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Maryland. E. N. Cory (May 25): The pine needle scale was observed on white pine 
at Baltimore. 
Colorado. G. M. List (May 26): The pine leaf scale is very abundant in many 
localities. Eggs were hatching freely at Fort Collins on May 19 and at 
Denver on May 12. 
SPRUCE . . 
AN APHID (Lachnus abietis Pitch) 
Nebraska. M. II. Swenk (May 15): Specimens of spruce twigs, heavily infested with 
a Lachnus , believed to be L. abietis , came from Washington County the second 
week in May. 
WILLOW 
EUROPEAN WILLOW BEETLE ( Plagiodera versicolora Laich.) 
Massachusetts. J. V. Schaffner, Jr. (May 19): C. E. Hood found these beetles 
abundant and very active on May ~f . Many, were mating and some eggs had been 
deposited, chiefly on the underside of willow leaves. 
NEVADA 3UCK MOTH ( Hemileuca nevadensis Stretch) 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (May 15): Newly hatched larvae of the Nevada buck moth 
were sent in from Sheridan County on May 10, reported as having been found 
on a bay-leaved, or laurel willow tree. 
INSECTS AFFECTING GREENHOUSE 
AND ORNAMENTAL PLANTS 
A WEEVIL ( Pseudocneorrhinus setosus Roelof s) 
Connecticut. W. E. 3ritton (May 22): All old leaves on mountain laurel had been 
notched around the margins by the beetles; they were feeding on the small 
bracts around the terminal buds of rhododendron. Some of the leaves of 
Deutzia gracilis had been eaten; last season the bush was stripped. 
A LYGAEID (Geocoris bullatus Say) 
Nebraska. M. II. Swenk (April 15 to May 15): Specimens taken in abundance from 
a lawn in Lancaster County, where they were causing bare spots, were brought 
in on May g. 
AMARYLLIS 
AITOCTUID ( Xanthopastis t ir.iai s Ctam. ) 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (May 23): Larvae were abundant on amaryllis at Valley, 
Yazoo County, on April 27. 
