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BROWN-TAIL MOTH ( Nygmia phaeorrhoea Don. ) 
Rhode Island. A. E. Stcnc (May 28) : A few nests of the crown-tail moth 
were found for the first time in over 10 years. 
LEOPARD MOTH ( Ze-azera -pyrina L.) 
New York. E. P. Felt (May 23): The leopard moth is somewhat generally preva- 
lent though not usually abundant, in shade trees on western Long Island 
and in the vicinity of New York City. 
A SCALE INSECT ( Lecaniodiaspis pruinosa Hunter) 
Colorado. G. M. List (May 22): This scale has been increasing on the elm and 
Cottonwood at Rocky Ford, until it is now doing considerable injury. The 
only report of this insect in the State comes from Otero County. 
ASH 
CARPENTER WORM ( Prionoxystus robiniae Peck) 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (May 20): Prom Saunders County on May 19 came an 
inquiry as to the control of the carpenter worm in ash trees. 
BANDED ASH BORER ( Neoclytus caprea Say) 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (May 20): The banded ash borer was reported to be 
working in ash trees in Knox and Saunders Counties on May 15 and 19, 
respectively. 
BEECH 
WOOLLY BEECH APHID ( Phyllauhis fagi L. ) 
Kentucky (May 26): Woolly beech leaf aphid very common on beeches in the 
vicinity of Lexington. 
BIRCH 
EUROPEAN BIRCH SAWELY ( Penusa pumila Klug) 
Connecticut. W. E. Britton (May 20): Adults observed on May 8 at Hamden. 
No eggs could be found in the leaves. 
A BEETLE ( Diplotaxis sp. ) 
Vermont. H. L. Bailey (May 25): Diplot axis sp. had stripped foliage from 
young transplanted white "birch trees at East Haven in Essex County on 
May 20. 
CATALPA 
CATALPA SPHINX ( Ceratomia catalpae Bdv.) 
Mississippi. C. Lyle and assistants (May 23): A heavy infestation of the 
