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HEMLOCK 
PUTNAM'S SCALE ( Aspidiotus ancylu s Putn.) 
New York. E. P. Felt (June 22): A scale insect, provisionally identified as 
A. ancylus occurred in abundance on a hemlock hedge, at Scarborough, the 
abundance of the insects suggesting the early conditions of San Jose scale 
infestation on fruit trees. 
JUNIPER AND CEDAR 
A SCOLYTID ( ?>J,Qeosi::us so". ) 
Mississippi. J. M. Langston (June 22): Virginia blue juniper twigs injured by 
beetles belonging to the genus Phi oeo sinu s were received from Eentonia, 
Yazoo County, on June 21. The sender states: It see::;?, at present that the 
entire foliage is going to be stripped from the shrub." 
LARCH 
A 
LARCH CASE DEARER ( Coleophora laricel la Hbn- ) 
Maine. II. 3. Peirson (June l); Larch case bearer generally heavy over the State. 
R. C. Erown (June 20): Thousands of acres of larch, all through the 
eastern part of the State, show the effects of a severe infestation of this 
case bearer. 
MAPLE 
MAPLE NEPTICULA ( Nepticula serieopeza Zell.) 
Connecticut and New York. E. P. Felt (June 22): The Norway maple leaf stem miner 
was received from Westbury, L. I., accompanied by the statement that it was 
causing a considerable leaf-fall on trees not in fruit. This insect is 
moderately abundant in the Stamford, Conn., area on fruiting Norway maples. 
MAPLE LEAF STEM 30RER ( Priophorus acericaulis MacG.) 
Massachusetts. A. I. Eourne (June 25): In early June we received many c omplaint s 
of the work of the maple leaf stem borer. Evidently it is more abundant this 
year than usual. 
New York. E. P. Felt (June 22); The maple leaf stem borer has infested a con- 
siderable proportion of the lower leaves of Norway maple at Davenport Neck, 
New Rochelle, causing a heavy leaf fall. 
NORWAY MAPLE APHID ( Periphyllus lyropictus Kess.) 
Massachusetts. J. V. Schaffner, Jr. (June 20): A heavy infestation on bronze 
leaf Norway maple in Plymouth was reported on May 23- 
COTTONLY MAPLE SCALE ( Pulvinaria vitis L.) 
Tennessee. G. M. Eentley (June): The cottony maple scale is abundant in the 
upper counties of western Tennessee. 
