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ELM 
r ,;■. WOOLLY ELM APHID ( Sriosona a^nericanun Riley)' '-. 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (July 22): Next to the spring cankerworm in serious- 
ness on the elm trees, if not equally so, was an outbreak of the woolly 
eln leaf aphid that began a"bout May 27 and continued until June 28. This 
outbreak covered nos.t-.of the -State, from the southeastern corner north and 
west to Cedar, Holt, Dawes, Thomas, Perkins, and Redwillow Counties. Owing 
: to. the two. pests, the elri trees in Nebraska suffered heavy damage to their 
... foliage. 
■ c ■ ... EUROPEAN ELM SCALE ( Gossyparia STuria Mod.) 
New York. R. E. Horsey (July): Several noted the first part of July on 
American and European elms in Rochester. 
Maryland. . E. N. Cory (July 27): General on elm. Numerous reports. Seems to 
"be on the increase. 
•Ohio. E. W. Mendenhall (July 25): Very injurious on the elm trees in Columbus. 
Utah. G. E. Knowlton (July l) : Injury in Salt Lake City and at Provo. 
ELM LEAF BEETLE ( GalerucelLa xanthonelaena Schr.) 
Vermont. J. V. Schaffner, Jr. (July 23): In the residential sections of 
Brandon and Middlebury the elm leaf "beetles are abundant. .The foliage 
on many large elms is "brown from the feeding. 
H. L. Bailey (July 26): Very abundant at Winooski, Chittenden County, 
. in northwestern Vermont. Many elms nearly defoliated. Eirst record of 
such serious damage by beetle north of Middlebury, Addison County, from 
which town, south to Massachusetts line, the beetle is irregularly abundant. 
Connecticut. W, E. Britton (July 23): Injured trees are now. conspicuous by 
their brown foliage, and have been observed in New Milford, Sharon, Corn- 
wall, Danbury, Torrington, East Hartford, Gastonbury, and New Haven. 
■Larvae, pupae, and adults have been received from Windsor Locks, and 
larvae from Manchester. 
New York. R. E. Horsey (July): Grubs l/U inch long were noted on June 26 and 
were about through feeding by July IS. Very numerous and destructive 
this year on American, English, and Huntingdon elms. 
E. P. Eelt (July 23): Work is manifest in Hudson Valley, 
Virginia. A. M. Woodside (July 21): Becoming injurious at Staunton. 
C. R. V/illey (July): About as usual in Richmond .and south-side 
Virginia. Many trees aro now defoliated, practically all larvae matured, 
and some adults out. 
