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AIT INTRODUCED WEEVIL 
Three specimens of a Japanese weevil, Myllocerus castaneus Roelofs, 
were taken on wild grape, oak, and ash (?) a short distance from Montclair, 
I*. J., on June 30> 1935* This weevil was first taken in the United States 
in this locality in August 1933* Although this species is not recorded as 
a pest in Asia, the genus contains many species that are crop pests, and 
one species is a very serious pest of cotton in India. 
JAPANESE BEETLE 
The area of continuous infestation of the Japanese "beetle is now 
estimated at 11, U00 square miles, which is an increase of about 1,700 square 
miles. During the year the area was advanced northward into the highlands of 
New Jersey, a notable advance in view of the retardation noted in that sec- 
tion in the past 2 years. The principal local infestations instrumental in 
enlarging the area of continuous infestation were those developed in the 
vicinity of Hew York City and Brooklyn; at Reading and Lancaster, in Pennsyl- 
vania; between Havre de Grace and Aberdeen, Lid. ; and at Dover, Del. Trap- 
ping disclosed light infestations in the following 3U places where the beetle 
had never been taken before: Bangor, Maine; Emittsburg, Lid.; Akron, Chilli- 
cothe, Conneaut, Hills and Dale Village (suburb of Canton), Lancaster, Mari- 
etta, Salem, Toledo, and Wooster, Ohio; Charlotte, Goldsboro, High Point, 
Lumber ton, Oxford, Sanford, Statesville, Wake Forest, II. C; Bon Air, East 
Highland Park (Henrico County), Lovettsville , Petersburg, Petersburg Pike 
(Dinwiddle County), Pulaski, Sandston, \7aynesboro, Westham, Uesthampton, and 
Yfestover Hills (Charles City County), Va.; Chester, Huntingdon, Moundsville, 
and Parkersburg, XU Va. Judging from the extent of obvious injury, the in- 
festation was decidedly heavier than in 193^ in practically all sections of 
the range where conditions were favorable, as in western Hew Jersey, south- 
eastern Pennsylvania, and northern Delaware, However, in much of eastern 
New Jersey, including Monmouth County, the Pine Barrens, and the coastal 
section, the infestation remained about on a par with that of a year ago, 
and in many places appeared to be less marked. In Cape May County there was 
a marked increase, 
SMALLER EUROPEAN ELM BARK BEETLE 
Information regarding the distribution of Scolytus multistriatus 
Marsh., a known vector of the Dutch elm disease fungus, was given in the 
Insect Pest Survey Bulletin, Summary for I93U, (vol, l 1 ', no. 10, p. 3U5). 
At that time its occurrence was recorded in localities in two distinct 
areas, one area being in eastern Massachusetts and the other including 
parts of southwestern Connecticut, southeastern New York, the northern half 
of New Jersey, and southeastern Pennsylvania. In 1935 additional informa- 
tion regarding the distribution of the species was obtained by workers of 
the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine at Morristownj IT. J. , and 
records obtained by State workers in Massachusetts and Connecticut have been 
supplied by 7/. B. Becker and B. J. Haston, respectively. Although many of 
the" additional towns from which the insect has been recorded during 1935 are 
located within two areas from which infestations had been previously reported,^ 
a number of them lie outside the areas known to be infested in I93U, In some in- 
stances, however, proof is not available that the infestation is general out to 
