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KICKCRY 
APPLE TREE PRUNES (Hypermalhis villosus Fab,) 
C. P.. Crosby and assistants (August 2): Hickory trees are- 
infested and small branches strew the ground at Aft on. Specimens 
were received. 
LOCUST 
GIANT SKIPPER (Epar gyifflna tityrus Fab.) 
E* H5 Mondenhall (August 19): Thin pest has been general over 
central and southern Ohio, where \ocust (Eobinia) is found. 
They have given the leaves a browr. appearance whjteft spoiled 
the beauty of the trees, 
LOCUST LEAF MINER (Chalepus corsalis Thuhh.) 
J. J. Davis (August lU) : The locust leaf miner was destructive 
to honey locust at Richmond according to a report received on 
August 7* 
Perez Simmons (July 29): Following extensive blotching of 
locust leaves by larval mines earlier in the season, large 
numbers of adults are now skeletonizing the leaves* These 
were first observed July 26, Mos ; severe damage in at least 
3 years in Montgomery County, 
COTTONY MAPLE SCALE (Pulvinaria vitis L.) 
J. J* Davis (August lU): Reports of the cottony maple scale 
abundance continue to reach our office. Localities include 
Albany, Alexandria, Anderson, Angola, Atlanta, Decatur, Green sburg, 
Indianapolis, La Fayette, Lebanon, Portland, Shelbyville , and 
Winchester, 
SILVER MAPLE LEAF MITE ( Fnyllocootes quadrines Shim.) 
J„ J„ Davis (August lU): Another report of abundance of the 
bladder mite gall on soft maple was received from Atlanta 
on July 26„ ! , 
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PUBESCENT OaK KSRMSS ( Kermes -pubescens Bogue) 
Perez Simmons and George TT« Ellington (August 6): Several oak 
trees in the vicinity of Vfeldorf , St» Mary's County, were 
conspicuously damaged by the pubescent oak kermes, Kermes 
pub esc ens Bogue (Determined by Mm. Middleton)* 
STENOMA SP. , POSSIBLY S A schlaegeri Zell. ) 
Perez Simmons and George '7. Ellington (August 6): Several oak 
