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Illinois. C. L. Met calf (June 22)! Judging from the correspondence, the scale 
is unusually abundant in the. northern part of Illinois, 
Michigan. E. I« McDaniel (June 22): Has "been reoorted on maple at Flint and 
gooseberry at Paw Paw. The egg masses were fully developed on June 11, 
and some of the eggs had started hatching. ; ■ 
mesquite 
AN UNDEROTING ( Melipotis nigrescen s G. & R.) 
Arizona. C. D, Lebert (June 23) I The insect reported on page 197 of the In- 
sect Pest Survey Bulletin dated June 1-, 1937 » has now been identified as 
the above species. 
PINE •; . 
EUROPEAN PINE SHOOT MOTE ,( Rhyacionia buo lian a Schiff. ) 
New York and New England. E. P. Pelt (June 22): This moth is becoming locally 
abundant and injurious in southwestern New England and southeastern New 
York. 
Ohio. A. D. Taylor (June 23): Specimens collected from mugho pine in Cleveland. 
(Dot. by C. Heinrich. ) 
A PYRALID ( Tetralopha melanogrammos Zell.) 
New Jersey. P. A. Soraci (June 2^) : A light infestation on white pine at 
Ramsey, Bergen Covin ty, and at Summit, Union County. Larvae appear to be 
full grown. 
A PINE ENGRAVER (ips oregoni Eich.) 
Montana. J. C. Evenden (June 18): A severe infestation on ponderosa pine in the 
Rocky Boy Indian Reservation. Groups of trees, ranging from reproduction 
to mature trees, were killed during the last year. 
A SAT7PLY (Il eodiprion sp.) 
Massachusetts. J. V. Schaffner Jr. (June 25): Outbreaks occurred in many red 
pine plantations in Meddlesex and Worcester Counties and in at least one 
natural stand of red pine. Larvae were full grown and spinning cocoons 
on June 12. 
SPRUCE 
EASTERN SPRUCE BEETLE ( Dendroc ton us piceaperda Hopk.) 
Vermont. J. V. Schaffner Jr. (June 19): In the Green Mountain'National Porest 
near Rochester, large areas of overmature spruce are seriously infested. 
Most adults had issued from hibernation and are making new galleries 
