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Michigan. R. Hutson (July l6 ) : The oak twig pruner is very evident all 
over the Lower Peninsula. : . ■ 
Wisconsin. E. L. Chambers (July 30) : Many specimens of the oak twig pruner 
are being sent from the southe" stern corner of the State to this office 
for identification, 
Minnesota. A. G. Ruggles (July 28): Doing considerable damage to apple 
at White Bear, Ramsey County. 
TWO-LINED CHESTNUT BORER Ugrilus bilineatus Web.) 
Connecticut, New York, and Rhode Island. .E. P. Felt (July 24): The two- 
lined chestnut borer is becoming increasingly abundant in the oaks in 
Rhode Island, especially about Nevrport, and also in southern Connec- 
ticut rnd southern New York, especially on the North Shore of Long 
Island. The indications are thr-t many trees will succumb to this dan- 
gerous pest in the next few years. 
CALIFORNIA Oj--K WORM ( Phryganidia californica Pack. ) 
California. H. J. Ryan (July 24): The California oak moth is still causing 
concern to owners of oak trees in Los Angeles County d Adult moths were 
reported in large numbers, particularly in the western part of the county. 
This may mean a hervy fall infestation. 
A SCALE INSECT ( Chionrspis quercus Comst.) 
Florida. E. W. Berger and G. B« Merrill (July 24): The oak chiohaspis is 
very abundant at Carrabella,. The infestation is severe on one or 
several trees. 
PINE 
A SCARABAEID ( Pachystethus lucicola Fab. ) 
Michigan. E. I. Mc Daniel (June 29): Recently we have received specimens of 
Anomola lucicola feeding on Austrian pine at Free Soil. From time to 
time we have had more or less trouble with this species in the grape belt, 
where in some years it caused quite a little damage. This is the first 
record we have had of its feeding on conifers. 
WHITE PINE WEEVIL ( Pissodes strobi Peck) 
Maine. J. V. Schaffner. ( July 20): In driving through parts of Cumberland and 
York Counties on, July l6, I noticed that many terminals of white pine 
were drooping and drying up because of infestation. 
A PINE WEEVIL ( Pir-isodep approximatus Hopk.) 
Connecticut. E. F. Felt (July 24): A white pine weevil, . provisionally 
identified as. P. approximatus , has killed a number of small' pines at 
