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The severe infestation by the spruce budworm ( Haraologa fumiferana 
Clem.) in the Shoshone National Merest in Wyoming has continued this year. 
This infestation has been under way .since 1922. The large centers of 
infestation of the spruce budworm in central Idaho that have been so 
destructive during the past few years are reported as being materially 
reduced and no longer in an epidemic status, '^he outbreak which developed 
on the Coeur d'Alene Jorest in 1928 continues its destuctiveness, 3y 
midsummer it developed that this insect was very prevalent over Michigan 
and -Wisconsin. In several "arts of the latter State the outbreaks were 
serious. 
srrjjCE needle -:i: 
"Early this spring the work of the spruce needle miner ( Eminotia 
nanann Treit.) was- again very noticeable on spruce (.red and white) rlong 
the seacoast from Orr's Island to r< ma quid,. Maine, approximately 25 miles. 
The heaviest infestations seemed. to cover small areas, sometimes less than 
an acre in extent. Where it was/nil- Plentiful the dried mined needles 
clinging to the twigs made the trees very unsightly. Defoliation in the 
heaviest infestation ranged from 35 to 75 per cent. In all the infesta- 
tions visited the conditions seemed to indicate that the infestation had 
not been of long standing. This insect, was also reported as unusually 
abundant and. destructive in northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin." 1 
SADDLED KJOMINENT 
The saddled prominent ( Heterocanrva guttivitta Walk.) appeared in 
outbreak numbers in the New England States where it defoliated large areas 
of beech and maple. This insect was accompanied by the green- striped 
maple worm ( Ami sot a rubicund-. Tab.) in Massachusetts and southern Vermont. 
The elm leaf beetle ( C-alerucella xanthomeiacna Schrank) again 
appeared in outbreak numbers throughout New England and southeastern New 
York State; rather severe outbreaks were reported from ~oints in North 
Carolina, Ohio, and Kentucky. It was also observed to be numerous at 
Corvallis, Oregon, and is being a mest of major importance in the great 
interior valleys of California. 
DARK 3EETLSS 
What is believed to be one of the largest outbreaks of the southern 
pine beetle (Sen d.ro c tonus frontalis Zimm. ) was reported from the Smoky 
Mountain National Park in North Carolina and Tennessee. 
1 forest Insect Investigations, bureau of Entomology, U. S. S. A. 
