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ASIATIC GARDEN BEETLE 
No general surveys have been conducted during the year to 
determine, the spread or abundance of the Asiatic garden "beetle; 
however, observations in northern New Jersey during the spring of 
193^ indicated a definite reduction in larval population at a num- 
ber of points where adults were abundant in 1935* This condition 
was likewise observed at the colony center of this species in the 
Philadelphia district. Trap collections reported from northern 
New Jersey, observations in the Philadelphia district, and general 
correspondence indicated a decided reduction in the adult popula- 
tion and plant injury during the summer of 193&. ' (C H. Hadley, 
Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, U. S. D. A.) 
ORIENTAL BEETLE 
Although no general survey was made during the year to check 
on the status of the oriental beetle, limited observations and cor- 
respondence indicated a reduction in this species in northern New 
Jersey. On the other hand, the beetle is reported to have caused 
considerable injury to turf in untreated lawns in the general vicin- 
ity of New Haven, Conn. The occurrence of this species was observed 
for the first time in Springfield, Mass., where large sections of 
turf on private grounds were severely injured by grubs. (C. H. Hadley, 
Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, U. S. B. A.) 
SMALLER EUROPEAN- ELM BARK BEETLE 
Scouts searching for the Dutch elm disease in elms along the 
railroad rights-of-way through Northern West Virginia discovered an 
infestation of Scclytus nultistriatus Mar sham at Parker sburg, W. Va. 
By following river valleys, scouts fcund the beetle in an area rough- 
ly bounded by Wheeling, G-lenville, and Charleston, W, Va. ; and Iron- 
ton, Wellston, Athens, and McConnelsville, Ohio, comprising approx- 
imately 7,500 square miles. Intensive sampling of beetle-infested 
trees in the vicinity of Pnrkersburg and various other points through- 
out this area has failed to disclose any Dutch elm discaso infections. 
Cooperative trap-log exp rimonts afforded a sampling of the 
population of this 3pecies throughout the territory known to bo in- 
fected with the Dutch elm disease and the' 10-milo protective band 
surrounding it. The area within an appro:-; irate radius of 50 miles 
of Nov; York City, including all the major infected zone, was divided 
into blocks U miles square. Four elm logs were placed as nearly as 
possible in the center of each block. After approximately k weeks' 
exposure, the logs were collected from U56 blocks. S_. nultistriatus 
was found in logs from S9 blocks, rather widely scattered throughout 
the entiro section trapped. The heaviest concentrations of this 
species, as disclosod by the trap logs, are in the vicinity of Son. r- 
villc and Bound Brook, and Bernardsvillo, in Somerset County, Clinton 
