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PINE LEAF MINES ( Paralechia pinifoliolla Cliamb i ) 
Pennsylvania. J. IT. Knull (October 8): . Injury "by this insect, P. -oinifoliclla . 
to several ornamental nitch -nines has "been renortcd to our office. 
INTRODUCED PIKE SA7FLY ( Diprion simile Htg. ) 
Maine. H. B. Pcirson (October): The imported pine sawfly was defoliating red 
and white pines at Bar Harbor,. September 28. 
PINE' NEEDLE SCALE ( Chionaspis pinifoliae Pitch) 
Ohio. E. T7. Mendcnhall (October 25): Mugho nines in many cases are quite bad- 
ly infested throughout central Ohio. 
Minnesota. A. G. Rugglcs (October 22): The pine leaf scale is abundant in spots 
around St. Paul and Minneapolis and going into winter with many perfect eggs 
under the old scales. 
Iowa. H. E. Jaques (October 25): The pine leaf scale is very abundant in Henry 
County. 
PINE CONE GALL ( Rhabdp-ohaga strobiloides 'Jalsh) 
Oregon. E. P. Pelt (October 22): The pine cone gall, R. strobiloides , was re- 
ceived from Moro, and -presumably is somewhat common in that district. 
TULIP 
TULIP TREE SCALE ( Tourney el la liriodendri G-ncl.) 
Indiana. J. J. Davis (October 24): The tulip tree scale was very abundant on 
the tulip tree at Peru, October 8. This is a northern record for this insect. 
SPRUCE 
EASTERN SPRUCE BEETLE ( Dendroctonus pic eager da Hopk. ) 
Maine. H. B. Peirson (October 8): A small outbreak of the spruce "borer beetle 
in Squaw Mt. Township, Piscataquis County. 
SPRUCE MITE ( Paratetranychus uni unguis Jacobi) 
Maine. H. B. Peirson (October 10): Red spiders P. uni unguis were severe on white 
spruce in Augusta. 
SYCAMORE 
GIANT APHID ( Longi stigma caryae Harr. ) 
New York and New Jersey. E. P. Pelt (October 22): The giant hickory aphid was 
locally somewhat abundant on sycamore on Long Island, N. Y. , and in several 
new Jersey localities. It was said that the insects were so numero 
STATE PLANT BOARO 
