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larch case bearer were found on American larch at Rochester, and a 
sevpre infestation on a large planting of young larch trees was report- 
ed* The twigs were said to be "fringed" with the overwintering cases. 
MAPLE 
JAPANESE MAPLE SCALE ( Leucaspis japonica Ckll.) 
Connecticut. H. B. Friend (April 23): This scale is abundant o'n a row of 
Norway me pie street trees in New Raven. 
New York. E. P. Felt (April 23): The Japanese scale is somewhat abundant 
at Lawrence, L. I., and generally present at Freeport', L. I.,' although 
in both localities the numbers oi the scales appear to have been greatly 
reduced by the extreme cold of the winter of 1^33~34* 
OAK 
WATER- OAK SCALE ( Lecanium quercifcx Fitch) 
South Caroline. J. A. Perly (April 20): Observed in' abundance on oak in 
many places over the State. 
Georgia. T. L. Bissell (April 11): All water oaks in McDonough appear to 
bo infested. (Det. H. Morrison.) 
HORNED OAK GALL ( Andricus c ornigerus 0. S.) 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (April 23): A heavy infestation of galls caused by 
A. c ornigerus was found on water-oak trees at Kosciusko on March 30. 
PINE 
EUROPEAN PINE SHOOT MOTH ( Rhyacionia buoliana Schiff.) 
Northeastern United States. J. V. Schaffner, Jr. (April 19 ) : The severe 
cold in the winter of 1933 _ 34 caused a tremendous mortality of the 
European pine shoot moth in southern New England and New York, almost 
exterminating the pest in seme plantings in eastern Massachusetts. How- 
ever, it has been found that on low-growing pines, especially Pir.us i icn- 
tana mughus . enough R. bu oli ana survived to buila up considerable in- 
festations in several localities. Collections taken this spring from 
mugho pine have shown a mortality from all causes other than parasitiza- 
tion of 21 percent at Lynn, Mass., and of 22 percent at Belmont, Mass., 
while collections on red pine from southern Connecticut and Long Island, 
N. Y., have shown mortalities ranging from 27 to 79 percent. 
A BARK APHID (Aphiidee) 
North Carolina. R. W. Leiby (March 13): A bark aphid is present on white 
pine in average numbers and is the source of some complaint in Biltmore, 
a suburb of Asheville. 
