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SOUTHERN PINS BEETLE ( pendroctonus frontalis Zimm. ) 
Southeastern United States. R. A. St. George (September 26): During Septem- 
ber additional outbreaks of the southern pine beetle have reached this 
office. Upon an investigation a serious infestation was found at Far- 
mington (10 miles west of TJins ton- Salem) , N. C. Several acres of fine 
virgin shortleaf pine timber were "being killed. The trees would cut 
about 30,000 hoard feet per acre, a very high yield for this locality. 
The attack started about July 1 and the brood which emerged continued 
to enlarge the infested area. About 200 newly infested trees were found 
when the tract was examined September 1. Outbreaks of this beetle dur- 
ing the season 1932 have been reported from the following States: Vir- 
ginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, 
and Arkansas. In general the beetle has been more active in the Piedmont 
and Coastal Plain regions than has been the case for several years. The 
previous outbreaks were confined more to the mountainous and, to a lesser 
extent, to the Piedmont regions. The only activity this year noted in 
the mountainous area w a s within a 25 mile radius of Ashevillc, N. C. A 
recent reconnaissance study of the Smoky Mountain National Park revealed 
no indications of activity this season, quite in contrast to the situation 
in 1931. 
Kentucky. W. A. Price (September 26): The southern pine beetle is injuring 
pines at Louisville and Lexington. 
A CONE BEETLE ( ConoThthorus conip_erda Schwarz) 
Connecticut. E. P. Pelt (September 23): The pine cone beetle is reported abun- 
dant on white pine at Danbury. 
RED-HEADED PINE SAtfFLY ( Neodiprion lecontei Fitchf 
Maine. H. B. Peirson (September 6): The red-headed pine sawfly is attacking 
red pine at Portland. 
PINE BARK APHID (Pi neus strobi Htg. ) 
Connecticut. M. P. Zappe (September): Chermes pinicorticis Fitch appears to 
be very much less abundant than it has been for several years. Nursery 
trees are practically clean, and the insect has been found on only a few 
occasions where normally it is quite abundant where white pine is grown. 
