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EUROPEAN EL!! SCALE ( Gossyparia spuria Mod. ) 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk .(April 20 to May 20): A report was received fro -a Jef- 
ferson County of injury to elms "by both the European elm scale and the 
white elm scale ( Chionaspis amcricana Johns.). 
FIR 
DOUGLAS FIE CATERPILLAR ( Buschaasie argentata Pack. ) 
Nevada. G. G. Schweis (May 19): After a five-year interval in which no damage 
was reported, the silver spotted halisidoa has again aopeared in great num- 
bers in the forests at Lake Tahoo and is doing much damage to fir trees. 
Occasionally where firs overlap with pines the catorpillars are feeding on 
pines, but the damage is not so severe or noticeable as on firs. 
LARCH 
LARCH CASE BEARER (Co lcophora laricella Fon. ) 
Maine. H. 3. Peirson (May): The larch case bearer was very abundant, May 17, 
in Sydney, and was moving to opening buds. 
Vermont. H. L. Bailey (May 27): This insect is generally abundant throughout 
the State. Trees in large plantation at Douner Forest Farm, Sharon, showed 
10 to 80 per cent defoliation May 26. 
Hew York. R. D. Glasgow (May 33): The larch case bearer is now quite generally 
injurious to larch in ornamental plantings throughout eastern New York. 
This insect is again causing severe damage also to American larch in the 
forests of northern New York. 
JUNIPER AND CEDAR 
JUNIPER 7EB170RM ( Dichonoris mar~inella Fab. ) 
New York. R. D. Glasgow (May 23): The juniper webworm appears to be unusually 
troublesome in some -Darts of Westchester County and of Long Island. 
Maryland. E. N. Cory (May 19): The first record of emergence was obtained 
Wednesday on cage specimens at College Park. The webworm has been reported 
from Baltimore City. 
JUNIPER SCALE ( Pi asp is carueli Targ. ) 
New York. F. J. Parrott (May 22): The juniper scale is moderately abundant in 
western Now York. 
