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■ HITE-LIABKEI . : OCK MOTE ( Heme roc amp a l eucostigma 3. & A, ) 
I T ev York Cornell Dept. of Entomology News Letter (April J 
Chautauqua County (C-„ I-I, Salisbury) : Tussock-moth egg ses are 
fairly numerous in some orchards. 
-io L. 2Iendenha.il (ilarch SO): The cocoons of the white-marked tus- 
sock moth are very plentiful on shade trees "long the streets and in 
the parks in Middletovjn and Hamilton. 
B-JCAOH.I ( Thyridopteryx i iphemeraeformi s Haw. ) 
Chio E. ', . ii'Iendenhall (ilarch 30); The cocoons of the bagworm are very 
plentiful in and about ILiddletown and Hamilton on evergreens, shade 
trees, and shrubbery. Boy scouts of Hamilton have been picking the 
bags end burning then. 
OYSTER-SHELL SCALE ( Lepidosaphes ulmi L „ ) 
York Cornell Dept. of Lnt . reus Letter (i.pril 3< , 
Suffolk County ( .D.Been): Oyster-shell scale seems to be very 
serious in most apple orchards, 
Chautauqua County ( G.H. Salisbury) : Oyster-shell scale is plenti- 
ful but not dangerously so. 
Nebraska 1,1. H. Swenk (January 1 to April 15); The Oyster-shell scale was 
complained of during the period covered by this report. 
AIBOLd'IT.-L 
- / ' PH1I) ( Dil-chnus thujaf olia. Theob. ) 
Mississippi 3. ':. Harned (April 24): Dilachnus thujafolia Theob, on arborvitae 
was received from Lei and Ilarch 24 and from Vicksburg March 27, be- 
ing collected on arborvitae in both instances. The specimens were 
determined by L. L. Kamner. 
. .DEE BUG ( Leptocoris trivittatus Say) 
)raska . H. Swenk (January 1 to April 15); The boxelder bug was the cause 
of many inquiries and complaints from housekeepers during the period 
from February 6 to ivlarch 23. These complaints came from all over 
the eastern half of the State. 
•-S J. iColloch (Ilarch 31); The boxelder bug is still causin 
trouble s i household pest at Atchison, Bennington, md I Lri Ln 
[Li isode3 deodarae opk. ) 
i . rued (April 24): A number of complaints in regard to 
ivils be] -I in bo b ;nus Pissodes have been received during 
