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A PYRALIP ( Tetralopha robustella Zell.) 
Connecticut. W. E. Britten (September 22):' This moth lays eggs on yari~,us 
species of pine. The larvae form "balls of frass, in which they live and 
feed upon the leaves. Recently reported fron Branford, Clinton, and 
Deep River. 
Maryland. . E. N. Cory (September 2k); T. robustella was reported as attack- 
ing loblolly pine at Glynont. 
A «/E3VIL ( Hylobius radicis Buchanan) 
Connecticut. G. H. Plumb (September 22): On May 5 a larva of H. radicis was 
taken fron the sane tree "base out of which Pissodes ayproxinatus Hopk. 
later emerged. The larvae ".'ere about 15 mm in length, and several trees 
were completely girdled, sone already dead and others dying. Two larvae 
received fron Sea Cliff , Long Island, on August 28 fron Scotch pine, and 
identified "by Adam Boving as H. radicis proved identical with. the speci- 
mens taken at Old Lyne. These larvae were "burrowing in the "base <^f the 
trunk, between the ground level and the roots. 
PLANSTREZ 
SYCAMORE LACSBUGS ( Corythucha spp.) 
Alabama. J. M. Robinson (Septenbor 25): The lacebug was reported as defoli- 
ating sycanores at Jasper on August 20. 
California. C. S. Morley (September l)i Native sycamore trees in Kern 
County were severely injured by attacks of the lacewing tingid. This 
insect has been observed feeding upon the plane sycamore trees for the 
first time this season. 
POPLAR 
A CERAMBYCID ( oberea schaumi Lcc.) 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (September 23): From Grant County on September 7 there 
came specimens of cottonwood twigs showing infestation. 
SPRUCE 
EASTERN SPRUCE BEETLE ( Pendroctonus piceaperda Hopk. ) 
Vermont. J. V. Schaffner, Jr. (August 31): A serious outbreak of the eastern 
spruce barkbeetlc occurs in the Green Mountain National Forest in an area 
between the Middlebury and Brandon Gaps. Over 90 percent of the merchant- 
able spruce on an area of about 5°0 acres is now dead and the info station 
is spreading to the adjoining Battell Memorial Park. 
EUROPEAN SPRUCE SAWFLY ( piprion polytomun Htg.) 
New England and Now York. H. J. MacAloney (September 2U): No noticeable 
