"but docs not completely sever it. 
Louisiana 77m. Midflleton (June 30) : Mr„ Graf gave me some chrysomelid 
"beetles sent in by Chas. E. Smith from the neighborhood of 
Ponchatcula and Lladisonville. Smith states that the'beetles are 
doing severe injury to pines in that locality by earing the needles. 
Small saplings were most severely infested. The beetlerappears 
to be one on which we have several previous reports, i.e. , 
Cola mis brunnea Fao» ? and Fisher thinks it is probably var. 
Co^'ci uRrnis . Chittenden also tells me that it is Colasnis 
brunnea and any "varietal determination would require larval 
studies. 
PI IE BARK LOUSE (Chormes ninicorticis Fitch) 
Wisconsin S. 3. Fracker (July 10): Normally abundant on rhite pine in 
northern counties. 
POPLAR 
COTTONWOOD APHID ( Chaitonhorus bruneri Williams) 
Nebraska M. H„ Swenk (June 25- July 25): An additional report of injury 
to cottonwood trees by the aphid Chaitophorus brnneri was received 
July 11 from Morrill County. 
Utah Geo, F, Khowlton (July 21): Aphid galls on the leaf, petioles, 
and twigs of cottonwoods are common this year, sometimes causing 
considerable numbers of leaves to drop. 
SPRUCE 
RED SPIDER ( Tetranv chus telarius L. ) 
New York E. P. Felt (July 24): The red spider was somewhat abundant and 
injurious on junipers and spruces at Rochester, as reported by 
R. S. Horsey, and badly infested twigs, mostly cf evergreens, 
have been received from other parts of the State. 
Indiana J. J. Davis (July 23): We continue to receive reports, especially 
from the northern half of the State, of injury to cedar, Norway 
spruce, and other evergreens, as well as phlox, hydrangea, water- 
melon, pumpkin, tomatoes, and other plants. Complete defoliation 
was noted en sweet peas at Lafayette by Mr. Cleveland. 
SPRUCE GALL APHID ( Gil lot tea cocleyi Gill.) 
New York E. P. Felt (July 2U): The Sitka spruce gall has "been extremely 
abundant upon some Colorado blue spruce at New Rochelle. 
CHEEMSS SP. 
Utah Geo. F. Knowlton (July 2): Spruce trees badly infested with 
Chermes this year in Logan. Emigration, and Big Cottonwood Canyons. 
