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Jackson and Lexington, Oreg. During July it was quite generally reported 
from New Hampshire southward along the Atlantic seaboard to Maryland, 
with occasional outbreaks in Ohio and Kentucky. Early- this spring this 
"beetle "was recorded for the first time in Yoserrite Rational Park, Calif. , 
and late in the season a report was received that it was spreading rapidly 
in many parts of California. 
BOXSLDER BUG •'• 
Early in the spring the boxelder bug ( Leptocoris trivittatus Say) 
became very much of a nuisance as a household pest in many parts of Iowa, 
Missouri, Colorado, and Utah. Early in April it was reported from Herth 
Dakota. By mid-July it was starting to become troublesome in dwellings 
in Indiana, and as the summer advanced it became unusually abundant 
throughout the East Central States and in the Middle Atlantic States from 
Delaware southward. 
BEECH SCALE 1 
"In April of this year the beech scale ( Cryo to coccus fagi Bar. ) was 
fo"and in the vicinity of Boston, Mass. As a result of preliminary survey 
this insect was found in three distinct areas: One is between Augusta and 
Belfast in Maine, another includes Gloucester, Essex, Manchester, and 
Beverley in northeastern Massachusetts, and the third includes the Boston 
district. As far as it is known, this insect is limited to beech, both 
the American and the European species being attacked. It is believed, 
both in Europe and Canada, that the slime flux often associated with this 
insect is more dangerous to the trees than the scale itself. This in- 
sect is recorded as quite prevalent in the Maritime Provinces of Canada." 
JAPANESE BEETLE 
During the summer the Japanese beetle ( Popillia japonica Hewm. ) was 
collected at several places outside of the previously known infested areas, 
including Charleston, S. C. ; points in Somerset, Worcester, Anne Arundel, 
Talbot, and Wicomico Counties, Md. ; Richmond, Franktown, and Nassa™adox, 
Ya. ; Altoona and. Erie, Pa.; Little Falls, Watkins Glen, Ft. Edwards, and 
Albany, N. Y. ; Taunton, Mass.; Par tucket, R. I.; and Cleveland and 
Col-ambus, Ohio. 
ASIATIC BEETLE 2 
The Asiatic beetle ( Anomala oriental is Waterh. ) did considerably more 
damage to lawns in Westchester County, New York, than in previous years. 
On Long Island damage is being successfully controlled. This insect is 
now known to be distributed in Suffolk, Nassau, Queens, Westchester, and 
Schenectady Counties, N. Y. ; Essex, Bergen, and Union Co-unties, N. J.; and 
Fairfield and New Haven Counties, Conn. 
1 J. Y. Schaff ner, Jr. , Bureau of Entomology, U. S. D, A. 
2 H. C. Hallock, Bureau of Entomology, U. S. D. A. 
