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catalpa sphinx is reported in the cities of Charleston and Grenada 
and in the vicinity of Laurel. 
ELM 
ELM LEAE BEETLE (Gal erucella xanthome laena Schr.) 
Vermont. H. L. Bailey (May 25): Adults in numbers reported to he emerging 
from hibernating quarters about houses at Windsor the first week in May. 
California. H. C. Donohoe (April 28): Elm leaf beetles were observed on 
April 26 to be causing serious damage to foliage in a planting of large 
elm trees near Fresno. 
C. S. Morley (May k): Elm leaf beetle has been actively feeding 
on elm trees for the past 3 weeks in Kern County. 
PIGEON TREMEX (Tremex columba L.) 
ITorth Dakota. J. A. Munro (May IS): Pigeon tremex reported as common in 
elm trees at Crystal in Grand Porks County. 
ELM BUD GALL ( Dasyneura ulmea Pelt) 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (May 20): Specimens of white elm twigs having 
blasted and malformed buds caused by this small gall midge were received 
on April 2k from Douglas County. 
MOURNING-CLOAK BUTTERFLY ( Hamadryas antiopa L.) 
Georgia. T. L. Bissell (May 13): The spiny elm caterpillar is present on 
elm in small numbers at Experiment. 
EUROPEAN ELM SCALE ( Gossyparia spuria Mod.) 
Wisconsin. E. L. Chambers (May 20): The European elm scale is still restric- 
ted to less than a half dozen cities in southern Wisconsin. Drastic 
control campaigns were carried out in Madison and Milwaukee during March 
and April. 
Colorado. G. M. List (May 22): The winter mortality of the European elm 
scale was comparatively low, with the result that there will be heavy 
infestations in most sections of the State where spraying was not done. 
HACKBERRY 
RA.CK3ERRY BUD GALL ( Pachypsyll a gemma Riley) 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (May 20): Specimens of the hackberry bud gall on a 
branch from a hackberry tree were sent in from Dundy County on May 18. 
