376 THE MONTHLY BULLETIN. 



Following is a complete list of the members of the standing committee : 



W. W. Hinsey, Fairoaks Fruit Company, California Olive Association ; J. J. Bren- 

 nan, California Fruit Exchange ; E. W. Lewis, W. O. Davies, Florin, California ; 

 J. W. Jeffrey, State Viticultural Commission ; A. W. Tate, Watsonville Apple Dis- 

 tributers, Corralitos Fruit Association ; A. L. Wisker, Colfax Fruit Association of 

 Placer and Nevada Counties ; C. F. Collins, State Association of Horticultural Com- 

 missioners ; A. J. Sturtevant, California Peach Association ; Frederick Maskew, 

 State Horticultural Quarantine Service ; O. E. Bromner, State Association of Hoili- 

 cultural Commissioners ; S. A. Lines, Earl Fruit Company ; Geo. P. Weldon, E. J. 

 Wickson, Geo. H. Hecke, temporary committee ; F. B. McKevitt, California Fruit 

 Distributors ; C. C. Teague, California Fruit Growers Exchange ; Geo. C. Roediug, 

 State Agricultural Society ; Harry Chase, Riverside, California ; C. C. Chapman, 

 Fullerton, California ; James Mills, Willows, California ; Col. Harris Weinstock, 

 director. State Commission Market; Chas. W. Paine, secretary. State Agricultural 

 Society ; E. N. Richmond, San Jose, California ; E. A. Gammon, Hood, California ; 

 John E. Gardiner, Watsonville, California ; W. A. Yerxa, Princetown, California ; 

 Carlyle Thorpe, manager, California Walnut Growers' Exchange ; Geo. W. Pierce, 

 Davis, California ; W. D. Russell, Davis, California ; James Madison, California 

 Associated Raisin Company ; Hon. B. B. Meek, Oroville, California ; D. D. Sharp, 

 County Horticultural Commissioner, Riverside, California ; Roy K. Bishop, County 

 Horticultural Commissioner, Santa Ana, California ; William Wood, County Horti- 

 cultural Commissioner, Los Angeles, California ; L. M. Speighl, Washington and 

 Davis streets, San Francisco, represents San Francisco commission men ; J. Nagle, 

 California Fruit Exchange ; C. E. Virden, California Fruit Distributors ; G. H. 

 Powell, California Fruit Growers Exchange; E. H. White, 392 Washington st., San 

 Francisco ; H. E. Butler, Penryn, California ; John E. Boal, National City, Cali- 

 fornia.— G. P. W. 



The Citrophilus or Upland Mealy Bug. — The eitrophilns or so-called 

 "Upland"* mealy bug, Pscudococcus citrophilus Clausen, is unusually 

 abundant in the San Francisco Bay region, attacking a large number 

 of plants. In greenhouses it is apparently as severe as the citrus 

 mealy bug, P. citri (Risso). 



At the Mission San Jose this insect has become very abundant in the 

 small citrus orchards of that section. In all from ten to fifteen acres 

 are infested and the infestation is as severe as any infestation of the 

 citrus species the writer has ever seen. The fruit, leaves, limbs and 

 trunks of oranges and lemons alike are festooned with the egg masses 

 and colonies of insects. 



This is an important observation, for one of the questions which arose 

 at the Ontario Convention was whether or not this insect would be as 

 serious as the citrus species. At that time no one knew the real status 

 of the particular mealy bug in question, and I am inclined to feel that 

 we are still very much in the dark as to its origin and identity, but 

 since the convention a great deal has been learned about its distribution 

 and food plants and the observations of the writer thoroughly convince 

 him that so far as seriousness is concerned it ranks with the regular 

 species, especially if the infestation at the above mentioned place is to 

 be taken as typical. 



Dr. A. G. Smith has also reported a number of cases of infestation 

 at Pasadena, indicating, with the other known records, that this insect 

 is quite generally spread throughout the state. 



♦References to this species as the Ontario mealy bus are misleading, as it does not 

 occur at that place. The name arose from the convention held there to discuss this 

 and other mealy bugs. 



