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the young caterpillars are starting to form their tents. 
APPLE ciMD THORN &KELETONIZEB ( Heraeronhila nariana Glerck) 
Connecticut W.E.Britton (April 26): The first adult was seen this sir ing 
on the window of a garage at New Haven. This insect has not 
"been a conspicuous pest in Connecticut during the last two 
seasons. 
SAT JOSE SCaLE ( Asmdiotus nerniciosus Comst. ) 
North Carolina Z.P.Metcalf (March): This pest seems to he generally under 
control in the mountains of the State. 
OYSTER-SHELL SCaLE ( Lepidosaphe s ulmi L. ) 
North Carolina Z.P.Metcalf (March): This pest seems to be generally under 
control in the mountains of the State. 
Illinois W.P. Flint (April 20): This insect has continued to increase 
in abundance throughout central and northern Illinois during 
the past season. It is now found not only in towns but in many 
country districts where it is causing the death of ash, soft 
maple , and poplar, being most severe on the ash. 
ELM SCURFY SCALE ( Chionssnis americana Johns. ) 
North Carolina Z.P.Metcalf (March): This scale is very bad in the mountains 
of the State on fruit trees in isolated orchards. 
A NEW PEST ( Lecanium c orvli L.) 
Washington Harold Morrison (March ~$1)\ In July, 192*4, specimens of this 
insect were received for determination from Prof. Trevor 
Kincaid of the University of Washington, Attention was called 
to the fact that this was the first known record of the presence 
of this coccid in the United States. In March of this year 
further specimens were received from the same source with in- 
formation that showed clearly that the pest is well established 
in Seattle at least. 
In the Canadian Insect Pest Review, Volume 2, No. 4, July, 
1924, an important outbreak of this insect on shade trees 
in Stanley park, Vancouver, B.C., was reported. The insect 
was recorded from maple, horse-chestnut, lime, mountain ash, 
laurel, hawthorn, and raspberry. In the April number of the 
same publication for 1925 it is recorded as having first teen 
introduced in Stanley Park in the fall of 19?3- 
In the Western Plant Quarantine Board News Letter, No. 5, 
May, 1925, is a note to the effect that this insect was intro- 
duced to Vancouver on nursery stock from Europe more than 20 
years ago, that it was fairly successfully exterminated in 
1910, but that unfortunately infestation had spread to some 
i"ild growth near by, resulting in the gradual increase of 
recent years. 
This insect is widely distributed in Europe, being recorded 
