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Mississippi. C. Lyle and assistants (Se-otember) : Serious damage to -oecan trees 
has "been noted in Adams and Wilkinson Counties, where about 75 ner cent of 
the trees are completely defoliated. Slight damage to -oecans w a s noted in 
Pike County. 
YELLOW-NECKED CATERPILLAR ( Da tana ministra Drury) 
Vermont. H. L. Bailey (September 27): Yellow-necked apple tree caterpillar is 
abundant in the western part of the State. Noted a row of small elms in 
Shelburne practically defoliated. 
EASTERN TENT CATERPILLAR ( Malaco soma americana Fab.) 
Iowa. C. N. Ainslie (September 12): An unusual outbreak of tw species, M. 
americana and M. disstria Hbn. , is appearing on various trees in the area 
near Sioux City, apple, elm, and boxelder being very generally attacked. 
The pests are s-ooradic, some localities showing heavy infestation, others 
but little. Little interest ia being shown in the easily applied control 
measures. 
WALKINGSTICX ( Dia-oheromera femorata Say) 
Maine. H. B. Peirson (August 26): Two walkingsticks were received from Agamen- 
ticus, August 26. 
Pennsylvania. J. N. Knull (September 18): An infestation of walkingsticks 
was observed in Bear Valley, west of UpT)er Strasburg, Franklin County. Many 
of the forest trees, especially the lindens, were severely defoliated. 
PIGEON TREMEX ( Tremex columba L. ) 
Rhode Island. A. E. Stene (September 28): An insect rarely re-ported in -pre- 
vious years, the -nigeon tremex has been sent in from several sections of 
the State this year, indicating that it is probably unusually abundant. 
BIRCH 
BIRCH SKELETONIZER ( Bucculatrix canadensi sella Chamb.) 
Maine^and New Hampshire. J. V. Schaffner, jr. (September 24): Severe infesta- 
tions have been reported in southern parts of Nev Hampshire and Maine. 
Maine. H. B. Peirson (August 26): Birch throughout the northern half of the 
State is severely attacked. 
Pennsylvania. J. N. Knull (September 14): The birch leaf skeletonizer is very 
■abundant in the northeastern part of Pennsylvania. In many places the 
foliage of the gray birches looks as if it had been killed by fire. 
BIRCH LEAF- MINING SA.IFLY ( Phyllotoma nemo ra ta Fallen) 
Maine. H. B. Peirson (August 26): There is a heavy outbreak throughout the 
State of the birch sawfly leafminer. It is more severe than -last year. 
