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for several years and may indicate a recurrence of injur;'- to the tur- 
nips and cabbages grown in this area during the winter-* 
SPRUCE 
WHITE SPRUCE SAWELY ( Neodi^rion polytomu m Htg. ) 
New England. J. V. Schaffner, Jr. (Augu.st 26): Recent surveys of spruce 
forests in Maine , New Hampshire, and Vermont have disclosed that this 
sawfly is firmly established in Hew England. Light infestations, cover- 
ing several square miles, have been located in Maine in the northern 
part of Aroostooh Countjr, aboi^.t J>0 miles south of Fort Kent, and in 
Somerset County, north of Moosehead Lake. In New Hampshire light in- 
festations were found at First Connecticut Lake and south as far. as 
Campton. It seems to be generally distributed all over the white 
Mountains. In Vermont infestations were found from Newport to Stowe. 
Although the infestations in each case have been reported light, the 
sawfly is present in sufficient numbers and is distributed over su.ch 
a wide area as to cause considerable alarm. The larvae were found 
feeding on both white and red spruce. 
WALNUT 
WALNUT CATERPILLAR ( Pat a na inte gerrima G. & R. ) 
Ohio. E. W. Mendenhall (August 20): Caterpillars are damaging black wal- 
nut trees and some trees are nearly defoliated. 
Illinois. C. L. Metcalf (August 19): The walnut caterpillar has exten- 
sively defoliated trees in the vicinity of Urbana, many trees being 
from half defoliated to almost completely so. 
Wisconsin. E. L. Chambers (August 20): Walnut trees throughout southern 
Wisconsin have been defoliated during the past 10 days. 
WILLOW - 
EUROPEAN WILLOW BEETLE (Plagiodera versicolora Latch. ) 
New England and New York. J. V. Schaffner, Jr. (August 26): Recently noted 
as far north in Vermont as Vergennes, and In New York in vicinity of 
Troy, Grafton, Fonda, and west to Little Falls. In Maine it has been 
found as far north as Biddeford. 
Connecticut. M. P. Zappe (August 22): Has been very abundant in south- 
western Connecticut for several years, causing considerable defoliation 
of willows. This year the insect is very scarce and many willows are 
entirely free from infestation. 
