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MAPLE BORER ( Synanthedon ace mi Clem. ) 
Ohio E, ',,". Mendenhall (March 27): I find the maple trees in sti 
planting, especially in Newark, end tO'"ns in Licking County, 
affected • ith the maple borer which is shortening the lives 
of the shade trees. 
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HOPlhiD o.-S. GaLL ( ^ndricus cornigerus 0,S.) 
Mississippi R, W, Harned (March 27): GaDS tentatively identified the 
horned oak gall, ^niricus corni^rus , -ere collected recently 
at Pontotoc and Corinth, At each place oak tr^es -ere heavily 
infested. The species also occurs at a number of places thrc 
• out the State, 
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• ... OAK KN.GT GALL ( Andricus nunc tat us Bass, ) 
Mississippi R, '.;. Harned (March 27): Galls on willow and water oak trees 
at DeKalb were collected on February 2 and identified by 3. P, 
Felt as the gouty oak gall caused by Andricus punctatus . The 
trees. were quite heavily, infested, This species occurs at a 
number of ula.ces throughout the State. 
I U SECTS ATTACKING GREEilHOU^- 
a n dor n amenta! pl. s 
chrys-c::.-!.:; ,;. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM 3ALI MI] 3-E ( Pi .rthronomyi;. '..— raaea Loew) 
Mississippi R, ,7, Harned (February 28): Specimens of the chrys I :r.um 
gall midge on chrysanthemums -'ere collected on January 7 from 
the property of the Tupelo Floral Company, Tupelo. 
ORE] S MYRTIS 
'CREPE MYRTUC APHID ( Myzocailis kchawaluch..!. .:i Kirk) 
G orgia T» I, Bissell (J rch 26): Eggs hatching abundantljrcn .'. rch 
25 t Barnesville, and on March 26 at Griffin jn crepe myrtle. 
The host plant shows no sign of ,-tivity. 
