FOREST AND SHADE-TRIE II? SECTS 
BUCK iMCTH (Hcnileuca naia Drury) 
Wisconsin.. S. L. Chanoers (Octcbor 23): Serious defoliation to oah, poplar, 
.'ind "birch occurred in several northern counties late in Au=;"ast and no the 
app.a.red in lar:-c n-ixnters d-arin:;:: the latter part of Soi^teriCer. 
HEIvtLOCK SP^\lI^:QRI.i ( Sllopia fiscollaria C-uen.) 
Maine. H.-}?. Prdrson (October): Larvne of her.lock loop^-;r fo'ond on fir and 
spruce this s\mor on Mount Desert Island. A heavy fli.-ht v'.is on in 
Soptonbor. This ir.pcct seens to "bo r.apidi',' iacroasin;.;. 
■ ALDER 
A SAV/ELY (H onichroa ano ricana ?rov. ) 
Con-.octicut.. E. A. Br.c'z ( Scpt'-'n-Dor ^) r I collrct-d adults of this sa'^/fly 
on this date in and .a"nout an alder s'.vanp near Middle town. The f Idors 
had "t'Oon defoliated earli r in thr season and were still "bare at the 
tine the adults ^-'ere fovrod emerfiin:; fr^n the soil in larre nun"bers. 
Cast larval sl'ins -ver? fo'ond attached to Icof petioles and t\vi_;s. 
3EECH 
A LE.'J' TIER (: "sil oc orsis fa.:: in el la Chanb.) 
Maryland. J. A. Hvslop (October 11): This .jelochid tics two leaves to^-ether 
and bntv/een thci.i feeds by eatinr- off the rpidernis bloachinrV the leaves. 
It lias been ■.'■'orlcinr: all SiL-i'ier and no^v has da^afred from 20 to ^0 p-rccnt 
of the leaves on everv troj in ;iy 'voodlot of about 5O '"^eres rt Avancl. 
WOOLLY BEECH .IPHID ( phyllrpiiis fa-i L.) 
Connecticut. E. P. Felt (October 22); The b>ech leaf aphid has been sone- 
v.'hat abujidont and injurious to beech trees at Middle tr-.vm. 
3EEGH SC-'iE ( Gry-ptncoccus fr._J^ Bacr.) 
Maine. K. 3. Poirson (October): A new snail, but very heavy, infestation of 
felted beech scale was fo-and on beech or. Mount Desert Island on Septe^iber 
9. 
ELM 
SiiALLz-R EUROPxJUI ELM BJJiK BEETLE (Scol'-tus nultis triatus Marsh.) 
West Vir-rinia. M. Vi'. Blac'-cnan (October'': S. nul tistriatus was rec- ntly frund 
in Par]:orsbur,7, By the end of Septenb-;r this pest was fo-ond over an 
area approxin-itely 100 niles in dianeter involvln.-: prrts of both './est 
"'.'"ir :inia -^nd Ohio, It had n'-t provi^-usly be^-n knn'-.fn fron eith.T of these 
States . 
