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exposed to the sun' iri- ! l^bm#J„p3C.gp^ti : S^^L^ , ^"i n 'ui©" : - "^'- -lEfec^me infested almost 
the first summer after "being planted and the borer is becoming prevalent 
in forest- stands' where the other' trees have been taken out and- the- woods 
opened up. <•":■ ' : " 
BIRCH LEAF-MINING -SAFFL.Y ..( Phyllo.tpma nomora ta- Fall. ) 
Maine. H. B. Peirson (September lU)V On August 20," the' infestation in the"- 
Dead River district, western Maine,' was estimated to be mining 60 percent 
of the foliage and was very heavy-. ' Trees appear brown over large areas 
at Bar Harbor and in the vicinity 'of Augusta. * 
CATALPA 
CATALPA SPHINX ( Ceratomia catalpa e Bdv. ) 
Virginia. G. E. Ma.theny (September 9): Many -catalpas practically defoliated 
by- large caterpillars during summer and early fall. 
Ohio. J. S. Houser (September): Many .specimens of trees and smaller plantings 
along highways were observed late in the summer to be practically defoli- 
ated. One largo plantcatipn^nea'r.jiechaiiicsburg, 'in-west central Ohio, con- 
taining 125 acres of trees, some of which are 35, feet high, is reported 
to have been stripped of foliage during the last k weeks,- .' 
Indiana. J. J. Davis (September 25) ' • Has been fairly abundant in all parts of 
the State. During September the common parasite Apanteles congrcgatus Say 
was unusually, abundant at . Lafayette, -a large- majority of the Larvae being 
attacked. 
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MOURNING-CLOAK BUTTERFLY (Ka madryas antiopa L.) 
Indiana,. J. J. Davis (September 25) ' Was unusually abundant in a few locali- 
ties in the northern end of the State early in September. 
■ '■ EUROPEAN ELM SCALE "( Qossyparia spuria Med.) - • 
Wisconsin. E. L. Chambers (September 20): The European elm scale, which was 
pretty well wiped out by the intense heat of the summer of 1936, began 
shoY/ing up by midsummer in several of the larger cities in southern Wisconsin. 
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AN APHID ( Dreyfusia piceae Ratz.) 
Vermont. H. J. MacAloncy (September 23)2 In various localities in New Hampshire 
and Vermont the fir bark lous^- is increasing. Recently dead trees were 
beginning to become evident late in August and early in September. 
