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the Central States the records are fewer and more scattered. Cali- 
fornia represents the third region of general distribution with a 
large number of records in the vicinity of Sacramento and Palo 
Alto. The isolated records of Spokane, Washington, Logan and 
Salt Lake, Utah, Reno, Nevada, and Denver, Colorado, are ex- 
amples of infestation along the main routes of commerce which 
may serve as centers of infestation for the surrounding country. 
With the exception of Louisiana and Alabama, we have no records 
from the states south of Ohio river. Negative replies were re- 
ceived from the entomologists of Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, 
Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, 
which would indicate at least that the scale is not present in any 
numbers. The insect does not seem to have extended its range 
into the arid region of the southwest, not is it known to occur in 
Minnesota, Montana or Oregon. A glance at the map shows that 
the geographical distribution of the scale does not coincide exactly 
with the distribution of its hosts. This is especially true in the 
southern part of its range. While elms occur as far south as 
Texas and Florida, the insect has very seldom been reported south 
of Ohio river. On the other hand in California and Nevada, in a 
region where its hosts do not occur normally, it seems to have 
found climatic conditions favorable, and is a serious shade tree 
pest to the introduced elms. Why this insect prefers the Ameri- 
can elms to the European species on which it doubtless originated 
has never been satisfactorily explained. 
EOCARITY RECORDS OF GOSSYPARIA SPURIA FOR THE 
UNITED STATES AND CANADA 
Locality Record Authority 
Alabama 
(No locality 
given E. H. Hinds 
California 
Calusa H. S. Smith 
Modesto H. S. Smith 
Palo Alto H. S. Smith 
Palo Alto 
Palo Alto 
Sacramento 
San Rafael 
San Jose 
San Jose 
San Jose 
Santa Clara 
LeRoy Childs 
LeRoy Childs 
H. S. Smith 
H. S. Smith 
E. R. Sasscer 
F. B. Herbert 
H. S. Smith 
Santa Clara Co. E. R. Sasscer 
Stanford H. S. Smith 
Stanford E. R. Sasscer 
Stockton H. S. Smith 
Ukiah H. S. Smith 
Locality Record Authority 
Colorado 
Denver 
C. P. Gillette 
Fruita 
G. M. List 
Golden 
G. M. List 
District of Colum 
bia 
Washington 
J. A. Lintner 
Washington 
E. R. Sasscer 
Connecticut 
^Cheshire 
W. E. Britton 
Colchester 
W. E. Britton 
Hartford 
W. E. Britton 
Meriden 
W. E. Britton 
New Haven 
W. E. Britton 
Sharon 
W. E. Britton 
Sound Beach 
W. E. Britton 
Southington 
W. E. Britton 
South Norwalk W. E. Britton 
Yatesville 
W. E. Britton 
