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BEECH 
■BEECH SCALE ( Crypto c occus fagi Baer.) 
New England and Hew York. J. V. ' S chaff ner , Jr. (September 27): Recent sur- 
veys of the sample plots in Waldo, Hancock, and Washington Comities, 
Maine, show a definite increase in infestation- in "beech. Scouting through 
southern Vermont and the Adirondack section of Hew York failed to dis- 
close any infestations. 
CATALPA 
CATALPA SPHIHX ( Ceratomia catalpae Bdv. ) 
Virginia. H. G. Walker (September 26): The patalpa sphinx is moderately 
a.bundant in the Tidewater area. 
Ohio. E. W. Men&erihall (September k): Tne catalpa sphinx moth is very 
abundant at Home. The catalpa trees are all defoliated in this vicinity. 
CATALPA MEALYBUG ( Pseudococcus comstocki Kuw. ) 
Connecticut. IT. Turner (September 5)' The catalpa mealybug is abundant and 
causing injury to several street trees ( Ca talpa speciosa) in New Haven. 
In 193C trees in this locality were heavily* infested. The present in- 
festation is' much lighter. 
ELM 
A BARK BEETLE (Scply_tus multistriatus Marsh. ) 
Pennsylvania. A. 3. Champlain (September 6): I was called to investigate 
borer-infested trees in vicinity of Indian Echo Cave and found this 
beetle in a number of trees. 
All APHID ( Tuberculatus ulmifolii Monell) 
Connecticut. W. S. Britton (September 23): Extremely abundant on elm trees 
at Clinton early in September and honeydew dripped on parked automo- 
biles. A few specimens received from Simsbury. 
FIR 
• HEMLOCK SPA1TW0RM (Sllpuia fiscellaria Guen. ) 
Maine. H. 3. Peirson (September): Larvae abundant On fir along park 
trails, and from September 10 to 12 the flight of moths on Mount Desert 
Island was heaviest in recent years. 
