AttBOHVITAE 
i BSD SPIDSB ( P ar ate tran ychns unfungiils J:«c. ) 
K.-.r.r..-,chnpotlB A. I Bourne (October 13) : Several hundred arborvitae trees' con- 
stituting the "haze" at Cedar Hill, Ilassachusetts Girl Scortc 1 
Headquarter s , Walt ham, are heavily infested by the spruce mite. 
This ras determined by Prof, barman as Pirate t ranychus u niungai s 
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Kansas J. W. McGolloch (October 20): At this season of the year the 
Dor.elder bugs are provi-ie; a serious annoyance in many homes eve: 
the State. 
CATaIiPA 
OATALPA SPHIITX (Ocrato mir catalpae hoisd. ) 
Oilio 3- -7. ifendenhail (October 7): I find an outbreak of the catalpa 
sphinx moth in hiari County. They come much later this year. 
Illinois P. Flint (October 11): . The eetalpa sohm:: has been a little 
lees r.jriferous than during the last tyro or -three seasons, iiany 
have report ad part o- complete defoliation. 
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Indiana 2, a. Porter (October 22): The catalpa sphinx is rathe? scarce 
this season, and very little defoliation has been observed. 
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Shi' LP -VP BaPTLP. (Paleruoella xanthome! a en a Schranls:] 
Ohio P. ~*. henderhall (October : -he epi leaf beetle har done con- 
siderable damage to the elm trees in Hamilton ar.d vicinity. The 
city and property o*ners are not keeping up vrith their spraying 
as they saculd. 
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DCUGLlS-TIP 3ESDL3 ( Dendr octonu s pseudotsugae Kopk. ) 
I Ion tana J. 0. Evenden (October 8); Throughout the western part of the 
State the Bougies' fir beetle is -destroying a rather alarming 
volume of Souglas fir annually. Thi 3 loss occurs in rrorps of 
' trees scattered t.l ::.-r. h.oat the forested area. 
