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New York 
Indiana 
EUROPEAN ELM SCALE ( C-pssyp-ria spuria M deer ) 
Weekly News Letter N. Y. St. Coll. Agri., June 4: Orange 
-County (P. J. Parrott): The European elm scale is damaging 
elm at Monroe. 
J. J. Davis (June 26): The European elm scale was reported 
as abundant on elm at Marion June 23. 
E. L. Chambers (June 15): Solid "blocks of elm trees in Kadi- 
son and Milwaukee streets are heavily infested with this scale, 
and many show serious inju.ry, some "being killed where no con- 
trol measures have been applied. This insect is more abundant 
this month than last, and more abundant then last ye^r. 
Ohio 
Indiana 
IIAPLE 
COTTONY MAPLE SCALE ( Fulvinaria vitis Rathv. ) 
E. l ~. Mendenhall (June 26): The soft maple shade trees in 
Springfield are infested somewhat with the cottony scale. 
These are bad in certain localities at Springfield. 
H. F. Diets (May 3l) : The cottony maple scale has been re- 
ported as unusually abundant in the southern part of Indianap- 
olis and also from Noblesville. The formation of the egg 
masses is just beginning to take place. 
J. J. Davis (June 26): The cottony maple sc^le was reported 
showing up at Treherne June 14, at Marion, El wood, and Sedalia 
June 18, and at Gary June 22. So far no hatching has been ob- 
served. 
OAK 
California 
CORK OAK MIDGE ( Plagiotrochus suberi Weld ) 
Monthly Ne- 'S Letter Los Angeles Co. Kort. Comm. Vol. lO'.No. 
6, June 15, 1928: Early in 1927 a severe injury to several 
fine cork oaks on - 1 private estate in Los Angeles was found to 
be caused by a small midge which lays its eggs in the new twig 
growth, causing a swelling and dying of the twigs. Specimens 
••'ere taken by Mr. Harold J. Ryn, Los Angeles County Horticul- 
tural Commissioner , and sent to Dr. Alfred C. Kinsey of Indiana 
University, a specialist on this type of insect. Dr. Kinsey 
determined the specimens as the cork oak midge, Plrvdo tfcochus 
suberi W.eld. He stated that the insect was undoubtedly in- 
ported from Europe, and hnd been taken from San Jose, S,->nta 
Clara, San Francisco, and Pasadena - in every case on the Euro- 
pean cork ork. Since that time inspections made by Mr. L. E. 
