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some United areas stripping the trees. (July 15) : W. Kortcsnaki 
reports the caterpillars very abundant in St. Louis County at 
Embarrass. Complete defoliation in sone areas. 
. CANKERWORMS (Geqmetridae) 
New England. B.E.P.Q,. News Letter (August): Examination of defoliated 
areas at the lower reaches of Penobscot River basin in Maine show 
90 percent defoliation by cankerworns. Peeding is noticeable in 
linited areas in sections of Massachusetts and northwostorn Connecticut. 
Maine. N. Trafton (July 26): Prevalent at this season. Many diade trees 
and apple orchards, also hundreds of acres of woodland were defoliated 
this spring in the towns of Kennebunkport , Kennebunk, York, Wells, 
Biddeford, Saco, Old Orchard, Scarboro, Cape Elizabeth, Portland, South 
Portland, Westbrook, Palnouth, Cumberland, Yarmouth, Freoport, Bruns- 
wick, Bath, Woolwich, Boothbay, mad Bristol. Also one heavy infesta- 
tion noted in Oldtown. 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (July 22): One of the most injurious outbreaks of the 
spring cankerworm ( Paleacrita vernata Peck) in the history of the State 
occurred between May 21 and June 23 and involved all of southeastern 
Nebraska north to Douglas, Platte, Boone , and Custer Counties and west 
to Dawson and Harland Counties, with separate isolated local outbreaks 
in McPherson and Boyd Counties. Elm trees were the most severely 
attacked, incliiding both American and Chinese elm. Apple trees were 
next most seriously attacked, and there wore a few reports of damage to 
hackberry foliage. 
MOURNING- CLOAK BUTTERFLY ( Hanadryas antiopa L. ) 
Minnesota. R. C. Stephens (July 13): Strips Chinese elm and seems to die 
after weaving a web around the stems.' 
South Dakota: H. C. Severin (July 23): Caterpillars of the mourning-cloak 
butterfly are more abundant than usual; working chiefly on diade trees. 
WHITE-MARKED TUSSOCK MOTH ( Hemerocampa leucostigma S. & A. ) 
Ohio. E. W. Mendenhall (July 28): Quite serious on the elms and maples 
along the streets in Zanesville. 
PALL WEBWORM ( Hyphantria cunea Drury) 
Maryland. E. N. Cory (July 3): General and numerous on poplar at Baltimore. 
Alabama. J. M. Robinson (June 21) : Active on pecans in southeastern Alabama. 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (July 23): Reported fairly abundant in the Jackson, 
Poplarville, and Moss Point districts. 
