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.'" . LOCUST 
LOCUST TWIG BORER ( Ecdytolopha insiticiana Zell.) 
Ohio E. W. Mendenhall (July 16): The black locusts in nurseries 
at Springfield are badly infested with the locust twig borer. 
'.; . " MAPL E 
FLAT-HEADED APPLE-TREE BORER ( Chrysobothris femorata Cliv.) 
Indiana J. J. Davis (July 35): What was supposed to be the flat- 
headed borer was destructive to maple at Martinsville, June 28. 
SUGAR-MAPLE BORER ( Glycobius speciosus Say) 
Ohio S. W. Mendenhall (July 24): The sugar maple borers are very 
bad in the hard maples planted on the streets of London (Madison 
Co.). Many limbs and even the trees' are dying from this 
destructive pest. 
NORWAY MAPLE APHID ( Periphvllus lyrop ictus Kess.) 
Indiana J. J. Davis (July 25): The Norway maple aphid was abundant 
on Norway maple at Bedford and Orleans, June 25 and 26, 
respectively. 
. WOOLLY ALDER APHID ( Prociphilus tessellatus Fitch) 
Massachusetts E. P. Felt (July 26): The alder blight aphid was reported 
as seriously injuring soft maple foliage at Southfield, late 
in June. 
COTTONY i'LAPLS SCALE ( Palvinaria vitis L.) 
Indiana J. J. Davis ( July 25): Abundance of the cottony maple scale 
was reported from warren, Fowler, Saratoga, and Morristown. 
lovIa - C J. Drake (July 22): The cottony maple scale is very 
abundant in Iowa this year. Records have beenreceived from 
the following places: Lake Park, Dakota, Thompson, Mason City, 
Hampton, Davenport, Exira, Buffalo Center, Renwick, and Durant. 
This is the first .year that the cottony maple scale has been 
abundant in Iowa. 
■ OAK 
OAK TWIG PRUNER ( Hypermallus villosus Fab.) 
Massachusetts E. P. Felt (July 26): The maple and oak trig prune r* is 
reported as injurious in the Boston area. 
