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ELAT-HEADED APPLE TREE BORER ( Chryso bot hris femora ta Oil v. ) 
E. W. Mendenhall (May 20): F ound the flat-headed apple tree borer 
present in some of the boxelder trees on the east side of Columbus. 
CYPRESS 
CYPRESS MOTH t Cydia sp. ) 
T. D. Urbahns (April IS): A. E. Bottel reports cypress moth 
( Qydia sp. ) larvae attacking cypress trees in Riverside County. 
PINE 
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Hampshire 
Mississippi 
Mississippi 
North 
Carolina 
Arkansas 
77HITE PINE WEEVIL ( Pissodes strobi Feck) 
YiL C. O'Kane (May IS): Weevils began to appear from hiberna- 
tion about May 1, but have been slow in showing up in numbers 
because of cold and rainy days. A study of this insect is under 
way and interesting details in its life history have come to 
light. 
A SAWFLY ( jleodiprion e y c i t an s R oh wer ) 
R. ',7. Hanned(May 2^+) :Specimens tentatively identified as Neodi - 
prion excitans were collected on pine at Agricola during the ' 
early part of May, 1927- 
SOUTHERN PINE SAWYER ( Monochamus titillator Fab. ) 
R. 17. Earned (April 21): Specimens of Monochamus titillator 
were collected on pine at Tupelo on ^pril 21, 1927- 
REL TURPENTINE BEETLE ( Dendroctonus val en s Lee. ) 
Monthly Letter of the Bureau of Entomology No. 156, April: 
Early in April R. A. St. George and J. a. Beal began the summer 
work at Bent Creek, the location of the field laboratory near 
Asheville, It was found that low temperatures in the past winter 
had caused a high mortality in overwintering brood of Dendroct o- 
nus val ens. 
WALNUT 
WALNUT CATERPILLAR ( Pat ana integerrima G. & R. ) 
W. J. 3a erg (May lo): Moths began to appear on May 12. Extent 
of damage can not be estimated as yet. 
