-234- 
?:';C:i SCAL3 (Cryp _ ; >ccus fagi Bacr) 
Massachusetts. J. 7. Schaffner, jr. (Septe . • ^'l); Aj Lnf< Nation van found ir. 
an area of beech near Lake Chebnccc at H milton on ^ srust ?3. 
BIRCH SK35L3T01JIZ2R ( Bucc ulp.trix canadensi sella Chamb.) 
Maine and Hew Hampshire. E. 3. Peirson ("optcmber 9): In central and southern 
;' j ine and tin White Mountains of New Hampshire this insect is canr-in^ severe 
damage, browning the trees. 
New Hampshire. J. V. Schaffner, jr.. (September 23): On September 6 infestations 
were reported as very heavy through northern New Panpshire, especially in the 
vicinity of Lancaster, Stark, and Northumberland. 
Vermont. PI. I, Bailey ( Sept ember _ 25): The birch leaf nkclctonizer is extremely 
abundant throughout northern and central Vermont. I'ost of the birches --ere 
defoliated earl;- in September. 
mi 
HDM HAT 33HPL3 (G alemicella zaiithomelacna Schr. ) 
Washington. .p.. J. Newcomer (September 20); This beetle has defoliated elm trees 
in various places in the Yakima Valley, and is becoming : -a.orous in the city 
of Yakima, 
A LEAF BEETLE ("o- casta coryli Say) 
Virginia. II. n r. Walter are J. p. Anderson (S >t I ir 25): The larvae of this 
beetle are doing considerable damage to the foliage of elm trees at the Lake 
Drumraond Dam in the Dismal Swamp. (Det. H. S. Barber.) 
AN APHID ( Drey ft sia pdj^eae R a * 2 « ) 
Maine, Now Hampshire, and Vermont. H. 3. Peirson (September): Severe damage in 
many sections of Maine and New Hampshire and reported as killing balsam fir 
in numbers in Sashingto: County, Vermont. 
MAPL3 
FLAT- t -:E.\31TD APPLE TPTir; B0R2R ( Chr^c-obothris femorata 01 i v.) 
Indiana. J. J. Davis (S< r 25): 5?ho • flat-headed borer was reported damaging 
sugar maples at 3vansville, August 30. 
