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i "by the activities of the bagworm the last few years. Much of the 
injury this year has "been to boxelder; 
FALL TJEB 77CRH ( Hvnhantria ' cnnca Erury) 
Virginia ■ Herbert Spencer (August 11) : Fall webworras are snore abundant 
this. fall than we have soon them in many years. The webs are 
very conspicuous in our woods at the present time. 
' TCHITE-MARKED TUSSOCK MOTH ( Hemerocampa leu co stigm a S, & A. ) 
Nebraska M. K„ Swenk (July 2$ to August 25): The white-marked tussock 
moth has continued its injuries to trees and shrubs during the 
period covered by this report. 
ARBOR VITAS ....... 
SOFT SCALE (Coccus hesperidun L. ) 
T7isconsin E. L. Chambers (August 20): One of the nurseries in the south- 
eastern part of the State had quite a general infestation of 
this pest on arborvitae, and several trees at Maiden Hock 
(Pierce County) were seriously infested. 
BIRCH 
BRONZE BIRCH 30EER ( Agrilus an::ius Gory) 
Wisconsin . . E# L. Chambers (August 20): Eleven cutleaf birch trees were 
condemned in one of the nurseries in the southeastern part of 
the State* Several trees were killed outright by the pest. 
ELM 
ELM LEAF BEETLE ( f^-al brucella ^an thorn el aena Schrank) 
Massachusetts A. 1, Bourne (August 22); !&•., Lacroix, at East ¥areham, reports 
the elm leaf beetle very abundant this season in several towns 
in Plymouth and Parr.stabie Counties. In the towns of Sandwich, 
Barnstable, and Yarmouth he reports the infestation so heavy 
that elm trees stand out very conspicuously because of the brown 
appearance of the foliage, due to the feeding of this insect. 
This report choirs a degree of injury more severe than we have 
noted fcr a period of years. 
California T„ L\ Urbahns and assistants (August 15) : All elm trees through- 
out Fresno County that have not been sprayed with arsenical 
solution ere completely defoliated at this time. 
ELM BORER (Saperda tridentata 01.) 
Nebraska M, H. Swenk (July 25 to August 25): The visual number of complain" 
of injury to elms by the ifclm borer ( Saperda tridentata ) were 
received during the period covered by this report. 
