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at Hattiesburg on August 5 were recently received at this office, 
with a report that cedars and closely related plants were rather 
heavily infested-. 
LOCUST 
LOCUST BORER ( Cyllene robiniae Forst.) 
Connecticut. E. ?, Felt (August 25): The locust borer is quite numerous 
in southeastern New York and was brought to notice through the 
issuance of numerous beetles from infested wood in a cellar. 
Nebraska. M. E. Swenk (July 1? to August 15): A Cheyenne County correspon- 
dent reported on August 12 that he had lost many black locust trees, 
some of them from 6 to 8 inches in diameter, through attack by the 
locust borer. 
MAPLE 
GREEN -STRIPED MAFLE WORM ( Anisota rubicunda Fab.) 
Connecticut. W. E. Britton (August 23): Red maple trees were reported as 
being stripped in one section of Warren , in Litchfield County. 
A GEOMSTRID ( Physostegania p ustularia G-uen.) 
Maine. H. B. Peirson (August 10): A measuring worm, P. pus tularia , has 
been abundant on red maple at Bar Harbor. 
SUGAR-MAPLE BORER ( Glycobius sneciosus Say) 
Vermont and New Hampshire. E. P. Felt (August 27): Injury is extremely 
common on sugar marles along highways in both Vermont and New Hamp- 
shire, and a very large percentage of the dead branches and dying 
parts of trees is attributable to the work of this insect. 
FLAT -HEADED APPLE TREE BORER ( Chrysobothris femorata Oliv.) 
Indiana. J. J. Davis (August 2U): The flat-headed maple borer was reported 
as being destructive to maples at Elkhart, Flainville, and Notre 
Dame, and to apples at Sharpsville. 
OAK 
OAK TWIG PRUNER ( Hypermallus villosus Fab.) 
Rhode Island. A. E. Stone (August l) : The oak tree pruncr is showing up 
in unusually large numbers. 
Connecticut. R. B. Friend (August 23): Abundant on oaks throughout the State, 
Maryland. E. N. Cory (August 21): The long-horned beetle is attacking rnaoles 
in Kent County. 
