North Carolina 
CHANGA ( Scapteriscus vicinus Scud.) 
. F. H. Claridge (March 4): The Porto Rican mole cricket 
near Clayton is doing damage which is notice-able, the seedli. 
being pulled down into the ground when they are from a month 
to six weeks old. This injury occurs in patches and is quite 
serious in some beds. It is noticed that the tunnels are 
similar to that of a mole only very much smaller and a mole 
cricket is caught. On the whole the damage this year was 
very much less than last. The cricket did not seem to be as 
prevalent and a hard time was had to catch one . 
ASH 
North Dakota 
ASH BORER ( Podosesia frsxini Lugger) 
J. A. Munro (March 18): A letter under date of March 15 
from George Hirsch, Bowman, indicates that the ash tree 
borer is causing serious injury to ash trees in that vicinity 
Many of the badly infested trees have been blown over by the 
wind. 
BOXELDER 
Nebraska 
Kansas 
Utah 
BOXELDER BUG ( Leptocoris trivittatus Say) 
M, H. Swenk (March 24): The usual number of complaints of 
the boxelder bug have been received during March, when durinff 
warm periods these insects proved quite a pest in houses. 
R. L. Parker (March 20): The boxelder burs ("pop bugs") 
are reported as annoyinc about houses in Oketo, Newton, 
Sabetta, and Kanopolis . 
C. K. Knowlton (March 16): The boxelder hue is very annoying 
in a number of buildings at the Utah State Agricultural Collere 
The bugs are present in large numbers on the sunny side of 
buildings during warm days. 
CEDAR 
DEODAR WEEVIL (Pissodes deodarae Hopk.) 
Mississippi 
R. V7. Harned (March 25): Adult weevils that hove been 
identified by J. M. Lan^ston as Pissodes sp., probably 
Pissodes deodarae , were collected on Cedrus deodara plants 
at Tupelo on March 21. Serious injury had been caused to one 
plant on the nroperty from which these specimens were taken. 
