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. WHITE-MARKED TUSSOCK MOTH ( Hemerocampa leucostigma S. & A. ) 
Ohio. E. W. Mendenhall (April 28): The white-marked tussock moth nests 
(cocoons) are abundant on shade trees in parks in Caldwell, Noble County. 
BIRCH 
BIRCH LEAF MINER ( Fenusa pumila Klug) 
Connecticut. R. B. Eriend (May 21): Adults are very abundant on gray birch 
and. have been ovipositing for about a week. 
New York. W. E. Blauvelt (May 2^): Adults seen on Betula populifoli a in 
various localities in Westchester, Nassau, and Suffolk Counties from 
May 10 to lU. Egg laying was well under way by the latter date. 
ELM 
ELM LEA? MINER ( Xaliosysphinga ulmi Sund. ) 
New York. W. E. Blauvelt (May 2^): Adults were first observed on May 18 and 
were abundant on May 23 on English elm at Ithaca. Many eggs had been 
deposited but none had hatched by May 23* 
ELM LEAF BEETLE ( Galerucella xanthomelaena Schr.) 
Massachusetts. J. V. Schaffner (May 2k): P. A. Berry reports that the elm 
leaf beetles were issuing from hibernation in large numbers at Woburn 
the week beginning May 17* 
New York. R. D. Glasgow (May 22): The elm leaf beetle, apparently less abun- 
dant in the Hudson Valley since 193^ than during the preceding 3 years, 
appears to have come through the mild winter in greatly increased numbers. 
It is already causing notable injury at Catskill and numerous correspon- 
dents earlier this spring reported the invasion of houses by hordes of the 
beetles coming out of hibernation. 
California. C. S. Morley (May 6): Spraying for elm leaf beetle in Bakersfield 
was started the first of this month. The first pests were found feeding 
on April 28. 
APHIDS (Aphiidae) 
Delaware. L. A. Stoa.rns (May 5): Infestation beginning at Newark. 
North Dakota. J. A. Munro (May): Aphids are very abundant on' elms at Fargo. 
EUROPEAN ELM SCALE (Go ssyparia spuria Mod.) 
Ohio. E. W. Mendenhall (May 20): Very abundant on elm trees in central Ohio. 
Indiana. J. J. Davis (May 27): Reported abundant at South Bend. 
