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private lands. Six per cent of the stand on 56,000 acres was killed by 
two generations of bark beetles following their emergence from the wind- 
falls. The epidemic is now declining rapidly as a result of better growth 
conditions." 
Hemlock looper found inland in Cascades.--Mr. Keen also says that 
"A report from the Snoqualmie National Forest in Washington of trees 
dying on an area of about 100 acres was investigated by J. A. Beal. This 
was found to be an outbreak of the hemlock looper (Ellopia fiscellaria 
var. lugubrosa Hulst) and is the first time that this insect has been 
found inland in the forests of the Cascades. All previous outbreaks in 
this region have been near the coast. The outbreak has been in progress 
several years and is now on the decline." 
Parasitization of gipsy moth by Sturmia scutellata R.D.—-Data ob-— 
tained in a survey in three sections of New England by J. A.. Millar, of 
the Melrose Highlands, Mass., laboratory, show the effectiveness of 
SS ee 
Habits of oriental moth parasite, Chrysis shanghaiensis F. Smith.-—- 
Regarding his studies on Chrysis Shanghaiensis received this spring from 
Japan, D. L. Parker, Melrose Highlands, states that "a total of 298 males 
and 195 females issued. The females mate readily, deposit a large ege 
externally on the body of the host (the oriental moth) through a hole in 
the cocoon, which the female chews with her mandibles. The larva develops 
rather rapidly and overwinters as a full-grown larva. Oriental moth 
cocoons are being attacked daily to insure a supply of this parasite 
next year," 
Hornets and white-footed mice prey on gipsy moth.—"In July it 
was noted," reports C. W. Collins, Melrose Highlands, "that gipsy moth 
pupae and adults were being destroyed in woodland at Saugus, Mass., by 
some unknown animal and a number of traps of various types, baited with 
pupae and adults, were placed on the ground and in trees in the area in 
an effort to ascertain the identity of the predator. R. C. Brown, who 
had charge of this work, states that "during the period August 1 to 25, 
seven mice, all Peromyscus leucopus noveboracensis (determined by G. M. 
Allen of Harvard Univerxity), were caught in the traps. Six mice were 
caught on the ground or near the ground on sticks leaning against trees. 
One was caught in a tree about 6 feet from the ground. According to lit- 
erature this species, although usually a ground Species, may build nests 
in low branches of trees. The fact that it may be arboreal is an impor— 
tant point in the consideration of this mouse aS an enemy of the gipsy 
moth. It seems quite possible that it may be of considerable importance 
aS an enemy of the gipsy moth in light infestations. The species fed on 
both pupae and adults in the laboratory, one devouring eight female moths 
in 24 hours. Only the wings were left uneaten and many wings of adults 
were found in the woodland at Saugus.' This year the hornet Vespula 
maculata L. has removed or destroyed many male gipsy moths caught in 
various types of traps that S. F. Potts has put out in woodland at Sau- 
