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OAK 'KITOT GALL ( .^r.dricus p^jinctatus Bass. ) 
Mississippi C. L.yle (Mnrch 21): Infested onk tvrigs were received froni 
Madden on.?'arch 17, T?'ith a rc-oort that the tree fron \'i'hich 
the/ Were ta''':en v.'as-very heavily infested vith these galls. 
AN 0;JC G-ALL (Kernes sp. ) 
Rliode Island 2. P. Felt (March 22); An oak gall^ scale, Ker-nes sp. , is 
ahundant on hlach orlc at Providence. 
Massachusetts 
JIAJIT-UCK:::!^ fine SHDOT moth ( Ehyaclonia frustr.-^jia CoTist.) 
E. P. Pelt (March 22): The llrmtucket pine -noth has "been 
reDorted as hcing epidcnic upon Nantucket- Island., Ut> to ahout 
four years ago rnajiy of the scruh pines were doing very well, 
"but since then this r>est has "been creating havoc. Acres of 
dead trees in several rail se-oarated sections of the Island 
appeared very rr.uch as though they had heen killed "by fire. 
Ne'braska 
Loui si ana 
M. H. S-'Venk (Octo"ber, 1931, to Fe'oruary 29» 1932): An in- 
fr?f?t- t-fon of pine trees in Piock County vith H. f rustrana 
"bushnelli Eusck vvas reported in the middle of January. 
A PINE SHOOT MOTH (Lvctria rigidana Pern.) 
'.T. E. Hinds (March 24); Ehygcionia ri gi dpjia is the deter- 
•ningtion given "by Mr. G. Heinrich to the species of pine tip 
Tioth attaclcing pine trees at Jeanerette. These noths have 
ca,used serious injury to young tree's in th^a.t location. 
A I7E3I70R?.! ( Tetralox)ha -"lel-^.nogra-^.-^o s Zell.) 
Maine 
Hississi-D-^i 
H. B. Pcirson (March 1): A pine v-ebvvorT.. There have "been 
re"oorts of ve"bs on pitch rtine fro*^. several sections of the 
State; they are said to "be quite numerous. 
SOUTHERN PIITE SA'TYEE ( !fonGChanus titillator Fab.) 
H. Dietrich (itarch 21): The first adult rag talren on long- 
leaf "Dine logs in George Co-anty on March 4. 
Nev: York 
FlllZ BARK ^VPHID ( Cher-.es pinicorticis Fitch) 
E. P. Felt (March 22): The pine "bark a-ohid is locally abund- 
ant in southwestern Nevr England and in southeastern Nev: York. 
A bad infestation was located at IThitc Plains, 
