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OAK 
CALIFORNIA OAK WORM ( Phryganidia californica Pack.) 
California. M. L. Jones (February 7): :The California oak moth is reported 
as scarce on oaks locally in San Diego County. 
PUIS 
PINE NEEDLE SCALE ( Chionaspis pinifoliae Pitch) 
Colorado. G. M. List (February 20): Many more reports than usual of the pine 
leaf scale are "being received. These come from practically all sections 
of the State. There has been a very marked increase of this insect the 
last two seasons. 
A PINE SAWYER ( MonochamKte - spp.) 
Alabama. J. M. Robinson (January 5): Pine sawyers are very abundant at Blount 
Springs. 
WILLOW 
SCALE INSECTS ( Chionaspis spp.) 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (February 15): Reports were received from Garden 
County late in January that the black willows in that region were 
severely infested with a scale insect; from the description it was 
evidently either Chionaspis ortholobis Comst. or C. salicis-nigrae Walsh. 
INSECTS AFFECTING GREENHOUSE 
AND ORNAMENTAL PLANTS- 
BEET AK.IYW0RM ( Lap hyp- ma exigua Hbn.) 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (February 24): On February 21 J. P. Kislanko collected 
some larvae from fuchsias at Hattiesburg; they have been identified as 
L. exigua . 
A TORTRICID LEAF-TIER ( Platynot a stultana Wlsm.) 
California. H. J. Ryan (January 22): Collected on cyclamen in two nurseries 
in Los Angeles County and reported doing considerable damage by mining 
and tying the leaves together. The larvae were quite abundant on some 
of the plants. 
A NITIDULID ( Conotelus ob scurus Srichson) 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (February 21); Small beetles identified by J. M. Langston 
as C. o b scurus were reported as extremely abundant in the blossoms of 
dahlias, asters, and chrysanthemums in a garden at Meridian, Lauderdale 
County, on November 4. The species was also very abundant in dahlia 
blossoms at State College during the fall. 
