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. . BOXELDER PLANT BUG- ( Leptocoris t^ivittatus Say) 
Indiana J. -J. Davis (September 24): Boxclder bugs have been reported as 
very abundant the past month from many localities in the southern 
two- thirds of the State. 
Illinois W. P. Flint (September 19): . The usual number of inquiries con- 
cerning this insect are now coming in. The in.:oet is possibly 
a little more abundant than usual this seacon. 
Missouri L. Kascmrn (September 22): There is a general epidemic of this 
insect throngho-jt the central portion of the State this fall. 
This is the first heavy infestation since the fall of 1906 or 1907. 
Kansas J. W. McColloch (September 15)." The boxelder bug has been at- 
tracting more attention than usual. Reports of their presence 
in excessive numbers have beer, received from St. Marys, Bald-Tin, 
and Erie. 
ELM 
EUEOPEAK ELM SCALE ( C-ossyuaria spuria ^cleer) 
Ohio E. W. Mendenhall (September 12): The elm bark-louse is very bad 
in Grandviev/, a suburb of Coltar.bus. Early spring applications of 
a miscible oil at the rate of 1 to 15 have given excellent results. 
A LAGEBUG ( Corythuaha -pallida var. ulmi Osb. & Drake) 
Connecticut W. E. Britton (September 4): Leaves are coated with excrement 
and cast skins, and dropping freely. This is an unusual attach 
for Connecticut. Elms are being attacked at Canaan and Eest 
Cornwall. 
HEMLOCK 
A GE0K3TBXD ( Bllopia iiscell^-ri" ^v.^iccj 
Michigan R. H. Pettit (August 23;: Today vre found one moth in the cage 
in wJaich T -";e had placed larvae from Leland. These larvae "ere 
defoliating hemlock and balsam trees and were working also on 
several kinds. of pine. I take this adult to be Therina fervidana 
or its synonym fie collar l a; otherwise known as Ellopi- fervidaria . 
Tli is is the first one out p.nd thus far the only. one out/ (Deter- 
mined by Dr. Dyar as EJloo i.- f is cell aria Guen. - J. A. Kyslop). 
(September l): Cur geometiid, which works on hemlock and its 
allies, has produced a number of adults and they all prove to be 
the srme species as the one sent on August 23. 
