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LODGEFOLS PINE NEEDLE- MINER (Recurvaria milleri Busck) 
GENERAL F. C* Craighead (September 30) { The lcdgepcle pine needle-miner 
which has "been in great abundance for the past 10 jrears in the 
lodgepole stands in the surrounding Tuolumne Meadows of the 
Yosemite National Park shows, considerable reduction this year. Already 
approximately SO per cent of the lodgepole has been killed but there 
appears to be a chance for the recovery of the remainder with the 
decline in numbers of this defoliator* 
JaCK PINE SAWFLY (Species undetermined) 
Minnesota F B C» Craighead (September 30): Dr. S» A. Graham reports the jack 
pine sawfly outbreak which has been doing a great amount of irjury 
over an enormous area of northern Minnesota has received a severe 
setback this past year. Extremely high mortality occurred in the 
larval stage during the past season, 
SOUR SUM 
SOUP. GUM CASE-CUTTER Unti s-3ila ny ssaefol i ella Clem, ) 
Massachusetts A. I* Bourne (September 26); This insect was collected from sour 
gum trees at Worcester September 20« Later it was also found at 
Amherst. In the latter case practically every leaf was infested. 
SPRUCE 
SPRUCE BUIT/ORM (Karmologa fumiferana Clem,) 
GENERAL F. C* Craighead (September 30): The infestation of the spruce 
budv/orm in the Yellowstone National Park which has been progressing 
for the past 10 years still shows no signs of abatement* It is 
gradually enlarging the area originally infested and now has 
covered an area of about 1 5 square miles on parts of which at 
least 90 per cent of the timber is dead. On the Payette National _ 
Forest, Idaho, an extensive outbreak of the spruce budworm has 
developed within the past two years. Many square miles are now 
infested but just how extensive the outbreak is has not been 
determined at present,, It is very probable that large portions 
of the great mountain mass of central Idaho are at present attacked. 
In New Mexico, on the Carson and Santa Fe National Forests, the 
spruce budworm has also been reported and specimens have been 
received corroborating these reports. How extensive the damage 
is has not yet beai determined. 
SPRUCE GALL APHID (C hermes abietis L* ) 
New York Geo. M« Codding (August 20): The spruce bud louse is common and 
is found in general throughout the county to "be doing considerable 
damage. The aphids that are commonly found in Westchester County 
are Chermes abietis ,, attacking Norway spruce. 
C. R. Crosby (August 30): Infested twigs received from Utica. 
