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Michigan 
. EUROPEAN PINE SHOOT MOTH ( Rhyacionia buoliana Schiff . ) 
^R. B. Friend (May 23): There appears to have "been a decided 
winter, mortality, although comparative figures are lacking 
£o* previous years. The larvae are in the last instar and a 
a few individuals have pupated. Scouting this spring revealed 
a light scattered infestation in the eastern part of the State. 
PINE TUBE MOTH. (Eulia pinatubana Kearf. ) 
H. B. Peirson (May): Adults of the pine tube moth emerged 
April 18 at Ithaca. 
A MOTH BORER ( Parharmonia pini Kellicott) 
E. P. Felt (May 24): The pitch mass borer was unusually 
prevalent in a grove of white pines at Bedford Hills. 
A SAT/ FLY ( Neodiprion edw a rdsi i Nort.) 
H. B. Peirson (May): The pine sawfly was feeding on red 
pine in Lincoln, September, 1931. First record in State. 
RED-HEADED PINE S AT FLY (N eodiprion lecontei Fitch) 
J. P. Kislanko (May 9): Several colonies were observed 
feeding on the needles of slash pine saplings in the vicinity 
of Wiggins and Perkinston, causing heavy defoliation. 
PITCH MIDGE (Retinodiplosis resinicola O.S. ) 
E. P. Felt (May 24): The pitch midge is 'reported as preva- 
lent on hard pine at Osterville by Mr. 'J. Tfrieeler, Jr. 
SPRUCE 
SPRUCE LEAF MINES ( Argyroploce abietana Fern.) 
E. P. Felt (May 24): The s-oruce leaf miner is locally 
somewhat abundant upon Norway and Colorado blue spruce in 
southern New England. 
E. I. Mc Daniel (May 24): This is quite common throughout 
southern Michigan. This particular infestation is in the 
State forest at Alpena. 
