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• A CY1TIPID ( Lryo -pliant a aquaticae Ashm. ) 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (April 22): Correspondents, at Magee, Si-npson Count--, and 
Meridian, Lauderdale Count/, recently sent to this office oak twigs shoeing 
very light infestations of galls caused by Dryophanta sp., probably D. aqua- 
ticae . 
A.CERASBYCID BEETLE ( Fnymatodes tesfaceus var. variabilis L.) 
Tennessee. G. K. Bent ley (April): Oak borer very abundant in eastern Tennes- 
see. . - - 
PIES 
EUROPEAN PIKE SHOOT MOTH ( Rhyacionia biioliana Schiff,) 
New England, New York, and Hew Jersey. E. P. Felt (April 24): The European 
pine shoot moth continued prevalent in southwestern Hew England, south- 
eastern Hew York, and northern ]Mev, Jersey, individual pines being so bad- 
ly infested as to produce stubby masses at the ends of a large proportion 
of the shoots. 
SOUTHER!: PIES BEETLE ( Dendroc tonus frontalis Zimra. ) 
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Middle Atlantic States. R. A. St. George (April 19): For -the first time in 
40 years D. frontalis has reappeared in epidemic status within the most 
northern limits of its range. It is known to have infested at least two 
counties in southern Pennsylvania, several localities between Washington, 
D. C, and Cumberland, McU , and Fairfax County, Va. Although several 
species of pines have been attacked, virgin sliortleaf has probably suf- 
fered most. Examination' of samples from several hundred acres of mer- 
chantable pine timber near Fairfax, Va. , revealed heavy broods of the beetle 
that have successfully overwintered in the stems of the trees. Woodpeckers 
have worked the mid and upper portions of the trunks quite heavily, proba- 
bly aiding materially in reducing the numbers of the pest. The infested 
trees are believed to rave been weakened as a. result of the drought which 
ha.s prevailed in this region for the past two years. Combined with this, 
mild winters have favored insect development. This is regarded as the 
most notable outbreak of this beetle since that of 1693 in this section. 
RED TURPENTINE BEETLE ( Dendroctonus valens Lee. ) 
Pennsylvania. J. N. Kn-j.ll (April 18): The first adults were observed in 
flight at Hummelstown on April 13. 
SPRUCE 
Sim SPRUCE GALL APHID ( Gillettea coo ley! Gill.) 
Connecticut. \7. E.- Britton (April 22): Present in Bethlehem and Southington. 
In both instances the old galls only were submitted and examined. 
SPRUCE GALL APHID ( Melees abietis Kalt..) 
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apple gall of spruci 
Michigan. R. H. Pettit (April 25): Inquiries are coming in about the JWvQ^Tqv 
ice. These specimens came from Whitehall- 
STATE PLANT BOAR 
