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SATIN MOTH ( Stihpnotia saiicis L.) 
Washington Wm. W. Baker (February 25): Although it is too early for 
the larvae to "become active at Tacoma it is quite apparent 
that a large percentage of larvae have "been destroyed in 
some cases by a fungus or else were attacked by a fungus 
after death occurred from other causes. 
BOXELDER 
BOXELDER BUG (Pe r 'ocoris trivittatus Say) 
Kansas R. L. Parker (February 22): The boxelder bugs are moder- 
ately abundant, at Stafford and Havensville House. 
Oregon D. C. Mote (February 19): The boxelder bug was observed 
on the win? by J. " ? ilcox. 
CEDAR 
DEODAR '.7E_VIL ( Pissodes deodarae Ko-ok . ) 
South Carolina M, H. Brunson (February 25): This insect has been re- 
ported as doing considerable damage in Dibble nursery, 
Orangeburg. 
Mississippi R. W« Harned (February 24) : Adults were very abundant on 
Cedrus deodar a plants at Meridian, Lauderdale County, during 
December. 
J. E. McEvilly (February 20): The ceodor weevil is 
abundant at McComb on Cedrus deodars . 
WHITE-PINE il/EEVIL ( Pissoces strobi Hopk,) 
Mississippi H. Dietrich (February 22): The oissodes weevil was very 
abundant all winter on Cedrus deodara. 
CYPRESS 
CYPRESS BARK BEETLE ( Ehrhornia cunressi Ehrh.) 
California Monthly Hews Letter, County cf Los Angeles, Agricultural 
Commissioner, Vol. 12, No . 2, (February 15): I'irht 
additional infestations of cyoress bark scale, a serious 
cvoress nest, have been found in the Covina-Pomona district 
as the result of survey work carried on by the Los Angeles 
County Agricultural Commissioner's office. This scale was 
first found attacking a Montere^ cvnress hec^e in the 
vicinity of Covina last December. The heo>~e had been 
severely damaged, several of the individual trees bavin? 
been completely killed. 
