Utah. G. F. Knowlton (June 11) i European elm scale is killing many "branches 
on large ornamental elms at Logan. 
HICKORY 
HICKORY PHYLLOXERA ( Phylloxera caryaecaulis Pitch) 
Connecticut and New York. E. P. Felt (June 24): The hickory leaf stem gall 
occurs in small numbers here and there in southwestern Connecticut and 
in southeastern New York. 
R. E. Horsey (June): Hickory gall aphid is very 
abundant and disfiguring on native hickory trees at Rochester. 
Ohio. T. H. Parks (June): We have received specimens of injury from several 
widely separated localities. It seems to be more abundant than usual. 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (June 25): £• caryaecaulis was collected from hickory 
at Booneville on May 25* 
LARCH 
LARCH CASE BEARER ( Coleophora laricella Hbn.) 
New York. R. D. Glasgow (June 17): The larch case bearer has been more than 
ordinarily injurious to tamarack this spring in northern New York 
forests, the first foliage in large areas having been destroyed. Many 
trees arc dead or dying as a result of repeated annual defoliation. 
New England. J. V. Schaffner, Jr. (June 12): The larch case bearer infes- 
tations in general are much lighter throughout New England this year; 
however, in some localities in Maine and New Hampshire and around Lake 
Placid and Saranac in New York some foliage has been severely "browned. 
LARCH SAWFLY ( Lygaeonematus erichsonii Htg. ) 
Maine. H. B. Peirson (June 13): Adults of the larch sawfly have been ob- 
served flying in several places in Washington County. 
Pennsylvania. H. E. Hodgkiss (June 23): The larch sawfly is abundant and has 
caused serious damage. 
MAPLE 
COTTONY MAPLE SCALE ( Pulvinaria vitis L.) 
Indiana. J. J. Davis (June 22): Cottony maple scale is showing up destructively 
in the northern half of the State. This is the first time for some years 
that this scale has been conspicuous. 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (June 25): Specimens were received from Marks on May 27 
and the pest was observed at Macon on June k. 
