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JUNIPSR A ND CEDAR 
DEODAR WEEVIL ( Pissodes deodarae Hopk.) 
Mississippi, c. Lyle (:;arch 23): Although nc specimens were sent in, tor- 
respondents at Decatur, Newton County, and Louisville, "". 7, 
recently wrcte us regarding injury to Cedrus deodar a which had evi 
been caused by P_j_ decdarae . 
PINS 
SOUTHERN PINE BEETLE ( Dendrcc tonus frontalis Zimm.) 
Pennsylvania. J. N. Knull (March): A recent survey indicates that the southern 
pine beetle is doing considerable damage tc stands of pine in ':' in, 
Fulton, and Bedford Counties. Pitch, shortleaf, Virginia scrub, an - : 
pines have been attacked. 
AIT APHID ( Lachnus pini L . ) 
Massachusetts and Connecticut. 3. P. Pelt (March 24): Eggs of the pine aphid 
occur somewhat commonly on individual pines at Methuen, Mass. , and are 
somewhat abundant on individual tr-ees at Stamford, Conn. 
PINE NEEDLE SCALE ( Chicnasms oinifcliae Pitch) 
Iowa. H. E. Jacues (March 23): 'The pine leaf scale is very acunci- at in 
C canty. 
Nebraska. M. II . Swenk (March 25): In December and again in Fet " iere 
were reports of spruce trees in Washington, Gage, Boone, and Scotts Bl Lff 
Counties seriously infested. 
INSECTS AFFECTING GREENHOUSE 
A N D OH N A M E N T A !■" PLANTS 
A WEEVIL ( Pclydrusus serlceus Shall.) 
' necticut. M. P. Zappe (March 24): ''This imported insect has been recorded 
from Ohio and Indiana. No records from the New England States have been 
seen, but it has been found on shrubs in the nursery. I have only 4 speci- 
mens: One, Greenwich-, Conn., June 6, 1926; one, Thompsonville, C 
June 20, 1932; and two, New Canaan, Conn., July 3, 1932. 
A SCALE-INSECT ( Leoi do saub.es newsteadi Sulc) 
Connecticut. E. P. Pelt (March 24): A scale insect, provisionally id 
as L^ newsteadi ~6y Harold Morrison, has been found upon 'at 
Greenwich in sufficient numbers to affeol -.-erially the vi r f ' - tree. 
WALNUT SCALE (A soidiotus . friglans-regiae Comst.) 
Mississippi. C. Lylr >h 23): A^ .iu.-rl"ns-regiae w s I ken en 1 'suckle 
and tamarax at Greenwood, Leflore County, Marc 1 .: 15; n Photini i 
■ Tupelo, Lee County, March 16; and on : r 1 ' ■ fr 3 ake 
Countv. March P.. 
