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FOREST AND SHADE-TREE I N S E C T S 
BAGWORM ( Thyridopter yx epheme raef orroi s Haw . ) 
Indiana J. J. Davis (April 26): Overwintering- bags were reported abun- 
dant in young apple orchards at Acton and F.ockville, also on 
gooseberry at Brazil. 
Illinoia '. p. Flirt (April 16): >rms are being received from 
m ny points in the State. It is undoubtedly slowly increasing, 
especially in the vicinity of many of the larger cities. 
Missouri L. Haseman (April 24): This insect is not abundant this 
spring. 
Nebraska . ". K. Swenk (January lr-April 15): - :•" nee County corres- 
pondent reported the bags of the bagworm as plentiful in his 
cedar trees on February 19. 
^HITS-'iARKET TUSSOCK MOTH ( Femerocampa leucostigma S. & A.) 
[assachusetts A. I. Bourne (April 22): "Ve have noticed and have had sent 
to the college numerous egg. masses of tussock moths from prac- 
tically all sections of the State. From these indie tions it 
'. quid seem that there is a temper ry abundance of these insects . 
PERIODICAL SICADA (T ibicina septendecim 1.) 
Illinoia J ,'H. Bigger (March 25): The finding of v/ell-grown nymphs at 
from 12 to 15 inches in depth in timber land near Arnold and in 
— . excavations in Jacksonville indicates that Brood III of the 
periodical cicada will extend veil into central Illinois this 
year. 
STRAWBERRY ROOT \7ES1TIL ( Brachyrhinus ovatus I.) 
Michigan R. H. Petti.t (April 12): I have to report the occurrence of 
Brachyrhinus ova tus , sometimes called the strawberry crown 
girdler, in epidemic form. The larvae are present in enormous 
numbers in our forest nursery where they have gnawed the bark 
from 5-year old seedlings of various evergreens including white 
pine, Jack pine, red pine, western yellow pine, Norway and white 
spruce, Japanese larch, and probably-some other evergreens. It 
sterns to be the worst on 3-year-old plants, although it is found 
in smaller numbers on 3-year-old and occasionally on isolated 
tress of larger size. The damage has been particularly severe 
and the loss runs up into the thousands in this nne nursery. 
This insect has been found occasionally in this part of the Stnte 
in the past but never in sufficient numbers to attract much at- 
tention, at least not for 3Q years. The identification was made 
by a specialist in the Bureau of Entomology. 
