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FOREST TENT CATERPILLAR (Malacosoma disstria Hbn.) 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (April 2k): A heavy infestation of the forest tent 
caterpillar is occurring again this year in the extreme southern part 
of the State. Sweetgum and oak trees, especially, are "being defoliated 
in Pearl River, Hancock, Harrison, and Marion Counties. Many people are 
alarmed at the enormous numbers of the insect. 
BAG-WORM ( Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis Haw. ) 
New Jersey. H. W. Allen (April 20): There is somewhat heavier infestation 
of Dagworm than usual in evidence in southern New Jersey. Many Dags 
are present in thickets of locust, on young sycamores in street plantings, 
and occasionally on ornamental evergreens. A considerable portion of the 
female "bags contain no healthy eggs, so the infestation of caterpillars 
may not he heavier than usual. 
Louisiana. B. A. Osterherger (April 20): A few very small "bagworms were 
received from Covington. 
ELM 
ELM LEAP BEETLE ( Galerucella xanthome laena Schr. ) 
Pennsylvania. E. P. Eelt (April 2k) : Adults were found wintering in large 
numbers in a "building in the Philadelphia district. 
Idaho. C. Wake land (April 2l)j The elm leaf "beetle has spread throughout 
southwestern Idaho and reached eastward as far as Gooding. Northward 
in the State it is known to occur in Moscow. 
California. C. S. Morley (April 3) J Elm leaf "beetles have "been found 
feeding on elm leaves in several places within the city limits of 
Bakersfield during the last 2 weeks. Elm trees were not sprayed last 
year, which resulted in many overwintering "beetles that threaten the 
foliage of elm trees this year. 
EUROPEAN ELM SCALE ( Gossyparia spuria Mod.) 
Illinois. W. P. Flint (April 20): The cold weather of the winter 
apparently had only very little effect on the European elm scale. Recent 
examinations of this insect have failed to show more than the normal 
winter mortality. 
Idaho. C. Wakeland (April 21): European elm scale was heavily killed last 
winter "by temperatures in northern Idaho. 
EUROPEAN ERUIT LECANIUM ( Lecanium corni Bouche) 
Oklahoma. P. A. Eenton (April 20): The European fruit Lecanium has proved to 
"be far mo^e destructive this year than last. Most of the damage appears 
to "be on elm trees, particularly the American elm. At present the 
females have nearly completed egg deposition. 
