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PALSS WEEVIL ( Hylobius pales Hbst. ) 
New Hampshire. R. B. Friend (October 20): About 70 percent of the white 
pine trees planted at Keene last spring, in an area cut in the winter 
of 1936-37, are already dead. This is probably not an unuaual degree 
of injury for the locality. 
PINE NEEDLE SCALE- ( Chionaspis pinifoliae Fitch ) 
Utah. G. F. Knowlton (October 10): Ornamental pines and spruce have been 
heavily infested 'with pine leaf scale during the current season. 
POPLAR 
, POPLAR TENTMAKE ( Tchthyura inclusa Hbn. ) 
West Virginia. L. M. Peairs (October 28): Has been very abundant on poplars 
of several species, notably Populus alba , P. grandidentata , and P. 
tremuloides in many localities -in the State. I have observed it from 
Ohio, Upshur, and Monongalia Counties, also in Jefferson and Berkele}'' 
Counties, the Eastern Panhandle. It had been scarce for many years. 
INSECTS AFFECTING GREENHOUSE 
AND R N A M ENTAL PLANTS 
HAIRY CHINCH BUG ( Blissus hirt us Montd . ) 
New York. E. P. Felt (October 23): This season has-been marked by its 
appearance in numbers farther north than usual, notably at Ossining and 
Bedford. 
SOD WEBWORMS ( Crambus sp. ) 
Florida. J. R. Watson (October 22): Sod webworms are still very abundant and 
destructive to lawns and golf courses. They apparently attack equally 
all lawn grasses — Bermuda, centipede, carpet, and Saint Augustine. 
Louisiana. B. A. Osterberger (October 12): A grass sod worm has been severe- 
ly injuring lawns and pastures in many sections of southern Louisiana. 
The larvae have been observed migrating. 
CITRUS MEALYBUG ( Pseudococcua citri Risso) 
Ohio. E. W. Mendenhall (October 15): The mealybugs are abundant and injurious 
on lantana at Springfield. Treatment given. 
COTTONY- CUSHION SCALE ( Icerya purchasi Mask. ) 
North Carolina. Mrs. Albert Brown (October 6): "I cut dov:n a handsome mimosa 
