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The European willpw beetle,, which was first observed in Delaware in 
the spring of 1928, is now rapidly defoliating the trees in Newark. 
The first record of the boxwood leaf miner in the Pacific Northwest 
was made at Seattle, Wash., on May 18. 
Reports of serious annoyance to commercial squab raisers because of 
infestation of the squabs by the pigeon hippoboscid are reported from ' 
South Carolina, Florida, .California, and Costa R ion. 
