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PINE 
SOUTHERN FINE BEETLE ( Dendroc tonus f rontalis Zinn. ) 
Mississippi. H. Gladnoy (May 23): A large infestation of the southern 
pine "beetle was observed in Harrison County on May 12. 
EUROPEAN PINE SHOOT MOTH ( Rhyacionia bouliana Schiff.) 
Connecticut. E. P. Felt (May 23): European pine shoot moth was found ex- 
tremely abundant in Mugho pines in Greenfield Hills. 
A PINE NEEDLE MINER ( paralechia pinifoliella Chamb.) 
Massachusetts. E. P. Felt (May 23): The pine leaf miner was found somewhat 
prevalent on pitch pine at Belmont. 
PITCH-MASS BORER ( Parharmonia pini Kollicott) 
Massachusetts. E. P. Felt (May 23): The pitch-mass "borer was somewhat 
prevalent in a white pine planting at Waban. 
PINE BARK APHID (pineus strobi Htg.) 
New York and New Jersey. E. P. Felt (May 23): Pine "bark aphid was reported 
on white pine in large numbers at Peekskill, N. Y. It was also reported 
present on white pine at West Orange, N. J. 
Wisconsin. E. L. Chambers (May 20): Our white pine blister rust forces 
are reporting the pine bark louse as being abundant on white and Norway 
pine throughout the northern part of the State. 
PINE NEEDLE SCALE ( Chionaspis pinifoliae Fitch) 
Massachusetts. E. P. Felt (May 23): The pine leaf scale was extremely 
abundant on pine at Stockbridge. This insect usually favors the Austrian 
pine. 
Minnesota. A. G. Ruggles (May 22): Hatching at Wabasha and Fairmont on 
May 15. Very abundant. 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (May 20): On May 13 a Cherry County correspondent 
reported that one of his Black Hills spruce trees was infested with 
the pine-leaf scale. 
SCOTCH PINE SCALE ( Toumeyella nunisraaticup Pettit & McDaniel) 
Wisconsin. E. L. Chambers (May 20): The Scotch pine scale, while still 
prevalent m northern Wisconsin jack pine forests, is apparently less 
ahundant than usual this spring. ' ' 
