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HEMLOCK 
A NEEDLE MINER ( Recurvaria apicitripunctella Clem. ) ■ 
Connecticut. G-. H. Plumb (April 13): The insect seems to "be fairly. 
abundant on hemlock' at Hamden. Larvae of "both brown and green colors 
were found,' and pupae were found 3 days later. They eat only the 
under surface of some needles and mine, in. others. 
; '" LARCH 
LARCH CASE BEARER ( Coleophora laricella Him.-) 
Vermont. H. L. Bailey (April 25): Cases of the larch case hearer found 
moderately abundant on trees in Glover, Orleans County, and very 
■ abundant in Cabot, Washington .County, on April 23. 
Connecticut. E. P. Pelt (April 2U) : Larch case bearers have commenced 
feeding on the young needles and are locally abundant. 
■ . - , LOCUST 
A BORER ( Agrilus difficilis Gory) 
Colorado. J. A. B'eal (April J)i The honeylocust ( G-leditsia triacanthos ) , 
a tree widely used in early windbreak plantings and in the new plant- 
ings because of its supposed immunity to insect injury, has,, during 
the past summer, been heavily attacked and killed in many plantings. 
MAPLE 
TERRAPIN SCALE ( Lecanium nigr of as ciatum Perg.) 
Connecticut and Pennsylvania. E. P. Pelt (April 2U) : The black banded 
scale wps quite abundant on maple in the Philadelphia district and 
also at Bridgeport, Conn. 
OAK 
A BORER ( Aegeria mellinipennis Bdv. ) 
California. H. J. Ryan (April 22): This borer was found to be causing 
considerable damage to two large California live oaks on a residential 
property in San Marino. 
AN OAK SCALE ( Lecanium quercifex Pitch) 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (April 2U); Heavy infestations of the oak lecanium 
were reported during the month from Utica, Meehan, Poplarv.ille, and 
Union. 
