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OBSCURE SCALE ( Chrysonrohalus obscurus Comst.) 
Ohio. E. v7. Mendenhall (April 24): I found the obscure scale quite plentiful 
on shade trees in nurseries about Dayton. The shade trees on vhich it "as 
found were maples, oaks, and some others. 
BEECH . 
A CERAM3YCID BEETLE (Xylotrechus guadrimaculatus Bald. ) 
Connecticut. E. P. Felt-. (April 24): A limb pruner, X- guadrimaculatus . was 
found somewhat abundant in a European beech hedge at New Canaan, and also 
on other beeches in the vicinity. In the case of the beech hedge, possi- 
bly 5 per cent of the branches were cut off, some of them having a diameter 
of over 2 inches. This insect has also been recorded from alder and birch. 
ELM 
ELM LEAF BEETLE ( Galerucella xanthomelaena Schr. ) 
New York and Connecticut. E. P. Felt (April 24): Elm leaf beetles were found 
hibernating in numbers, presumably in a building, in the Bronx, and this, 
taken in connection with a similar report from Greenwich, Conn., indicates 
that the pests are wintering successfully and may be destructive later. 
A I7EEVIL ( Magdalis armicollis Say) 
South Dakota. H. C. Severin (April 10): The elm snout beetle is giving us 
considerable trouble in the eastern third of the State, where it is de- 
stroying the tops of- many of our trees. 
Kansas. H. R. Bryson (April 23): Specimens of Calligrauha scalar! s Lee. were 
collected at Pratt by E. G-. Kelly, Extension Entomologist. These beetles 
were feeding in large numbers on an unknown species of elm. 
ELM CASS BEARER ( Coleophora limosipennella Pup. ) 
New York. E. P. Felt (April 25): The elm case bearer was found in ver- large 
numbers on an elm at Millhrook, some of the partly grown case bearers being 
already on the tips of buds awaiting the appearance of the young leaves. 
OAK 
A CYNIPID ( Disholcasuis persimilis Ashm. ) 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (April 22): On April 8 a correspondent at Darlin , » uit- 
man County, ' sent to this office specimens of live oak twigs containing 
galls caused by p_. -persimilis . He indicated that live oaks in that vicinity 
showed heavy infestations of these galls. 
