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FOREST AND SHADE-TREE INSECTS 
BAG WORM ( Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis Haw.) 
Maryland. E. N. Cory (July 21): Many reports of. attack on evergreens coming 
in from all parts of the State. 
Virginia. H. G. Walker (July 26): Bagworms are rather abundant at Norfolk. 
North Carolina. R. W. Leiby (July 5): T ne bagworm is more abundant on arbor- 
vitae shrubs than usual. It is generally widespread in the State. 
South Carolina. F. Sherman (July 26): The evergreen bagworm is more numer- 
ous than usual throughout the State. 
Georgia. T. L« Bissell (July 23): One report received from Cedartown on 
July 17 and two from Griffin on July 21 and 23, of injury on spruce, 
arborvitae, and cedars. 
Ohio. E. W. Mendenhall (June 29): Young bagworms are very numerous. on elm 
trees now and are feeding on the leaves at Columbus. (July 17): It is 
very injurious on the .arborvitae and on many of the deciduous trees in 
Springfield. 
Indiana. J. J. Davis (July 28): Bagworms are reported as being destructive 
to arborvitae at Anderson and Lafayette on July l8. 
Alabama. J. M. Robinson (July 21): The bagworm is very abundant on arbor- 
vitae at Eort Payne and Hackleburg. • ... 
Texas. E. W. Laake (July 24): Bagworms are very abundant in Dallas and 
vicinity. 
FOREST TENT CATERPILLAR ( Malacosoma dis stri a Hbn.) 
Maine. H. E. Peirson (June 26): Very heavy, stripping over an area of about 
75 acres in Newcastle. Many birch, oak, and poplar are 100 percent de- 
foliated. Heavy outbreaks also at Harpswell, from Enfield to Spring- 
field, at Waltham, and 8 miles north of Millinocket, besides those areas 
mentioned in previous reports. Six to eight females were seen flying on 
the plateau of Mt. Katahdin during the heat of the day on July 9» which 
seems unusual, as poplar drops out on the lower slopes. 
J. V. Schaffner, Jr. (July 20): We have reports that many acres of 
hardwoods between Bangor and Millinocket have been defoliated. 
New Hampshire. L« C. Glover (July 14) : An infestation of 2^0 acres has been 
reported in the town of Eaton, where the defoliation was nearly 100 per- 
cent. There was also severe feeding in several places at Conway and 
Hancock. .... 
