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C. S. Morley, Kern Co. Agr. Conn. Mo. News Dull. (May l): This insect is doing 
considerable damage, and we find first-brood beetles emerging 1 month earlier 
than usual. 
EUROPEAN ELK SCALE ( G-ossyparia spuria Mod. ) 
Ohio. E. W. Mendenahll (May l6): Various species of elm in Upper Arlington, 
adjacent to Columbus and c .t Colunbusy are very "badly" iafested, 
Colorado. G-. M. List (May 26): There is a prospect for the heaviest infestation 
ever recorded in aany sections of the State. Egg laying has not begun, but 
the scale is much further advanced at this time than usual. 
FIR 
All APHID ( Dreyfusia piceae R at z . ) 
Maine. H. 3. Peirson (May 20): VTinter mortality of the balsam wooly aphid 
amounted to a 90 percent kill of aphids above the snowline and a 50 percent 
kill of those below. • 
HEMLOCK 
A GELECHIID (R ecurvaria thujaella Kearf . ) 
Massachusetts. J. V. Schaffner, Jr. (May 25): An outbreak of this insect was 
reported in May 1933 a * Beverly. Several acres of hemlock were affected. 
On May 17, 193^> the infestation was still persisting. From a collection mad 
on that date 31 percent of the larvae were found to be parasitized by Copido - 
soma sp. 
JUNIPER AND CEDAR 
JUNIPER V/E3W0RM ( Dichomeris narginellus Fab . ) 
Maryland. G-. S. Langford (May 25): On May 23 this insect was observed pupating 
at College Park. This date of pupation compares favorably with that of 
1931 1 when larvae pupated from May lk to June 2. Considerable injury was 
done to junipers during early spring, especially to Irish and Swedish juniper 
Many junipers are heavily infested. 
DEODAR WEEVIL ( Pissodes deodar ae Hopk. ) 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (May 23): Serious injury to Cedrus deodar a . was reported fr 
Louisville in Winston County on May U. 
JUNIPER SCALE ( Diaspis carueli Targ. ) 
Maryland. G. S. Langford (May 25): The Juniper scale is abundant and injurious 
on juniper, especially Irish, Swedish, ' and Pf itzer, in many places. Eggs 
were observed hatching at College Park on May 2U. Approximately 11 percent 
of the scale showed para.sitization. 
