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FOREST AND SHADE-TESE INSECTS 
BRCT-TAIL MOTH ( Nygmia c haeorrhcea Ten.) 
Maine. H. B, Peirson (March 22): Large numbers of overwintering nests have 
been found in Limerick, Newfield, Shapleigh, and Alfred. 
SPRING CANKER TOR*" ( Paleacrita vernata Feck) 
Missouri. L. Haseman (March 22): On the night of March Id there was a very 
heavy flight of male moths at Columbia. On March 19 and 20 we had rain, 
sleet, and snow and a drop in temperature to about 20°F., which should have 
largely eliminated them. 
Kansas. H. R. Bryson (March 25): The peak of emergence of the spring canker 
worm was reached on March 12. 
ASH 
BANDED ASH BORER ( Necclytus caiprea Say) 
Nebraska. }'.. II. Swenk (March 10): Infestations were especially reported from 
Greeley, Red Tillow, and Cheyenne Counties during January. 
BEECH 
BEECH SCALE ( Cry-ptococcus fagi Baer.) 
Maine. H. B. Peirscn (March 22): Further scouting for the beech scale has re- 
sulted in its discovery in these additional towns: "Thitney, Pembroke, Perry, 
Robinson, Whitneyville, and Northfield. 
ELI" 
A FLEA BEETLE ( Halt lea ulmi Woods) 
Connecticut. ". S. Britten (March 24): Received from Canaan March 14 from a 
correspondent who found the beetles in zreat numbers at the base of an elm 
tree . 
EUROPEAN ELM SCALE ( Gossyparia spuria Mod.) 
Nebraska. H. H. Swenk (March 1 to 25): Elm branches heavily infested with the 
European elm scale were received from Fairbury, Jefferson County, during the 
first week in March. 
FIR 
AIT -APHID' ( Dreyfusia picea Ratz.) 
Maine. H. 2. Peirson (March 22); A large area of balsam fir has been killed in 
Manchester. This insect is increasing at an alarming rate. 
