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MOUNTAIN ASH 
A SAWFLY ( Pristiphora geniculata Htg . ) 
New Hampshire. T. Parr (August 10): Since August 1 several infesta- 
tions have been observed, stripping mountain ash on Mt. Osceola, 
Mt. Passaconaway , and Mt. Whiteface. 
OAK 
A BUDWORM ( Oacoecia fervidana Clem.) 
Wisconsin, E. L. Chambers (July 31) : Specimens received which had been 
working on oak in northern Wisconsin and proving to be a very serious 
pest. (Det. by A. Busck.) 
A LACEBUG ( Corythucha arcuata Say) 
Maryland. E. N. Cory (August 9): Attacking oak at Trappe. 
OBSCURE SCALE ( Chry somphalus obscurus Comst.) 
New York. E. P. Pelt (August 21): Present in small numbers on pin oak 
at Westbury. 
Alabama. J. M. Robinson (August IS): Reported on oaks at Piedmont on July 28. 
PINE 
WHITE PINE WEEVIL ( Pissodcs strobi Peck) 
Michigan. R. Hutson (August 22) : Specimen submitted from Ann Arbor. 
Minnesota. H. Milliron (August IS): Very abundant at Saint Cloud in 
spruce seedlings. 
BARK BEETLES (Scolytidae) 
Rhode Island. A. E. Stene (August 24): Ips calligraphus Germ, on white 
pine reported in a number of places, apparently the aftermath of the 
. hurricane. 
North Carolina. C. S. Brimley '(August 7) : Bark beetles (I_. calligraphus 
and Dendroctonus terebans Oliv.) obsorved since August 2 as severely 
injuring a pine grove at Reidsville. 
B. H. WilfCrd (August 12): An outbreak of the southern pine 
beetle (D. frontalis Zimin.) on the Fisgah National Forest near Hot 
Spring has destroyed about 10 acres of shortleaf pine. 
NANTUCKET PINE SHOOT MOTH ( Rhyacionia frustrana Comst.) 
Pennsylvania. E. P. Felt (August 21): Injury found to be somewhat 
common in pine tips in the Philadelphia area. 
