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Missouri. L. Baseman (Octo"ber 24): Box elder "bugs are very abundant over the 
State around boxelder trees end coming into houses. 
Nebraska. M. H. Swcnk (September 20 to October 20):' A great many complaints 
have "been received during October of annoyance by boxeldcr bugs forcing their 
way into houses. 
Colorado. G. T '. List (October 19): The usual number of inquiries are being re- 
ceived in regard to the boxelder bug. 
Utah. G. I. Knowlton (October 18): The boxelder bug has been less annoying than 
last year in many -oarts of northern Utah. With the arrival of cold weather 
the bugs have become annoying household pests in localities where they are 
abundant. 
CATALPA 
CATALPA SPHINX (Ceratomia catal-pao Bdv.) 
Ohio. E. U. ICendenhall (September 30): Caterpillars were very numerous on ca- 
talpa trees, strip-oing the leaves and kept on feeding up into September. They 
seem to be worse on Catalpa bungei . 
ELK 
ELM BORER ( Sao or da tridentata Oliv. ) 
Ohio. E. VJ. Mendehhall (September 30): Many of the elm trees in parts of cities 
and towns in central Ohio are infested. 
A LSAFHOPPER (Emooa ulmi L. ) 
Pennsylvania. E. P. Felt (October 22): The elm lcafhopoer, T. ulmi . was re- 
sponsible for considerable spotting of elm leaves in the environs of Phila- 
delphia. 
EUROPEAN EL'! SCALE ( Gossyoaria spuria Hod.) 
Pennsylvania. S. P. Felt (October 22): The elm bark louse, G. ulmi . was some- 
what common in the Philadelphia area, the leaves being badly blackened, pre- 
sumably as a result of the sooty fungus growing in the honeydew. 
FIR 
AN APHID ( Preyfusia picea Ratz.) 
Maine. H. B. Peirson- (October 8): A large area of fir is affected in the town 
of Brighton by the fir bark louse. The outbreak appears to be following up 
a river valley. Trees up to 12 inches in diameter are being killed. 
