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the larvae emerging from the roots of prune trees and the adults 
at this time of the year ovipositing in the year-old growth of 
prune wood. Twigs loaded with fruit break off so that there is 
considerable loss to the gro ir: ers in some orchards. 
GIANT HICKORY APHID ( Longi stigma ca ryae Harr. ) 
South 
Carolina J. 0. Pepper (May 6} : Specimens of this insect have been re- 
ceived from all parts of the Piedmont section. It has been re- 
ported as being present on various hinds of trees in abundant 
numbers. 
TURPENTIHS BORER ( Buorestis anricans Ebst. ) 
Florida Monthly Letter of Bureau of Entomology No. 156 ( April): In the 
latter part of March F. C. Craighead and J. A. Seal spent some 
time on the Choctowhatchee Division of the Florida National 
Forest, making a preliminary study of the turpentine borer 
(Buprestis. apricans Host.). This insect causes serious losses 
in Longleaf and slash pines after they have been operated for 
turpentine , The more conservative types of operating adopted 
by the Forest Service prevent much of t his damage , though faces 
exposed for a number of years are finally attacked. 
OYSTER SHELL SCALE ( Lepidosaphes ulmi L. ) 
Illinois W. P. Flint (May 23): The double -brooded form infesting shade 
trees began hatching during the week of Hay S. The single - 
brooded form, which i s common on ash, lilac, Carolina poplar, 
and some shrubs, has not yet started to hatch at Urbana. 
BAG-WORM ( Thyr i dopt er yx ephemeraeformis H aw.) 
Arkansas W. J. Baerg (May 2): Hatching of caterpillars began on May 2 
and is still going on, Unless parasites appear, a condition 
unfavorable to caterpillar development, many trees will be 
largely defoliated. (May k) : Caterpillars began hatching on 
Hay 2. An estimate of their relative numbers can not as yet be 
made. 
Missouri L. Has'eman (April 28): M'ore inquiries than usual regarding 
bag worms have been received during the month from various sec- 
tions of the State. The spring brood of worms has not yet de- 
■veloped, but the complaints refer to the cocoons left from last 
year. 
( pichomeris margined tus Fab. ) 
North J. a. Beal (May IS): Pichomeris marginellus was badly infesting 
Carolina a number of junipers during the latter part of April this year 
at Ashe'viile. 
