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sevcral of the trees being badly infested. This insect is rathe* cot. 
on ornamental birches in both Nev: England and Nev rork State. 
DOCTOOB 
PECAN SESIA ( Sesia scitula Harris) 
Virginia. 0. I. SnapD (February 11 ): This insect is reported to be causing 
consid-' rable damage to dogwood in and near Roanoke. (Let. by F. A. Smyth. ) 
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ELM LFAF 3FFTLF ( Galerucella xanthomelaena Schr. ) 
Nev; York. F. F. Felt (February 21): The elm leaf beetles vrere found in add 
winter in some numbors in a fircolp.ee at hemaroneck. Apparently the spe- 
cies is wintering successfully in lar^e numbers. 
New Jersey. A. Murray, jr. (Febr^.ry 15): I am the oraer of a clapboarded 
frame house 44 years old located in Little Falls. About 10 years ago vre 
noticed that every morning in the garret there were numerous bugs lyin 
about on the floor. They were swept up every day but the quantity was 
not enough to be especially noticeable. Last fall a nev.' tenr-nt complained 
of the quantity ofthis same kind of bug that seemed to appear during the 
night and lay scattered all over the house in the mornin~. From conversa- 
tions with the tenants they explained that you could sv;ec"0 under any of 
the baseboards, where there were spaces between the baseboard and the 
floor, and find some of these bugs. (Let. F. A. Back.) 
FIB 
Ah AFHIL ( Lreyfusia -picca Batz. ) 
Maine. H. B. Feirson (October 8, 1932): Large arec of fir affected in tovrn of 
Brighton by the fir bark louse, D. picea. Outbreak appears to be follov- 
ing up a river valley. Trees up to 12 inches in diameter are being killed. 
HICXOBY 
HICKOBY BARK BLBT^F ( Scolytus cuadrispinosus Say) 
New York. F. F. Felt (February 21): Locally abundant at Great Fee':, Long 
Island, infested trees in mid winter containing literally thousands of 
vigorous grubs. 
LARCH 
LARCH CASS BEARER ( Colcophom laricella Hbn. ) 
Massachusetts and Connecticut. F. P. Felt (February 21): 7 case 
bearer is abundant and wintering successfully at v7ellesley, -fess., and 
Stamford, Conn. It presumably will be decidedly injurious over mi 
of New England the coming season. 
