jersey. M. D. Leonard (August 10): A number of large city basswood 
trees at Ridgewood have been previously reported as infested with this 
aphid. Today found to be very lightly infested, an occasional leaf 
having 1 or 2 aphids or so on the underside. Several alates seen. 
