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PINE NEEDLE SCALE ( Chionaspis -oinifoliae Fitch) 
Utah. G. F. Knowlton ( September 15) • Pino needle scale is damaging ornamental 
Austrian pine, as well as some other pines and spruce, on the College 
campus at Logan. 
POPLAR 
POPLAR TENTI/LAKSR ( ichthyura inclusa Hbn. ) 
Virginia. C. R. Willey (September 17): On a trip from Winchester, in the 
.. Shenandoah Valley, I noticed that practically all of the poplars along 
the way were defoliated. 
Ohio. E. W. Mendenhall (September H) : The poplar tentmakers are quite bad in 
some of the poplars in Columbus and vicinity. . , 
Kentucky, W. A. Price (September 2U) : Present in large numbers on poplar and 
willow trees cat Walton. 
SPRUCE 
SPRUCE BUDWORM ( Cacoecia fumiferana Clem.) 
Massachusetts and Vermont. L. H. Noble (September f): Heavy feeding on spruce 
and fir at Greenfield. Center of infestation .appears to be about 2 miles 
north of the Wilmington, Vt„ post office. 
EUROPEAN SPRUCE SAWFLY ( Diprion polytomum Ktg. ) 
Maine. H. B. Peirson (September lU) : The insect has increased at an alarming 
rate over last year and is ? " now "present all over the State wherever spruce 
occurs. Defoliation is noticeable and some trees have died in areas in 
Aroostook, northern Somerset, and northern Piscataquis Counties, on the 
watersheds of the St. John and Allagash Rivers. From all collections made 
at parasite liberation points of 193^i the parasite Micronlectron fusci- 
pennis Zett. has been recovered from cocoons collected at Presque Isle, 
Masardis, Bar Harbor, and in Township 12, Range l6. 
New Hampshire. H. J. MacAloney (September 23) J Approximately 1,250 acres of 
spruce on the north slope of- Mount Konadnock is nearly defoliated and there 
is a medium-to-heavy infestation in 2,500 acres surrounding this area. 
Several smaller areas of heavy infestation were found in this general region. 
Vermont. H. L. Bailey (September 27) J Reported extremely abundant at Wilming- 
ton, south-central Vermont, and at Lincoln, central Vermont, both in Wind- 
ham County. 
F. A. Dailey (September l): Complete defoliation- observed in several 
solid stands of spruce : at Wilmington. Isolated trees show 70 to 90 percent 
defoliation. 
