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OYSTER-SHELL SCALE ( L epi d o oaphe s u lmi L.) 
Ohio E. W. Mendenhall (August 2): I find that the oyster-shell scale is 
Quite had c:i the soft maple and elm trees in Dayton and vicinity. 
Indiana H. K. Riley (August 20): The oyster-shell scale on ash vras re- 
ported August 12 from Mishiwaka. 
TAMARISK SCALE ( Chionacuis etrunce Leon. ) 
Irizcna Arixona News Letter (July 31): The tamarisk scale --as reported 
damaging-" trees in the city of Phoenix at tv;c different localities. 
Efforts are 'being made by the city officials to distribute the^ 
ladybird beetle vhich is parasitic upon this scale, intc all the 
districts of the city -here the pest is Iciom tc exist. 
FULLER'S ROSE BEETLE ( Pantnrccrus fulleri Horn) 
lv:rth "•'*. A. Thomas (August 20); This insect has recently appeared in 
Carolina considerable numbers in the forests of this section and is defoli- 
ating some of the smaller trees. The injury is especially severe 
on magnolia and Lay. The attack on sumac is confined almost entire- 
ly tc the developing bloom buds. 
beech 
"700LLY SEECH APHID ( Frr ciphilu s imbricat-r Pitch. ) 
Indiana H. K, Riley (August 20; : Woolly beech aphids -/ere reported from 
Camel August IS, 
BIRCH 
BIRCH LEAP MIEEE (penusa rumila King) 
Connecticut V,. E. Britton (August 24) : The birch loaf miner has been reported 
as in the usual abundance on birch at Ne~' Haven, Hamden, Sherman, 
Vfcodbury, Southbury, and Granby. 
BCXELDSR 
BOXWOOD LEAP ROLLER ( Gracilaria negundella Cham. ) 
South H. C. Sever in (August 8): Gracilaria negundella Cham, is unuaually 
Dakota abundant on bcxelder. 
CATALPit 
CaTALPA S^lTif/V.-. ( Ceratomia catalnae Boi sd. ) 
Maryland J. A. Hyslop (August 23) : Some defoliation in Montgomery County. 
