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Pennsylvania 
Nebraska 
New Hamt> shire 
E. P. Pelt (July 21): The cockscomb elm gall was reported 
as very badly infesting an elm at Philadelphia. 
M. H. Swenk (July 1): I n Washington County the elms have 
had more than the usual infestaetion with the •: cockscomb elm 
gall. 
ELM LEAP ESETLS ( Galerucella xanthomelaena Schr.) 
L. C. Glover (July 22): The elm leaf beetle is very abund- 
ant in the towns of Exeter, Newfields, Greenland, Stratham, 
Dover, and Rochester, 
Massachusetts 
and 
New Hampshire 
Connecticut 
New York 
Delaware 
Maryland 
Ohio 
Kentucky 
J. V. Schaffner, Jr. (July 21): Various reports of injury 
to elms by this pest are being received from many localities 
in eastern Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire. Mr. C. 
E. Hood has reported the elm leaf beetle as abundant in 
southeastern New Hampshire and also in towns south of Eoston, 
especially in sections around Dighton. 
D. S. Lacroix (July 7): Elms along the highway through East 
Windsor Hill and South 'Jindsor are very badly browned by t&ta 
attack of this pest. Elms stand out against the foliage of 
maples as though the former had been singed by fire or were 
suffering from severe drought. Around 'Jindsor elms are not 
so. badly infested as last year, probably because of spray ap- 
plications. 
'J. E. Eritton (July 17): Un sprayed trees in East 'Jindsor, 
South Windsor, Glastonbury, Middletown, Darham, Plainfield, 
Newtown, and many other places are now brown. I saw no in- 
jury at higher elevations in Litchfield, Goshen, Cornwall, 
and Salisbury a week ago. 
N. Y. State Coll. of Agr. , Weekly News Letter ( July )";0): The 
elm leaf beetle is causing severe damage in sections of Cats- 
kill village, Greene County. Some elms are almost completely 
defoliated. (E. G. Erougham) 
L. A. Stearns (July 22): The elm leaf beetle is very active. 
There is considerable injury on elms along the highway north 
of Wilmington today. 
E. N. Cory and assistants (July 17): There is r - r-ther gen- 
eral outbreak of this insect in the vicinity of College Park. 
S. W. Mendenhall (J u ly 15): There are some outbreaks of the 
elm leaf beetle in Dayton. 
T J. A. Price (July 24): The elm leaf beetle has defoliated 
many trees in Lexington. 
