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GYPSY MOTH (Porthetria dlspar L.) 
H. B. Peirsoi 
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Maine. H. B« Peirson (June 22): The gypsy moth was hatching on May 11 in 
Acton. It was very abundant in Alfred, Brownfield, and Kezar Jails on June 
BAGWORM ( Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis Hew,) 
Tennessee. G. M. Bentley (June 1°,): prior to 1916 practically no reports 
came in on this insect and comparatively few infestations were found. 
Since that year, however, the number of reports has increased each year. 
Few parasites can be reared from the overwintering forms. 
.Alabama. J. M. Robinson (June 20): Bagworms have been very abundant general- 
ly over the State. The larvae have attacked cotton at Huntsville and have 
defoliated arborvitae plantings, as well as various ornamental shrubs and 
deciduous trees at Auburn, Talladega, Wetumpka, and Tallassee. 
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A MIRID ( Neoborus sp.) 
. Connecticut and Pennsylvania. E.' P.! Felt (June 22) : An ash plant bug, 
Neoborus sp., % has been somewhat common on' a,sh at Stamford, Conn., aid also 
in the Philadelphia area, attracting notice by its abundance. 
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WOOLLY BEECH APHID ( Phyllaphis fagi L.) 
New York. R. E. Horsey (June 20)':' Woolly beech leaf aphid is quite numerous 
on the leaves of an ornamental European beech at Rochester. 
Maryland. E. N. Cory (June 18): Woolly beech aphid observed on copper beech 
at Baltimore. 
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ELM LEAF BEETLE ( Galerucella xanthome laena Schr.) 
Idaho. R. W« Haegele (June 1°,): Infestati6n considerably reduced from out- 
break numbers of 1934. Eggs hatching by June 10. 
California. H. J. Ryan (July 1): The elm leaf beetle has been found for the 
first time in Los Angeles County infesting a planting of 14- cork elms and 
2' American elms on a ranch about 12. miles from the northern boundary of the 
county. This is in all probability an extension of the infestations which 
have occurred for some years in the vicinity of Bakersfield, Kern County. 
On June 27 approximately 30 percent of the leaves on the cork elms showed 
injury and larvae were quite numerous.- A considerable number of larvae 
