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BIRCH 
BIRCH LEAF-MIUTITG S&7ELY ( Phyllotoma nemo ra ta Fall.) 
Maine and Massachusetts. H. 3. Peirson (October 15): The birch leaf miner is 
generally abundant throughout central Maine. 7ork of the skeletonizer has 
done much to hold the leaf miner in check by feeding ahead of it. Also re- 
ported from Petersham, Mass. 
that there has been very slighth-^change in the ii 
1931. Prom Concord, and Barrc/, and southward tl 
New England. J. V. Schaffner, jr. (October 15): Reports from and observations 
in eastern Massachusetts, Vermont, Nev. Hampshire, and western Maine indicate 
.ntensity of infestation since 
the infestation is very light 
this year. At M 'ret6wh, Vt. , it is reported as abundant. Through Ossipec, 
Conway, and Rumford, Me., 35 to 40 percent of gray and paper birch leaves arc 
infested at points examined, while in locations south of these towns the in- 
festation is much lighter. Unknown predators have removed a great many larvae 
from their hibernation cells. 
BRONZE BIRCH BORER ( Agrilus anxius Gory) 
Ohio. E. T7. Mcnderihall (October 12): The birch trees in Dayton and vicinity 
are doomed on account of the bronze birch borer. 
BIRCH SKELETONIZER ( Bucculatrix canadonsi sella Chamb.) 
Maine. H. B. Peirson (October 18): The birch leaf skeletonizer is very abundant 
in Kennebec Valley and the Rangeley Lake district. In some places hardly a 
birch leaf has escaped injury. 
BOXELDER 
BOXELDER BUG ( Leotpcoris trivittatus Say) 
Indiana. J. J. Davis (October 24): Boxelder bugs continued to be reported abun- 
dant, the new localities re-oo.rting included Portland, Veedersburg, and Poller. 
Ohio. T. H. Parks (October 22): Numerous complaints are reaching us about the 
boxelder bug in houses and on "shade trees. 
Illinois. 'J. p. Flint (October 21): The boxelder bug has been much more abun- 
dant and annoying than usu- I . 
Michigan. R. Hutson (October 22): During the past month the boxelder bug has en- 
joyed its seasonal abundance. This time of year it constitutes quite a house- 
hold annoyance. 
Minnesota. A. G. Ruggles (October 22): Boxelder bugs are more numerous than I 
have ever seen them. 
Iowa. H. E, Jaqu.cs (October 25): 3oxelder bugs are showing up in large numbers 
in several narts of the State. 
