swarm a-cross the Divide into the more accessible amd merchantable 
timber surrounding the Bighole Basin. The present efforts of ento- 
mologists arc to hold the beetle to the west side of the Divide. 
SOUTHERN PINE BEETLE ( Dendroc tonus frontalis Zimm. ) 
Southeastern: Monthly Letter, Bur. Ent.,No'. 165 (January, 1928); J. A. Beal re- 
States ports that he has been in the field a considerable pert of January 
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making studies of the effect of a sudden/ ±n temperature in the latter 
part of December on broods of the southern pine beetle. He states 
that everywhere there seems to be very high mortality of all stages 
except the egg. 
INSECTS A T T A C K IIG G R E E IT H U S E AND 
ORNAMENTAL PLANTS 
BUONYMUS 
EUONYMUS SCALE ( Chionaspis euonymi Comst . ) 
Maryland E. N. Cory (January 16): The euonymus scale was reported by G. L. 
Sauter as heavily infesting euonymus at Y.oodlawn. 
' ROSE 
ROSE SCALE (Aulacaspis rosa.e Bouche ) 
Missouri L. Haseman (February 24); In recent.' inspection surveys in the 
Marionville district, roses, raspberries, and blackberries were found 
to show an unusual infestation of the rose scale. An examination of 
these shows them to be wintering in both the egg and the larval 
stages. 
STRAWBERRY ROOT WORM ( Pari a cane 1 1 a Pab . ) 
Mississippi R. W. Earned (January 17); On December 13, Inspector R. B. Deen . 
found beetles injuring roses at Tupelo. These beetles were sent 
to Washington for definite determination, and were determined by 
Mr. Fisher of the Bureau of Entomology as pari a cane I la var. 
(vaguely different from var, Silvipes Horn") . 
