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reported serious in the extreme northern part of the State. 
Specimens have been taken on raspberry ^nd currant hushes where 
complete defoliation was reported. These beetles appeared in 
such large numbers at Green Bay and Sturgeon Bay that the 
County Board of Boor County appealed for aid with an airplane 
such as was used ''oy this department t^o years "go against the 
hemlock soan^orm. 
OYSTER- SHELL SCALE ( Lepidosaphes ulmi L.) 
Indiana J. J. Davis (June 25): The oyster-shell scale began hatching 
on lilac at Lafayette June 2, and was reported as killing ash 
at Aurora June 16. 
ARBORVITAi 
ARBORVITAE LE1F MIHER ( Ar gyres th j.o thuiella Pack.) 
Connecticut . W. E. Britton (June 25): This insect has not been very de- 
structive since 1921 but is no"? causing injury to arborvitae 
in the locality of Union City south of Water bury. The trees 
are brown. 
ASH 
FLAT- HEADED APPLE TREE BORER (Ch rysobothri s femorata 01 i v.) 
!T e braksa M. H. Swenk (v/fay 15- June 15): 'The borers most complained of 
during the period covered by this report included Chrysobothris 
f emorat a on ash trees. 
BABDSD ASH BORER (DTeo clytu s capraea Say) 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (Kay 15-June 15): Nooclytus capraea has been re- 
ported as attacking ash trees during the period covered by this 
report. 
ASH BORER (P odosesia fraxini Lugger ) 
Worth Dakota C. N. Ainslie (June 22): The young ash trees set for shade 
in town yards and streets in Beach, Mott , and Dickinson are be- 
ing attacked, and in some cases killed, by this pest, j^s many 
as twenty emergences of moths from one small tree have been 
noticed, llo tr-'ce of attack can be found in trees growing wild 
in ravines. This injury has been apparently increasing in re- 
cent years. 
