Massachusetts 
Pennsylvania 
Maine 
-389- 
Monthly Letter of the bureau of Entomology, U. S. Dept. of 
Agr, (June): Two stall shipments of adults of Me so lei us ten- 
thrcdinis Morlcy v. ere received at the gipsy moth laboratory i n 
June frojn A. 3. Eaird, of the Dominion Parasite Laboratory, 
3-lleville, Ontario, Canada. Tliis hymenopt erous parasite of 
the Icfcels sat'flt has "been introduced from Europe and estab- 
lished in Canada. The adults received .at .the gipsy moth 
laboratory have been liberated in .larch sawfly infestations in 
Massachusetts. 
J. IT. Xnull (July 16): A large plantation of Japanese larch 
at Mont Alto is severely defoliated ^oy the larch sawfly. Most 
of the larvae have spun their cocoons by this date. 
LA3CH CASE EEATiEE ( Coleo-phora laricella iron. ) 
H. 3. Teirson (July 22): Sujnier feeding of the larch case 
bearer following a very severe spring outbreak has been resumed, 
July 15. 
A. E. Grower (J u ly 10): The larch case bearer is very com- 
mon. A box of branches brought into the laboratory produced 
hundreds of moths. 
Hew Hampshire 
L. C. Glover (July 1): The larch case bearer is very abund- 
ant in this State. I have noted its work from Rochester as 
far north as Littleton. 
Pennsylvania 
LOCUST 
ASH-GRAY 3LISTE3 3SETLE ( Macrobasis unicolor Itby.) 
J. IT. X n ull (July 10): Adults appeared in large numbers and 
did considerable damage to the foliage of black locust seed- 
lings in the Mont Alto nursery. 
Pennsylvania 
Nebraska 
A LEAP 3EETLE (An_trcus laticlavia Forst. ) 
J. IT. Xnull (July 12): The foliage of numerous black lo- 
cust trees in the vicinity of Pond 3ank are badly eaten by the 
adult of this species. 
M. II. Swenk (July l): In 3oyd County, during the third 
week in June, locust trees were more or less defoliated by 
the leaf beetle A. laticlavia. 
