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POST-OAK LOCUST (D endrot ettix q ue re us Pack.) 
New Jersey Henry Fox (August 31). "A local outbreak of this insect was 
observed 3 miles south of Browns Kills, the foliage especially 
of sapling oaks extensively oaten. The grasshoppers are very 
sluggich and easily captured. This outbreak was first obsorved 
by a Japanese beetle scout about three weeks ago." 
WALNUT CATERPILLAR ( Pat ana integerriaa G. & R.) 
Georgia 0. I. Snapp (September 13). "These insects had completely de- 
foliated several young oaks near Fort Valley which were planted for 
ornamental purposes. The infestation was so severe in this grove 
that arsenical spraying had to be enforced in order to prevent 
further destruction." 
PINE 
MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLE ( Dendroctonus mcnticolae Hopk .) 
Montana J. C. Evenden (September 6) . "This epidemic crossed the Continental 
Divide from the Blackf Dot Valley and now threatens to destroy the 
valuable stands of lodgepole pine east of the mountains in Helena 
National Forest." 
WESTERN PINE BEETLE f Sendroctonus brevicomis Lee.) 
[Idaho J. C. Evenden (September S.). "In the Fayette River Valley there 
has been a very serious epidemic of this insect. At the present 
time the infestation is centered in a small area which will be 
placed under control during the coming winter in order to prevent 
the spread of the beetles into adjacent stands." 
PALES V 7 EEVIL (Hvlobius pales Herbst) 
.ne H. B, Pierson (September 13). "The pales weevil is present through- 
out southern Maine." 
WHITE PINE T7EEVIL ( Piss odes strobi Peck) 
['aine H. B« Pierson (September 13). "The white pine weevil was even 
found in isolated clumps of pine in northern Maine. It is not 
present in this region in any quantity owing to the small number 
of white pine present." 
A S^TLY ( Napdiprion sp.) 
Jontana J. C* Evenden (September 6). "The forest supervisor in Custer 
National Forest reports considerable damage being done to yellow 
pine by sawfly larvae." 
