-113- 
Mississippi 
Alabama 
New York 
Pennsylvania 
( • OAK 
OAK 'GALL INSECTS ( Andricus spp. ) 
J - 
. D.....TI7." Grimes (April 20): A. punctatus Bass, was abundant 
.on. pale, March 17, at Madden. 
J:. M. Robinson (April 20): An oak gall insect was reported 
on water oak leaves at Montgomery. A. cor onus Beut. is very- 
abundant at Anniston. 
AN OAK KESMES ( Kermes pubescens Bogue) 
E. P. Felt (April 22): This oak gall scale insect is 
abundant on oak in the vicinity of New York City. 
GOLEM OAK SCALE. ( Asterolecanium variolosum Ratz. ) 
J. IT. Knull (April 11): Six chestnut fcak trees, from 4 to 8 
feet tall, are infested with the golden oak scale. Infestation 
is very heavy and many small branchlets have been killed. 
PINE 
Connecticut 
Vermont 
A PINE SHOOT MOTH ( Rhyacionia rigidana Pern. ) 
R. 3. Friend (April 22): Pupae were frequently found in 
the dead buds of red pine during the winter, but the insect 
has not been found sufficiently abundant to cause serious 
injury. 
EUROPEAN PINE SHOOT MOTH ( Rhyacionia buoliana Schiff . ) 
H. L. Bailey (April): Inspections made by the Vermont 
Department of Agriculture in many plantations of red and 
Scotch pine failed to reveal any evidence of the presence 
of the insect. 
Pennsylvania 
Pennsylvania 
A PINE WEEVIL ( Pissodes approximatus Hopk. >- 
J. IT. Knull (April 21). The first Sdults were observed on 
white pine lumber on April 21 at .Mont Alto. 
INTRODUCED PINE SAWELY ( Pi prion simile Htg. ) 
E. P. Pelt (April 22) : The imported pine sawfly was found 
by Mr. Ernest Robertson occurring abundantly on white pine in 
the Philadelphia area. 
