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Box Elder Aphid ( Chaito~horus neguniinis Thomas) 
Indiana. J. J. Davis (March 16). "This aphid is becoming exceptionally abun- 
dant in several parts of Indiana, and in some cases has resulted in 
a decided dropping of the foliage. This aphid is one of the very first 
to hatch from the egg in the spring and this year at Lafayette they 
were first hatching, according to our observations, on March 16. The 
dimorphic form is already abundant." 
BIRCH 
Calaphis betulaecolens Fitch. 
New York. E. P. Felt (May 19). "Both adults and young were abundant upon 
weeping birch at Albany, and the foliage was already becoming coat- 
ed with honey dew." 
C. R. Crosby & Assistant report that trees are badly infested at Hyack 
and less so at Warwick." N 
White Marked Tussock Moth (Hemerocampa leucostigma S. & A.) 
Kentucky. H. Garman (April 18). "Hatching from the eggs today at Lexington." 
Bronze Birch Borer (Agrilus anxius Gory) 
New York. E. P. Felt (May 19). "Seriously injuring cut-leaf white birch foliage 
and during the last three or four years has killed a number of large 
trees in Albany Parks and the remainder are in a sickly or dying con- 
dition. This insect has been very destructive to ornamental birches 
throughout most of the State." 
BEECH 
Beech Aphid (Phyllaphis fagi L.) 
New York. E. P. Felt (May 19). "Adults and young decidedly abundant on copper 
beech at Albany." 
ASH 
Ash-Mid-Rib Gall (Contarinia canadensis Felt) 
New York. E. P. Felt (May 18). "Galls are well developed and abundant in Al- 
bany County, many of the larvae being half grown and some attacked 
by parasites." 
HOLLY 
American Holly Leaf 'liner (Phytomyza obscurella , var. ilicicola Loew) 
New York. A. F. 3artlett (May 19). "Occurred on a hedge at Syosset^ . Much 
more destructive in the vicinity of Philadelphia and farther Scut'/.. 
LARCH 
Woolly Larch Aphid (Cnaphalodes strobilob ius Kalt.) 
M.D.Leonard (May 17). "Many large tr?es ./ere so badly infested at 
New York. 
Ithaca, as to look as if dusted with flour, 
that the trees actually dripped." 
Honey dew was so abundant 
