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Texas. R. K. Fletcher (March 5): Tents just started at College Station. 
G-YFSY MOTH ( Forthetria dis-oar L. ) 
Rhode Island. A. S. Stene (March 27): Perer gyosy moth egg clusters seen 
this year, "but there .^::e still enough to give considerable trouble the 
coming season. 
BAGiTORM ( Thy ri do ~i t e ry x e^hemeraef o rmi s Ha\r . ) 
Delarare. 3. F. Pelt (March 24): 3a.y on is so-ievhat orevalent, though 
not excessively abundant, in the section around 7ilm:igton. 
Pennsylvania. R. M. Baker (March 24): The bagvorm veill he a serious pest 
in the vestern section of the State, centering around Allegheny County. 
E. F. Pelt (March 24): Bagrorm is somewhat prevalent, 
though not excessively abundant, in southeastern Pennsylvania. 
OYSTER- SHELL SCALE ( Le-oi do sashes ulm L. ) 
Nev York. P. J. Farrott (March 19): Heavy infestation in occasional 
a">ple orchards in the western ;oart of the State. 
Pennsylvania. E. P. Pelt (March 24): Somerhat abundant in sections about 
Philadelphia, being observed in numbers on gray birch and, golden- 
trigged dogrood. 
ASH 
BANDED ASK BORER ( Heocl.ytus ca^rea Say) 
Nebraska. M«, H. Swenk (March): Heavy infestations of ash- trees by larvae 
and beetles of the banded ash borer vere reported fro r n Dakota and Saun- 
ders Counties during the first week in March. 
BIRCH 
BRONZE BIRCH BORER ( A":rilus anxius Gory) 
Delaware. E. P.. Felt (March 24): The bronze birch borer vras found in 
numbers on a badly infested ornamental birch at 'Tilmngton. 
ELM 
A BARK BEETLE ( Hylur^oninus rufi^es Eich. ) 
Connecticut. B. J. Kaston (March 24): Although not as frequently encountered 
r.s hibernating larvae, many adults hibernate in special tunnels betreen 
the outer and inner layers of baric, or entirely in the outer layer. They 
