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being defoliated rapidly. This caterpillar was unusually abundant last 
year. 
ALDER 
A CHRYSOMELID ( Phytodecta americana Schffr.) 
Maine. H. B. Peirson (August): A leaf beetle,?, americana. is very abundant 
on Mount Desert Island and the nearby mainland. Much alder is completely 
skeletonized. 
ALDER FLEA BEETLE '( Kaltica bimarginata Say) 
Maine. H. B. Peirson (August 1): The alder flea beetle is general : in the 
State and causing heavy defoliation. 
J. V. Schaffner, Jr. (August 23): Heavy infestations of larvae were 
noted on speckled alder, on August .6-l8, between Bangor and Millinocket, 
being -probably heaviest in the vicinity of Lincoln along the Penobscot 
River. Larvae are full grown and are moving down to pupate. 
' A SAWFL7 (Nematus sp.) 
Maine* H. B» Peirson (August 1<3): A sawfly Nematus sp., is abundant in 
Andover where it is stripping the alder very severely. 
ASH : ... 
CARPENTER WORM ( Prionoxystu s robiniae Peck) 
North Dakota. J. A. Munro (August 22): During the current year the carpenter 
worm has been found in 8 additional counties in southwestern North Dakota. 
This insect is now known to occur throughout the southern three-fourths of 
the State . 
A BARK BEETLE ( Leperisinus aculeatus Say) 
Minnesota. C. E. I.Iickel (August 27): L. a culeatus was found on ash wood 
stored in a basement in Blue Earth County. 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (July 1^ to August 15 ) : During the period July 17 to 
August 9 there were many complaints of damage to ash trees, chiefly in 
northeastern Nebraska, but also in Sarpy, Douglas, Polk, Howard, and Pawnee 
Counties. This attack, combined with the drought, probably accounts for 
the death of many ash tr-os. 
BEECH : 
BEACH BLIGHT APHID ( prociphilus imbricator Fitch) 
Mississippi. J. P. Kislanko (August 20): An exceedingly heavy infestation on 
Faprus americana was observed today about 15 miles west of Laurel, Jones 
County, 
