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widespread "but only trees along the edge of the plantation or 
trees standing in the open are infested. 
PINE BARK APHID ( Pineus strobi Htg. ) 
Connecticut. E. P. Pelt (June 21): Somewhat abundant at Lakeville, in 
the western part of the State. 
South Carolina. J. A. Bcrly (Juno 22): A light infestation reported on 
white pine at Greenville. 
A MITE ( Eriophyos pini Nal.) 
California. E. 0. Essig (June 27): Doing serious damago to old Monterey 
pine trees and even killing young trees in the San Francisco Bay 
district. 
POPLAR 
GOLDSMITH BEETLE ( Cotalpa lanigcra L.) 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (June 22) ? Specimens from a cottonwood tree sent 
from Antelope County on June 18. Additional specimens were sent in 
from Coming County on Juno 20. Both localities are in northeastern 
Nebraska. 
POPLAR LEAF BEETLE ( Phytodecta pallida L. ) 
Pennsylvania. H. E. Hodgkiss (June l6): Very abundant in the western 
part of the State. 
NEVADA BUCK-MOTH ( Hemileuca nevadensis Stretch) 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (June 22) : Caterpillars feeding on cottonwood 
were sent in from Sheridan County, in the northwestern part of the 
State, on May 21. 
SPRUCE 
A LEAF MINER ( Rocurvari a sp . ) 
Rhode Island. A. E. Stene (June 9) '* A leaf miner, probably R. piceaella 
Kearf . , has been found for the first time in the State on Colorado 
blue spruce. 
SPRUCE GALL APHID ( Cherrie s abieti s L. ) 
New York. R. E. Horsey (June lU): Galls conspicuous on a couple of small 
white spruces in an ornamental planting at Rochester. 
Michigan. R. Hutson (June 22): Found on Norway spruco at Ludington, on 
the Lower Peninsula. 
