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ELM 
ELM LEAF BEETLE ( Galerucclla xanthome laena Schr. ) 
Now Jersey. T. L. Guy ton (March 27): Eln leaf "beetle adults were numer- 
ous in a "building at Bound Brook. 
ELM SCURFY SCALE ( Chionaspis anoricana Johns.) 
Maryland. E. P. Felt (April 23): Eln scurfy scale was reported as 
abundant on a number of elms at Cambridge. 
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A TUSSOCK MOTH ( Halisidota argentata Pack.) 
Washington and Oregon. H. L. Furniss (April 22) : This insect is rather 
abundant this year in Oregon and Washington. It has "boon noted 
locally on Douglas fir and Sitka spruce, in Skagit and Pierce Count- 
ies in Washington, and in Yamhill, Washington, Benton, and Lane 
Counties in Oregon. Feeding was first noted on February 26, in 
Lane County. 
LAF.CII 
LARCH CASE3EARER ( Coloophora laricella Hbn. ) 
New York. R. E. Horsey (April 15): At Rochester larch casebearer was 
observed on April 12, moving onto leaves and feeding on Dahurinn 
larch, which leaves out a little earlier than other species. It 
was found feeding on Siberian, European, and Japanese larches on 
April 13. Not until April 15 was it found feeding on American 
larch. Although these larches are sprayed annually, the insects 
are numerous, especially on Japanese larch. 
MULBERRY 
EUROPEAN PEACH SCALE ( Lecanium pcrsicac p.) 
Arizona. 0. D. Lsbert (April 21): An extremely heavy infestation of 
poach scale was found on mulberry in tho Phoenix area. Several 
large limbs of a tree were killed back and all small limbs and 
twigs were heavily infested. 
OAK 
GOUTY OAK GALL (Andricus punctatus Bass.) 
Massachusetts, New York, and Pennsylvania. E. P. Felt (April 23): 
Gouty oak gall is reported as abundant in Pepporell, Mass., south- 
ern Westchester County, N. Y. , and in the Philadelphia area of 
Pennsylvania. 
