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was received fron Grenada on August 26. State Plant Board inspectors 
report that the infestation over the entire State is very light. No 
defoliation has occurred. 
CHAIN- SPOTTED GEOMETER ( Cingilla catenaria Drury) 
Connecticut. J. C. Schread (Septenber 20): Countless nunbers of noths on 
the "'est side of Derby, flying around lights. 
TWO-LINED CHESTNUT BORER (Acrilus bilineatus Web.) 
New York. E. P. Pelt (Septenber 23): The work of the two-lined chestnut 
borer continues to be serious in various areas on the northern shore of 
Long Island, especially in the vicinity of St. Janes. 
BEECH 
BEECH SCALE ( Cryptococcus fa.~i Baer. ) 
Maine and Massachusetts. J. V. Schaffner, Jr. (Septenber 21): R. C. Brown 
reports a general increase in the infestations in Maine and eastern 
Massachusetts. In several localities the infestations are heavy. 
BIRCH 
BIRCH SKELETONIZER ( Bucculatrix canadensi sella Chanb.) 
New York. R. E. Horsey (Septenber 2U) : One large tree of canoe birch at 
Rochester has about every leaf nore or less spotted with the work of the 
birch skeletonizer. Larvae and the "false or noulting cocoons" can be 
found on this date. Only a few were on red birches that were badly in- 
fested in 1922, when they were found on 12 different species of birch. 
OYSTER-SHELL SCALE ( Lepidosaphes ulni L. ) 
Ohio. E. W. Mondenhall (Septenber 5): Oyster-shell scales are very thick 
on the bark of birch trees in a nursery at New Moorfield. 
ELM 
ELM LEAF BEETLE ( Gale ruce 11a xnn thonelaena Schr.) 
Connecticut. W. E. Britton (Septenber 22): Little danagc has occurred in 
Connecticut this season, but adults have been received fr^n Bridgeport, 
Manchester, and Soncrs. 
Ohio. T. H. Parks (Septenber 23): Eln leaf beetles have crawled into houses 
in sone sections of Colunbus. 
ELM BUD MIDGE ( Fhytopha^a ulni Beautn. ) 
New York. S. P. Felt (Septenber 23): The eln bud nidge was reported as a 
serious pest in eln seedlings at Yonkers. 
