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WOOLLY ELM APHID ( Eriosona americana Riley) 
Nebraska. M. II. Swenk. (June 20): The woolly eln leaf aphid ( Schizoneura o,neri - 
cana ) was reported working on. eln: trees in Cheyenne County on June 11. 
EUROPEAN ELM SCALE ( Gossyparia spuria Mod. ) 
Indiana. J. J. Davis (June 22): European elni scale abundant on elns at Garfield 
May 25. 
Illinois. W. P. Flint (June 23): The European eln scale is decidedly on the in- 
crease and is causing damage at many widely scattered points in central and 
north central Illinois. 
Michigan. E. I. McDaniel (June lk) : European eln scale (G. ulmi ) has "been reported 
from Mies, Coopersville, Battle Creek, Conklin, and Royal Oak. Toung were 
"beginning to emerge about June 7 in the vicinity of East Lansing. 
Iowa. C. J. Drake (June 26): The European eln scale is unusually abundant in 
central Iowa. Considerable injury to young trees has been noted at Anes and 
Des Moines. 
Nebraska. M. II. Swenk (June 20): The European elm scale was reported working on 
elm trees in Dodge County on June 1, 
Idaho. C. Wake land (June 19): The European elm scale was found in the vicinity 
of Moscow for the first time. It is generally distributed, probably because 
of the unusually mild winter of last year. 
ELDER 
A NOCTUID (Luceria tranquil la viridula Grote) 
Utah. G. F. Knowlton (May 23): Caterpillars of this insect were defoliating 
Golden American elder at Farnington. Similar damage has been noted at Logan. 
FIR 
Maine. J. V. Schaffner, Jr. (June 20): R. C. Brown reports that several areas 
of fir at Indiantown are heavily infested. 
AN APHID ( Dreyfusia piceae Rat 2 . ) 
Maine. II. B. Peirson (June 7): Infestation of the balsam woolly aphid observed 
at Dalton on June 7; many trees dead. 
R. W. Nash, Winter Harbor, Gouldsboro (May IS): Much fir dying. 
AN APHID ( Mindarus abietinus Koch) 
Maine. H. B. Peirson (June 10): The balsam aphid (M. abietinus ) was abundant on 
ornamental trees at Augusta on June 10. 
