LEAJ- CUTTER SEE ( Me.?.? chile sp. ) 
Nebraska M. H. Strenk (August 25 to September 25): A correspondent in 
Sioux County reports that the plum and rose trees are being 
badly injured by the work of r leaf- cutter bee, Me^ra chile sp. 
A 5IAT-HEADED BOEER ( Agrilus viridis var. fagi Sitz.) 
Connecticut W. S. Brit ton (September 8): '"orb of this inject was sent in 
from Darien. It is the first record for Connecticut. 
Michigan William Mid^leton ( September 3): Ee have received an interest- 
ing sending of A grilus viridi s L. var. fagi Eatzeburg frop. rose, 
from Ann Arbor, Mich. 
FIAT-EEADED APPLE TREE BORER ( Chrysobothris feraorata 01 iv. ) 
Arizona Arizona News Letter Vol. 3, No. 8 (August 31 ): Eoses were 
found to be attacked also by the flat-headed apple tree borer 
in a back yard planting on a city lot in Phoenix. 
MOSSY POSE GA£L( (KhoJLites ) Erololc-pis rosae L. ) 
Michigan William Middleton (September 3): The mossy rose gall is occurr- 
ing in tremendous nur.bers on Beaver Island, Mich. 
INSECTS ATTACKING M A IT A N P 
D II E S T I C A N I M A I S 
MAN ■ 
MOSQUITOES (Culicidao) 
P.. E. Fettit (August 28 )i The city of Detroit is now suffer- 
ing from an epidemic of mosquitoes. It seems that a few weeks 
ago very heavy rains flooded part of the city and at the present 
time the great numbers of mosquitoes have necessitated the use 
cf oil on their breeding places, to a degree that has been here- 
tofore unknown. 
FLEAS ( Siphonapt era ) 
Kansas J. r ;. McColIoch (September 15): Pleas have been exceptionally 
bad about Manhattan during the last month. Reports have also 
come to hand from Eqr-toh and Wichita. 
