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SYCAMOHE 
SYCAK033 LACF3UG ( C'rythucha ciliata . S-) 
New England. 3. P. Felt (August 11): The sycamore lacebug is very abundant, dis- 
coloring much of the sycamore foliage- in- southwestern Hew T&gland. 
TULIP T3EE 
TULIP TREE APHID ( illinoia l iriodendri Hon. ) 
Kentucky. M. L. Didlake (August 25): T^ liriodendri is moderate^ abundant on tulip 
poplar at Corbin and Southgate. 
WILLOW 
EUROPEAN WILLOW BEETLE ( Plagiodera versicolora Laich. ) 
Massachusetts. J. V. Schaffner, jr. (Jul;- 24): There \re severe infestations on 
willow all through eastern Massachusetts. B^th adults and larvae are very abun- 
dant. 
Connecticut. 3. 3, Friend (August 24): The beetle is abundant on willow through- 
out the State; specimens were received from Stratford and West Haven. (W.3.S. ) 
A PSYLLID ( Trioza r.aura FoYster) 
Utah. G-. F. Knowlton (August 23): The pallid damaging willows at Hooper has 
been determined by F. D. Klyver as the above species. 
A WEEVIL (Q rchestos sp. ) 
Massachusetts. A. I. Bourne (August 22): The work of Crchestes sp. on laurel- 
leaved willow rras very conspicuous. It became very noticeable in late July 
as the result of the mining of the leaves. Si"ce laurel-leaved willows are 
planted very extensively along the State highways, we were enabled to get a 
fairly accurate idea, of the general prevalence of this insect through all 
sections of the State. 
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HJ30PEAIT EARWIG ( Forficula auricula ria l. ) 
Hew York. C. 3. Crosby- (July 29): Specimens of this insect were received fror. 
Buffalo, whore it had 'oeen attacking flowers, and fror. Rochester, where it 
had been infesting fence posts, youn - apple trees, house pillars, etc. 
Oregon. D. C. Mote (August 25): The second generation pieonichaeta setipennis 
Fall., a "tachinid parasite of the European earwig, j\_ auricnlarig ^-is now 
emerging. 
