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GIANT APHID ( Long i stigma c aryae Harr.) 
Mississippi, J. p. Kislanko (August 20).: Observed in large numbers on beech 
trees 15 miles west of Laurel, Jones County, on August 17<> 
BEECH SCALE ( Crypt oco ecus fagi Beer. ) 
Maine, J. V. Schaffrer, Jr. (August 24): R. C. Brown reports that 21 ad- 
ditional townships in Washington, Penobscot, Hancock, and Waldo Counties 
have been infested this year. There was a very high mortality of the 
scale where it was not covered by snow or some other protective covering 
during the low temperatures of the p/is.t winter. ^ low mortality on tree 
trunks near the ground and on some 'of the roots has permitted perpetuation 
of the infestation* 
BIRCH 
BIRCH LEAF MINER ( Eenusa pumila Klug.) 
Maine c H. B. Peirson (August 12): The birch leaf-mining sawfly (F. pumila ) 
ie very abundant, the infestation being generally heavy in the State, es- 
pecially -in gray birch growths* 
LEAF MINING SAWFLY (Pj^llotoma nemorata Fall,) 
New England and New York? J. V. Schaffner, Jr. (August 23): Observations on 
August 13-17 i n w §stern Maine, northern New Hampshire, Vermont, and the 
Adirondack section of New York, show that there is a general increase in 
infestation over last year, except in the areas in the Adirondacks. The 
heaviest infestation noted was at Bethel, Maine, where approximately 15 
to 20 percent of the leaves on the gray and paper birch are infested. A 
light infestation was found in Warwick, Mass 
BOXELDER 
A GALL MITE ( Eriophyes sp.) 
Mississippi, J. M. Langston (August 21): On July 25 a correspondent at 
Kosciusko, Attala County, sent to this office some boxelder leaves heavily 
infested with galls caused by mites belonging to the genus Eriophyes . 
CATALPA 
CATALPA SPHINX ( Ceratomia eatalpae Bdv.) 
Virginia. H. G. Walker and L. D. Anderson (August 20): Reported stripping 
the leaves from several catalpa trees in Norfolk. This: is the second 
season they have been noticed, but practically all of the larvae are 
heavily parasitized and further trouble from this brood is not expected. 
Kentucky, M. L. Didlake (August 25): Catalpa sphinx larvae are very abun- 
dant in Lexington, Louisville, Waynesburg, Parksville, and Somerset. 
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