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OAK SPANsiiORM. "( Ello-pia somniaria Hist.) 
Or egor. Bin. Y/ r . Baker (September. .14): Oaks near, .unity and south of 
there lor several miles were seriously defoliated by some species 
of looper, likely Zlloioia somniaria Hist. Mature larvae, pupae, and 
moths •; ere present. 
A LEAF; MIN1R ( Lithocoll e.tis. sp . ) 
Mississippi R. ;, . Harned (October 22): Live oak leaves infested with leaf 
miners belonging to the genus Lithqcolletis were received from 
Laurel, on September 23. The correspondent indicated that 
practically all of the live oak trees- in-. Laurel were infested 
with these insects. 
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A JLAT-ES^DEj BORER ( Chrysobothr is floricola Gory) 
Mississippi Henry Dietrich (October 20): Chrysobothris floricola is 
extremely abundant in southeastern Perry County injuring young 
longleaf pines by chewing the needles near the base, after which 
the outer part turns brown and falls down. . Chalcoohora 
" r ir-"iniensis Brury and C. liberta G-efm. are also very common on 
young pines but 1 could not observe them actually chewing vee^l-z 
in nature or breeding cages while I observed C. floricola in both 
ceses. All Buprestidae bred up in slash of long leaf pine 
immediately _c joining, cut. last spring and .summer . 
SOUTHERN FILL BEETLE ( Dendroc tonus frontal is Sim.:.) 
Tennessee Monthly Letter of the Bureau of Entomology, No." 1S7 (September): 
and What is believed to be one of the largest outbreaks in recent 
North Carolina years -."as found in Smoky Mountain Park. Of particular interest 
was an outbreak of this beetle found in spruce. This is the 
first record for this host in many years. Many local outbreaks 
in pine v ere found in various localities in western North 
Carolina and in eastern Tennessee. 
MOUNTAIN FINE BEETLE ( Dendroc tonus monticolae Hopk.) 
vfashington Monthly Letter of the Bureau of entomology, No. 197 (September): 
The mountain pine beetle is causing severe damage to the pines 
both east and vest of the Cascade Range. 
KITE PIES tf&LVIL ( Pissodes strobi Feck) 
Virginia C. R. ' illey (October 31): Specimens of infested white pine 
and Nor-; ay spruce collected in Fairfax County, white pine in 
Botetourt County and Austrian pine from .vugusta County — all 
specimens from nurseries. 
