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SPRUCE MITE ( Paratotranychus uniunguis Jacobi) 
Connecticut. W. E. Britton (June 22): Found in its usual abundance in 
the State. Specimens received fron Derby, Manchester, and Meriden, 
some of then showing twigs severely damaged. 
WILLOW 
MOURNING- CLOAK BUTTERFLY ( Hanadryas antiopa L. ) 
Michigan. R. Kutson (June 22): Larvae are very common about Saginaw, 
Flint, and Lansing, in southern Michigan. 
Iowa. H. E. Jaques (June 23): Caterpillars are again defoliating 
willows and Chinese elns. 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (June 22) : Larvae found defoliating branches of 
American elm at Lincoln on May 30. Other specimens were sent in 
from Washington County on June 8 and from Hamilton County on Juno 11. 
A LEAF BEETLE ( Chrysomela lapponica L. ) 
Ohio. T. H. Parks (June 20): These beetles and their larvae have been 
attacking and defoliating many willow trees in ornamental plantings 
throughout the State. Complaints are general and have been received 
since May 8. 
Indiana. J. J. Davis (June 13): Larvae were defoliating ornamental 
willows at Decatur and Waterloo, in northern Indiana, the last of 
May and the first of June. 
COTTONWOOD LEAF BEETLE ( Chrysomela scripta F.) 
Texas. F. W. Mally (June 17): Seriously injured willows in ornamental 
plantings in San Antonio. 
Idaho. J. R. Douglass and W. E. Peay (June 28): The beetles have nearly 
defoliated the young twigs of several cottonwood trees at Buhl, in 
south-central Idaho. 
POPLAR AND WILLOW BORER ( Crypt orhynchus lapathi L. ) 
Michigan. R. Hutson (June 22): Found to be doing serious damage on 
ornamental plantings at Detroit. 
ELM SAWFLY ( Cimbex americana Leach) 
Wisconsin. C. L. Fluke (June 21): Adults are very numerous in western 
Wisconsin in Eau Claire, Clark, Chippewa, and Monroe Counties and 
in the southeastern part of the State at Green Lake. 
