effects of the drought and subsequent attack "by "bark 'beetles 
(Ips species)* 
A portion of a letter from one lumber company in western 
Louisiana shows how extensive these losses have been in that 
section; "Our estimates "based on actual scaling of dead 
trees in representative areas show a total of 9 $ 300,C0C feet of 
dead trees dn 7«300 acres of timber. In one location the average 
on kkO acres actual measurement was 3.^00. feet per acre, with 
a general average over the entire "body of timber of l e 27*+ feet 
per acre. " 
Alabama and R, A, St, George? As a result of a recent investigation in the 
Texas South t in compliance with the request of several lumber 
companies, there were found to be some 70*000,000 feet of pine 
timber dead and dying in an area extending from Alabama to 
Texas. Most of the trees died within the last three months 
and the foliage on many of them started to fade within the past 
month. All of these tfcees were found to he infested, while their 
tops were still green^ "by the following species of hark beetles 
which were thought to he of only secondary importance: Ips 
aval sus Eichh. , _I, calligraphus G-erim, , and _I. pt and i coll is 
Eichh, The last species was not present in very great numbers. 
In addition to bark beetles the trees were found to he dying 
frem the combined effects af such agencies as drought, unfavorable 
soil conditions, fire and turpentining. Drought appeared to he 
the most important agency and probably the primary cause of the 
present condition of the trees-, 
Longleaf pine ( P inu s palu s t r is M il 1 er ) covered the greater 
part of the area investigated and„ consequently, was the species 
most affected. Other species infested wore shortleaf ( Finns 
echinata Miller), loblolly (Finus taeda Linn,) and slash pine 
( Finns heterophy lla Sudw,. ) A greater part of the infested timber 
lies in eastern Texas, centered ahout Zavalla, Angelina County, 
although a considerable amount is in the eastern and western 
parts of Louisiana, especially the western. Smaller areas of 
infestation were found in southern Mississippi and eastern 
Alabama, Several of the turpentine and lumber interests are 
suffering heavy losses as a result of the present situation, 
NANTUCKET TIP MOTH (R hyacicnia frustrana Comst 9 ) 
Louisiana Monthly Letter, Bureau of Entomology,, No, .130 (February): The 
Nantucket tip moth was found to he quite abundant in certain 
plantations of loblolly and slash pine in eastern Louisiana. 
The former species was considerably stunted in its growth. In 
some cases young growth ahout 5 years of a^e had attained only 
half of its normal height. The slash pine was only slightly 
affected in its growth, 
SPRUCE 
SPRUCE CALL APHID (Chermes ahietis L. ) 
New York C, R, Crosby (February 27): Infested spruce twigs were received 
from Dryden. 
