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observations upon soybeans in the attempt to find the amount and 
nature of the damage caused by the Mexican bean beetle have re- 
vealed the fact that. in many areas where the locusts have been 
defoliated the adults of the locust leaf miner have begun feeding 
very abundantly on soybeans. This has been so froticeable in many 
places that it l*as been reported, by farmers and county agents. The 
feeding by this insect is much more severe than any feeding caused 
by the Mexican bean beetle upon the same crop. To the present time 
no egg masses have been found deposited upon soybeans and only the 
larvae which have migrated from other beans thieh were defoliated 
have been found upon spybeans. Feeding by the adult has been very 
meager in all cases. 
T. H. Parks (August 19): The locust traSs on the hills of southern 
Ohio now appear as if scorched by fire, owing to the feeding of these 
beetles on the foliage. They are also feeding to a less extent upon 
oak leaves and leaves of soybeans. 
MAPLE 
COTTOftY MAPLE SCALE ( Pulvinaria innumerabilis Bathv, ) 
Ohio T. K. Parks (August 19): We have received more specimens of the 
cottony maple scale than for several years. Most inquiries come from 
western Ohio with the statement that they are damaging maples. 
Wisconsin E. L. Chambers (August 19): Serious damage was expected from the 
cottony maple scale on some of the trees in Marshfield and an 
attempt was being made to wash them off with water from a power 
spray outfit. 
FLAT-HEADED ECRER (Chrvsobothris femorata 01 i v.) 
Indiana C« R« Cleveland (August 21): Flat-headed borers* probably this species, 
were reported from Crown Point as being very serious on a large 
grove of young maple trees* It was feared by the correspondent that 
many of the trees would be killed. We have had reports from other 
sources of similar injury and it appears either that these borers 
are on the increase in the State or that' they are being more 
generally noticed than formerly. 
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A GEOMETRID (SllQpia fiscellaria Gu.) 
Michigan R. H. Pettit (July 20): I am sending a sample of geometrid larvae 
justt recently obtained from Leland, in Leelanau County away up nort^. 
These larvae are defoliating hemlock, balsam, and, to a lesser 
degree, wjiite pine, C. B. Dibble, who has just returned from a trip 
up there, after examining into this outbreak, feports several 
square miles badly infested, a number of trees killed last year, and 
practically complete defoliation of the trees this year. 
