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ASH BORER (Po do so sin fr.-xini LTJgger) 
South Dakota H. ,C. Sever-in (May 1): The ash borer is the most destructive 
insect to ash that v;e have, damage being very severe. It is 
'■■ore plentiful where rainfall is 15 inches per year or less. 
BAILED ASK SORER ( lleoclytus capraea Say) 
Nebraska M. H. Sv/enk (May 21): The banded ash borer was discover I 
and sent in by the Dodge County correspondent on May 7. 
CEDAR 
DEODAR rSEVIi (Fissodes dcodrrae Hop::*) 
Mississippi R. ~. Harned and assistants (May): Adult weevils identifie - 
by J. M. Langston as ?. deodarae were collected en Cedrus deodarg 
^iflfEtn and Arizona cypress at McOpntfa May 2 an.- - t L 
ington May 11, and also in Leflore and Attala Counties. Twigs 
evidently injured by this species were rlso received from Mc- 
Comb on May 7. Mo specimens were in the twigs. 
chestmut amp haleimam: 
ISEVILS ( Curculio spp.) 
Virginia P. E. Brooks (Mry) : Beetles of the lesser chestnut lio, 
C. aurir-'er Cas. ,and the hazelnut curculio, C. obtusus Blanch., 
that have developed from larvae infesting the host nuts in 
the summer and autumn of 1337 issued from the ground M y 10 
to 15. The chestnut-attacking species seems -ore abundant 
than usual . 
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ELM COCKSCOMB GALL ( Co Ion ha ulmicola Pitch) 
Maryland J. A. Hyslop (Mry 18): About 10 per cent of the leaves on 
smell nursery trees (American elm) at Avanel bear those galls, 
never more than one gall to a leaf. 
A ELLA. BIB TLB ( Haltica ul:r.i 'bods) 
Massachusetts J. v. Schaffner, Jr. (May 25): A representative of I rook- 
line Forestry Department. brought in specimens on tfcy 16, He re- 
ported three trees of elm badly infested end the adults were 
feeding on the unfolding leaves. 
