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PINE BARK APHID ( Pincus strobi Htg.) 
New York. S. p. Pelt .(April 23): Pine "bark aphids ( Chcrnes pinicorticis 
Pitch) were extremely abundant on white pines at Moores Mill, in 
southeastern New York. 
A SCALE INSECT ( Mat sue o ecus sp.) 
Connecticut. T. J. Parr (April 22): Practically no winter mortality 
of tho eggs on pitch pine in Connecticut, and the indications are 
that there will "be nearly 100 percent hatch. 
PRICKLY- ASH 
PRICKLY-ASH BEETLE (Trirhabda Drevicollis Lee.) 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (April 1): On April 1 a correspondent at Gulf- 
port, in Harrison County, sent larvae to this office, reporting 
that they were defoliating prickly-ash... 
POPLAR 
POPLAR VAGABOND APHID ( Mordwilkoja va rabunda Walsh) 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (April 18) : Specimens of galls caused hy the 
vagabond cottonwood gall aphid were sent in from Sioux and Box 
Butte Counties on -April 9 &?•* 12, respectively. 
REDBUD 
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ED3UD APHID ( Aphis pawncepae Hottes) 
Kansas. H. R. Bryson (April 23): Redbud aphids were found at Manhattan, 
attacking the underside of the branches of 3*y ear ~°l^ redbud trees. 
This is the first reappearance for 2 or 3 years. 
SPRUCE 
SPRUCE NEEDLE MINER ( Taniva alholineana Kearf.) 
Michigan. R. Yutson (April 25): The spruce tortrix ( Argyroploce 
abietana Fern.) is active about Lansing. 
SUMAC 
SUMAC PLEA BEETLE ( Blepharida rhois Forst.) 
Oklahoma. F. A. Fenton (April 22): The sumac "beetle has been reported 
from Oklahoma City, Sand Springs, and Stillwater. Beetles aro 
appearing in large numbers and arc causing serious injury to sumac. 
