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Conneaut, Coldwater, and Cleveland. Something libs one-half 
dozen reports were received from Canton and these indicated that 
practically ell the trees in that city were severely attacked. 
Indiana J, J, Davis (June 24): M Q re extensive and in many localities more 
abundant than for years," infestations of conspicuous importance 
occurred from the extreme south to north end of the State, In 
past years we have had no reports from the southern half of the 
State, 
E. F. Dietz (June 12): This scale is widely scattered over the 
State and reports are daily coming in from new localities^ It is 
attracting mo re. attention this year than any time since 19] 6„ The 
infestations reported and • seen vary from very light to very heavy 
even in the came locality, 
Illinois 77* F Slint (June 12): This insect is moderately abundant 
throughout central and northern Illinois, many specimens having 
"been received during the past month from cities and towns in this 
area. Predators are not as abundant as usual; in fact, only very 
few of the scales sent in have shown any indication of the 
presence of ladybugs. 
Mississippi Ro W c Harned (June 22): The cottony maple scale was probably never 
more abundant or serious in this State than it has been for the 
last six weeks. It has", been received from many points in the 
State, 
GREE25- STRIPED MAPLE WORM ( Anisota rubicunda Fab. ) 
Missouri L, Efe.sem.gn (-June 25}: There is one locality in this State where 
ever so often a serious epidemic of this caterpillar develops. In 
190S they completely defoliated soft maples over a larg3 terri- 
tory in Jackson County and recently a serious epidemic from the 
same locality has been reported. To my knowledge, it has never 
attracted serious attention anywhere else in the State in the 
last twenty years, 
PINE 
WHITE PIITE SAWFL'f (gepdipr 3 on pine turn Norton) 
Nebraska M-. F., Swenk ("ay 25- -June 26): In a grove of white pine and yellow 
Jc^' J -c.. .';: - i trm Rock County injury by what seemed from 
the ' so Iptio: io be t,Le white pine sanfiy was repented early 
in June,. 
PINE LEAJP SCALE ( Chionasls r>inifoliae P itch) 
Massachusetts A Io Bourne (ley 26): We noted the first hatching young of 
the pine leaf Bcale on or about May 19~21 c (J-^ne 22): The eggs of 
the nine leaf scale were observed to be ha telling around the 20th 
of lifey- Practically all had hatched by the 25th, 
SOUTHERN PINE BEETLE ( Send roc tonus frontalis Zimm, ) 
have indicated that outbreaks 
?• C« F» C* Craighead (June 8): Recent studies/ of this insect occur 
during periods of abnormally lo* rainfall. The U„ S. Weather 
Bureau reports that the rainfall for the first five months of 1925 
