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Connecticut B. G. Walden (September 30) . "More abundant than usual in 
the vicinity of Derby." 
New York E. P. Felt (September 21). "Has been locally abundant and 
somewhat injurious to birches in the northeastern part of 
the State, ranging from Rensselaer County north to Essex 
County. The insect has been so numerous as to cause a gen- 
eral browning of groups of birches here and there throughout 
the ,re„. It was not so abundant as Suring the outbreak 
of 1901." 
Michigan R. H. Pettit (September 9) . "A serious outbreak of this pest 
occurred in the southern part of the lower peninsula defoliat- 
ing white birches." 
EUROPEAN HORNET ( Vesoa crabro L.) 
New York E. P. Felt (September 21). "European hornet has been injuring 
blue birch twigs in the vicinity of New York City by girdling 
them and thus causing the tips tc die. One tree was quite 
badly damaged." 
CATALPA 
CATALPA SPHINX ( Ceratomia cataipae Doisd.) 
Maryland E. N. Cory (August 23). "Normally abundant about Berlin." 
Ohio H. A. Gossard (August 24). "Mr. J- S. Houser reports that the 
aeroplane was used successfully as a means of distributing 
arsenate of lead upon call trees on August 3 at Troy. A 
5-acre grove of catalpas 30 feet tall badly infested with the 
larvae of the catalpa sphinx as sprayed in 54 seconds. At 
least 99 per cent of the caterpillars were destroyed." 
SPRUCE 
SPRUCE GALL APHID Udelges abietis Kalt) 
Connecticut ff. E. Britton (September 20). "This insect is found in all 
pjirts of the State, wherever spruce trees are grown, and is 
seemingly on Che increase." 
r York E. P. Felt (September 21). "Spruce gall aphids continue to 
attract notice by the production of galls; complaints have 
co-.ie from both Ulster and Herkimer Counties recently." 
