FOREST Mil D SHADE -THEE INSECTS 
" SEIBP.aL feed?? s ' 
. BAGTQRM ( Thyridopteryy , ephemeraef ormis Ha" r . ) 
Ohio E.W.Mendenhall (April 13): The appearance of the cases or 
"bags of the bag^orra are very pronounced in southrre stern Ohio, 
and seemed each year to increase in number. I find them quite 
plentiful in Columbus j Dayton, and Cincinnati. 
Kansas J.'V.McColloch (April 5) ' The bags of this insect are reported 
very abundant on cedars and boxelders at Topeka and Centerville. 
(April 19): A contest "^as conducted by the Hosedale High 
School to collect the bags of this insect from the trees. A 
total of 22,^33 bags ^ere collected, 
.- GYPSY MOTH ( Porthetria dispar I.) 
Massachusetts A.I. Bourne (April 23): In the eastern part of the State the 
gyosy moth gives evidence of being present onl2/ in slight 
abundance - - on the ^"hole about the same as last year. 
3?.C'.7i T -T--iIL MOTH .( Euproctis chrysorrhoea L. ) 
Massachusetts A.I.Bourne (April 21): In the eastern part of the State the 
browi-tail moth .rives evidence of being nresent only in slight 
abundance - •- on the "hole about the same, as last year. I 
have one report, however, from Essex County from the north- 
eastern section of the State, vhere there is apparently a 
slight increase in the numbers of the bro^n-tail moth as 
evidenced by the overwintering tents. 
AR3QP.VITA5 
AH APHID ("ochr-i ella - thuja-folia Theobald) 
Mississippi R.T7.Harned (April 21): This -species iTT as collected on arborvitae 
plants at Boyle, Bolivar County, on April 19. 
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BOXELDER BUG .'( Leptccoris trivittntus Say) 
Washington E.J. Newcomer (April 1.) : The boxelder hug has been more numerous 
in the Yakima Valley during the fall and winter of 1 925-26 
than at any time during; the last ten years. The very mild 
'vinter (minimum temperature 12°?.' above zero) killed practically 
none of. them, and -they- have been the cause of many complaints 
from housewives. 
ELM.SCJBEY SC«L3 ( ghionaspis americana Johns.) 
Nebraska M.H.Swenk (.april 1-25): During the period covered by this 
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