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Vermont. H. L. Bailey (September 27): The birch leaf miner is very abundant in 
northern sections of the State. 
BIRCH LEAF MINER ( Fenusa pumila Klug) 
Maine. H. B. Peirson (August 26): The birch leaf miner is attacking black birch 
(Betula lent a) in Augusta-. ... 
BOXELDER 
BOXELDER BUG ( Le^tpcoris trivittatus Say) 
Indiana. J. J. Davis (September 27): The ..boxelder bug has been unusually abun- 
dant in the northern half of Indiana since September 9. In most cases they 
were reported as abundant on boxelder but in some cases they were reported 
pri-narily as annoying pests. 
Wisconsin. E. L. Chambers (Se-otember 27): Boxelder bugs have again appeared in 
large numbers throughout the State and are resulting in many inquiries con- 
cerning the possibility of their doing injury in homes or similar places 
where they are found crawling about. 
Minnesota. A. G. Ruggles (September 26): Boxcdler bugs are more numerous even 
than they were in 1931. 
CATALPA . 
CATALPA SPHINX ( Ceratomia catalpae Bdv.) 
Kentucky. M. L. Didlake (August 30): The catalpa sphinx is defoliating trees 
in Fayette, Franklin, Shelby, and Jefferson Counties. 
ELM 
ELM LEAF BEETLE ( Galerucella xanthomelaena Schr. ) 
Maine. H. B* Peirson : (August): The elm leaf beetle is re-oorted from the southern 
third of the State. This insect appears to be on the increase. 
New Hampshire. L. C. Glover (September 22): The second generation of the elm 
leaf beetle has done a. moderate amount of damage to elms in the County of 
Strafford around Durham, Dover, Strafford, Exeter, and Portsmouth. A little 
feeding w as noted north of Rochester. 
Connecticut and Rhode Island. E.. P. Felt (September 23): Eggs and young larvae 
were found in mid-August at Cranston, R. I., and Mystic, Conn., indicating 
a probable second brood. Re-ports of serious injury in many of the older 
towns in Connecticut, notably Guilford, Branford, Madison, Lyme, and Saybrook, 
have been received. There has been very general defoliation in many areas in 
southern Westchester County. 
California. A. C. Browne (Se-otember 3): '/Then in 1923 the elm leaf beetle was 
first found in California, some concern was felt that in its nev>- environment 
it mi -jht find some crop of economic importance that would prove to its liking. 
