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JAPANESE MAPLE SCALE ( Lencaspis ,j apo -lie a Ckll. ) 
Connecticut. W. E. Britton (June 23): The trunks of Japanese mo-ples at Hew 
Haven are rather severely infested. 
MAPLE BLADDER GALL ( Phyllocoptes quadripes Shin. ) 
Connecticut. W. E. Britton (June 23): Maple bladder galls are abundant as usual 
on silver maples at Branford, Kent, Madison, Uiantic, and Water bury. 
E. P. Felt (June 22): Maple bladder galls were received from Dan- 
bury, where they occurred in small numbers. 
OAK 
A PHYLLOXERA ( Phylloxera sp. ) 
California. H. T. Ryan (June 20): An insect taken on white oak ( Quercu s l obata ) 
has been determined as Phylloxera sp. , with the comment: "Evidently new; 
at least new to the State." Because of the resistance of this insect to 
insecticide treatments the host has since been dug up and destroyed. 
OAK TWIG PRU1TER ( Hypermallus villos us Fab. ) 
Massachusetts. A. I. Bourne (June 25): Several complodnts have beer, received of 
the work of the oak twig pruner from various sections in the State. 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (June 20): Specimens of the maple and oak twig pruner 
and its work on poplars were sent in from Cherry County on Jv.ne ik. 
PUIS 
EUROPEAN PIHS SHOOT MOTH ( Rhyacionia bualiana Schiff . ) 
Connecticut. R. 3. Friend (June 23): Pupae are much less abundant throughout 
the State on red pine than last year. 
PIHE TIDE MOTH ( Sulia pinatubana Kearf.) 
Maine. A. E. Brower (May 15-20): The pine tube moth was observed at Bar Harbor 
on May 15-20. Moths were flying. 
PIHE LEAF MIHER ( Paralechia pinifoliella Chamb. ) 
Massachusetts. J. V. Schaffner, Jr. (June 20): At least one acre of pitch pine 
next to the highway in a large woodland tract at Boylstcn was severely browned 
by this needle miner. A sample collection made on May 21 produced hundreds 
of moths and hymenopterous parasites during the first 3 weeks in June. 
PIKE BARK APHID (Pineus strobi Htg. ) 
Michigan. E. I. McDaniel (June lU) : The pine bark aphid ( Adel^es pinicorticis ) 
is common on white pines throughout the Sto.te. 
