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Massachusetts, A. I. Bourne (July 25): We have hr d several complaints of 
unusual abundance of a species of aphids on nrple. (Det. by E. Patch) 
Connecticut. W. E. Britton (July 23): More common than usual on silver 
maple. 
E. P. Felt (July 24): The alder blight aphid was reported as very 
abundant and curling the leaves of a soft maple in the Danbury area. 
New York. C. R. Crosby (July 3): Cutleaf maple leaves badly infested were 
received from Schenectady. 
R. E. Horsey (July): Considerable infestation found on branches of 
an alder at Rochester. Not as common now as in some years. 
Maryland. E. N. Cory (July 21): General on soft maples. 
Ohio. T. K. Parks (July 3): Infesting soft maple trees in parts of Ohio. 
I have received it from three counties. This is the first year it has 
been brought to my attention. I suppose it is the woolly maple leaf 
aphid ( Pemphigus r Ccrii'olii Riley) . 
MOUNTA I N-ASH 
A SAWFLY ( Pristiphora b anks i Marl. ) 
Maine. H. B. Peirson (June 30): The mountain-ash sr.wfly hatched at Boothbay 
on June 24. Young larvae ore numerous. On Monhegan Island all moun- 
tain-ash tre-^s are being stripped, 
OAK 
OAK TWIG PRUNER (E yperma llus villosus Fab.) 
Maine. H. B. Peirson (July): Reports of infestation are general and common 
over central and southern Maine, 
New Hampshire. L. C. Glover (July 24): The oak twig borer has been reported 
several times as- doing damage to oak. 
Massachusetts. A. I. Bourne (July 25): It is very generally abundant .and its 
work has been made rather more conspicuous during the last 2 or 3 weeks, as 
we have h^d practically no rainfall and viry light wind and many of the 
severed twigs have failed to drop to the ground, The larvae have. 
nevertheless died and the foliage has turned color* 
Connecticut. W. E. Britton (July 23): Unusually abundant this season. Many 
inquiries received regarding it. 
Indiana. J. J, Davis (July 28): according to reports from June-21 to 
July 6, the twig prtrher was very abundant in several. localities in 
northeastern Indiana where it was cutting oak twigs. 
